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In three pages this paper examines how the learning theories of Albert Bandura, particularly mentoring, can be applied to the film Good Will Hunting. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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He prefers flexing his muscles by getting into fights in bars than stretching his academic capabilities in a classroom. When Professor Gerald Lambeau (played by Stellan Skarsgard) discovers
that the troublemaking janitor who is jotting on the blackboard proofs to his complex theorems, the instructor seeks to cultivate this young blue-collar workers extraordinary mind. In many respects,
the fictional Will Hunting is much like Canadian social psychologist Albert Bandura. Will Huntings desire for knowledge is not to be teachers pet; instead, it is self-directed and motivated
"self-reward than through external reward" (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2003, p. 435). Will solved the mathematical problems on his own, without seeking to have his identity discovered by Professor Lambeau.
In so doing, he was intrinsically rather than extrinsically motivated. This reflects Banduras own approaches to learning. Attending a high school with few teachers, Bandura and his
fellow students had to direct their own educational paths in a way that went beyond the textbooks that were in short supply (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2003). This led Albert
Bandura towards his lifes work, to ponder how people learn and how this learning is influenced. Banduras theories on social learning, developmental psychology, and mentoring assisted educators like Professor
Lambeau and his college roommate and counselor Sean McGuire (Robin Williams) how to understand Will Huntings reticence to develop his gifts to their fullest extent and how to excite him
to the possibilities of self-efficacy. Bandura conceptualized the learning experience as "a socially embedded event" whereas social interactions play as large a role - if not larger in stimulating student
learning as do textbook contents (Zimmerman & Schunk, 2003, p. 449). Therefore, much of how a student learns or develops motivation is achieved through socialization. Will Hunting was
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