Saturday, August 25, 2012

Week 1: Model/Diagram


This picture basically illustrates what I see as learning. A student is introduced to a new idea and that turns into them thinking and figuring out what this new idea is. I see learning as something clicking inside a person’s mind and them processing it. That is why I chose the picture of the gears turning in the person's head because when I see kids thinking and processing basically anything, the way their faces look makes me think they have gears, pulls, and levers working in their brain. I work at a daycare and I've had children ask me all kinds of questions. This summer, a girl asked me why it was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. When I explained the tides, seasons, and the earth's position to the sun, her eyes squinted, her brow furrowed, and her lips pursed while concentrating so hard to understand what I was saying. All the while, I could mentally see the mechanics moving inside her head. In my future classroom, I want all of my students to look like this girl did. I want them to be so focused and concentrated on what they are learning that they show it on their faces. I love to see things just click with someone when they are learning a new idea, as I called it before. That light bulb, click, or whatever you may call it that turns someone on when presented with a new idea is what I see as learning and what I hope to have for each student of mine in the future.

2 comments:

  1. Kelsey,

    The imagery of gears working in our head is a useful one! Later in the semester, you may find that your model coincides well with certain theories, such as information processing. Based on your activity, would you say that students learn from stimulus in the environments as well?

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  2. I do think students learn from hands-on, stimulus environments, sometimes. I think it depends very much on the child. Some students are hands on, visual, or strictly lecture. I myself am a visual and hands-on learner. All children learn differently.

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