What did I learn? I learned that we even have an opportunity to redeem ourselves in college. The last test that I took in this class, I did horribly. I found that so odd as a walked out and for the first time today, the 27th of October, I was able to look at what I did wrong and I learned so much more than by just accepting the loss of a grade and moving on. Talking about moving on, lets talk about what I really learned in class apart from why I messed up on the test. We learned about the 3 steps of Memory. I really enjoyed learning about this because I am trying to remember things each day and I find that I am not doing a great job at it. So we looked at the steps... 1- Sensory Registar which is everything that we are "sensing". The duration is short and it has unlimited capacity to do good. 2- Working memory, which pulls knowledge for the sensory memory by paying attention to what was learned. It also has a short duration but it is longer than the sensory memory. To keep it here you need to repeat or rehearse what it is that you are learning. 3- From there it goes to the long term memory which has an unlimited duration and capacity. Then within the long term realm of memory it can then be placed into one of the 3 groups. 1- Declarative/semantic (fact and knowledge) 2- Procedural (how to knowledge) and 3- Episodic (memories, ae events/pics)
Why did it grab my attention? I enjoyed learning about the mind because it fascinates me as to how much it can do. I enjoyed learning about the steps and how it can go from one to the other. Then to see what the long term memory can do was way neat.
Now What? I now want to start using this knowledge to help me retain what I learn. By placing more into the long term setting or the working memory so that I might remember things more readily. I then thought that it would be fun to teach my students each year how their brain works and how they can utilize to their fullest capacity. It could be fun and it might even be useful. You never know.
Development of Learning Ch 3
What?
I loved today's class. I was learning so much and that doesn't always happen. The things that I loved learning about was that we are all so similar. That we all go through some sort of stage. It is one of those things that you know, but that is never really understood because everyone around you seem to act that they have their act together and that they have no problems at all with what is happening. Another thing I enjoyed learning this time was how things might be learned. It was from Erikson's model of psychosocial development. He spoke of learning trust and mistrust and other attributes that are developed throughout a person's life and how they are learned. I agreed with him for the most part, but as far as the attributes being learned in only one stage of life, it just didn't seem right. For example, mistrust and trust he said is learned in the infant stage. Well, I feel like I had great trust until I got older and soon experience would teach me not to trust others. It has been hard to not always trust others and so I am learning to trust others again. But my goodness, it was definitely not learned when I was a baby. Really, though, sad that it was learned. Hmm... So- great class.
Why?
I think that this chapter was way important to learn because it is the root of so many children's lives with whom we will be teaching. I feel that without knowing how to help and understand them then in some essence we fail with teaching and helping them. Teaching is not only about giving knowledge, but also about understanding and teaching attributes that might help students be better than before, or believe in the ability that they have to be more. Also, for those students who are on ball, understanding where they are coming from will help teach them so that they don't get too "bored" with not progressing. Understanding the development in behavior has been so helpful thus far...
So what?
It establishes that there needs to be a basic understanding as to where students are coming from. It will help me understand my own children, when that time comes, but also with my husband. Understanding the stages and growth can help me with all my classes. It will help with adjusting assignments to meet needs and help me with helping the kids understand themselves. I hope to apply this information today and then continue learning about it so that I will be well versed in this area. Sounds fun to me.
I loved today's class. I was learning so much and that doesn't always happen. The things that I loved learning about was that we are all so similar. That we all go through some sort of stage. It is one of those things that you know, but that is never really understood because everyone around you seem to act that they have their act together and that they have no problems at all with what is happening. Another thing I enjoyed learning this time was how things might be learned. It was from Erikson's model of psychosocial development. He spoke of learning trust and mistrust and other attributes that are developed throughout a person's life and how they are learned. I agreed with him for the most part, but as far as the attributes being learned in only one stage of life, it just didn't seem right. For example, mistrust and trust he said is learned in the infant stage. Well, I feel like I had great trust until I got older and soon experience would teach me not to trust others. It has been hard to not always trust others and so I am learning to trust others again. But my goodness, it was definitely not learned when I was a baby. Really, though, sad that it was learned. Hmm... So- great class.
Why?
I think that this chapter was way important to learn because it is the root of so many children's lives with whom we will be teaching. I feel that without knowing how to help and understand them then in some essence we fail with teaching and helping them. Teaching is not only about giving knowledge, but also about understanding and teaching attributes that might help students be better than before, or believe in the ability that they have to be more. Also, for those students who are on ball, understanding where they are coming from will help teach them so that they don't get too "bored" with not progressing. Understanding the development in behavior has been so helpful thus far...
So what?
It establishes that there needs to be a basic understanding as to where students are coming from. It will help me understand my own children, when that time comes, but also with my husband. Understanding the stages and growth can help me with all my classes. It will help with adjusting assignments to meet needs and help me with helping the kids understand themselves. I hope to apply this information today and then continue learning about it so that I will be well versed in this area. Sounds fun to me.
Piaget vs Vygotsky Ch 2
What?
What was learned was a whole lot of something deep. We talked about Piaget and his opposite Vygotsky. Both did research on the learning of children and adults and both came up with information that would help in both of the areas. To me both had an interesting way looking at the brain and because of both their views it gives us a more complete view on how the brain works and how we all learn. Piaget was more of Cognitive Constructivism, meaning the building of knowledge in the brain. While Vygotsky was more of a Social Constructivism, meaning to build knowledge through interaction with others. The things we learn are dependent on cultural. Both men let us remain deep with how people learn and how they retain knowledge. Also, both were able to provide views of the brain that helped me understand more so how we all learn and how we all progress in school and in life in general.
Why?
i felt that the information that I learned about the brain from both Piaget and Vygotsky were very informative. They gave me another look on how my teaching can affect how others learn. Not that all my lessons need to be just based on each learning principle, but rather that I need to always be checking my teaching to see if how I am teaching is being helpful or harmful to the students. I need to be teachable if I expect my students to be teachable. Also, I need to continue to learn more on Piaget and Vygotsky studies so that way I will be more effective as a teacher.
What now?
Well, I was thinking that I am in great need of applying these studies now, with my teaching. That I need to remember what they talked about and how it relates not only to those around me, but also to me. I need to also write down what it is that stuck out to me the most and how I felt I could apply it to my future classrooms. I really am just excited to start applying it and start observing others to see if I fully agree with what these men came up with.
What was learned was a whole lot of something deep. We talked about Piaget and his opposite Vygotsky. Both did research on the learning of children and adults and both came up with information that would help in both of the areas. To me both had an interesting way looking at the brain and because of both their views it gives us a more complete view on how the brain works and how we all learn. Piaget was more of Cognitive Constructivism, meaning the building of knowledge in the brain. While Vygotsky was more of a Social Constructivism, meaning to build knowledge through interaction with others. The things we learn are dependent on cultural. Both men let us remain deep with how people learn and how they retain knowledge. Also, both were able to provide views of the brain that helped me understand more so how we all learn and how we all progress in school and in life in general.
Why?
i felt that the information that I learned about the brain from both Piaget and Vygotsky were very informative. They gave me another look on how my teaching can affect how others learn. Not that all my lessons need to be just based on each learning principle, but rather that I need to always be checking my teaching to see if how I am teaching is being helpful or harmful to the students. I need to be teachable if I expect my students to be teachable. Also, I need to continue to learn more on Piaget and Vygotsky studies so that way I will be more effective as a teacher.
What now?
Well, I was thinking that I am in great need of applying these studies now, with my teaching. That I need to remember what they talked about and how it relates not only to those around me, but also to me. I need to also write down what it is that stuck out to me the most and how I felt I could apply it to my future classrooms. I really am just excited to start applying it and start observing others to see if I fully agree with what these men came up with.
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