The teaching-learning process: a behaviorist and interactional teaching approach

Abstract

The objective of this research was to describe and analyze factors related to the teaching-learning process, such as the physical conditions of the school and the classroom, the teacher-student relationship, the student-student relationship and the teaching-learning conditions, explained and based on Vygotsky's behaviorist and historical-cultural theories. The object of study was to observe the learning process in a classroom through the teacher's pedagogical practice. Therefore, the methodology used was the field research of an explanatory nature and bibliographic research. The study points out that there is a strong influence of the behaviorist theory in the teaching of the contents and in the solution of some impasses related to the students' behavior, and that the theories used offer a solid basis for some pedagogical actions adopted by the teacher to be worked with more efficiency.