The Trasmissive Theory is represented by Zion National Parks Scenic Route, which offers the visitor of Zion a different experience than when someone hikes. In the Transmissive theory there is only the theory of Behaviorism. In the perspective of this theory the teacher transmits the knowledge to the student. The student is a passive learner, making the teacher in charge of the learning. The student can replicate and re-transmit the knowledge given to them from the teacher, back to the teacher. This type of learning is measurable and observable. The type of testing could include standardized tests or multiple choice testing.
The theory of Behaviorism would be represented by Zion National Park’s Scenic Drive and the roads that make up this route, make up the Transmissive Theory. I chose the Scenic Drive to represent behaviorism because this form of viewing and experiencing Zion National Park is exclusively done from the comfort of your own car. The Scenic Drive of Zion is a 6 mile stretch of paved road that overlooks Zion’s red rock and runs along the river. Drivers and passengers can view much of what Zion has to offer making its beautiful, unique landforms viewable for all. The changes in the landscape are observable from all directions. The drive is direct and systemically laid out for the driver and their passengers leaving the viewing up the path the road takes you, which is very much like the Behaviorism Theory, which is taught directly and systemically.
Zion National Park’s Scenic Drive fits with the theory of Behaviorism so well because Behaviorism focuses on observable behaviors and with this drive the changes in the road are clear, making your drive direct, and helping note to the driver the results of what they will get from this route of experiencing Zion. In Behaviorism, it is the teacher’s responsibility to teacher his or her students the skills and it’s the students responsibility to respond. This response is meant to be a behavior that is observable. This is like the Scenic Drive because it’s the road that is responsible for the route the “hikers’ take, and the passengers (aka hikers) are passive participants in the experience as they drive and look at what Zion has to offer. They simply need to observe and respond to the experience.
When it comes to teaching reading, behaviorists would choose direct instruction in their lesson exposure; They would work on fluency, skills and subskills. In taking the Scenic Drive to experience Zion, those people within the car are looking to get the comprehensive experience of Zion in a direct manner, all taken from the observable road that is directly laid out.
The Classroom practices of Behaviorism include testing students with multiple choice tests and teaching skills and their subskills, such as writing, handwriting and grammar. In Behaviorism a teacher would make the expected changes on the skills of writing and its subskills in a writing assignment by asking and observing legiable handwriting, and appropriate use of grammatical skills such as spelling and sentence structure. All data collected from these skills would be used as a guide for the teacher to adjust his or her instruction, which will be direct where the student is a passive learner.