Big Idea: Humans learn through
listening, observing, and interacting.
Learning happens...
Previously my learning
idea was “Humans learn through repeated visual, auditory, and kinesthetic
lessons”. Although I do agree that
learning happens through these different avenues, not all learning occurs in
the classroom. In fact, much of our
knowledge is formed from past experiences and modeling. The different experiences and interactions that
humans have form different foundations in which they will build their
knowledge. Modeling is observing another’s
behavior and imitating it. (EdPysch, Module 10, Page 174) This is why I feel that my revised learning
idea “Humans learn through listening, observing and interacting” better depicts
how humans learn. In the classroom, I
believe that reinforcement is necessary in order to motivate and correct
students. For example, if a student does
awesome on his test he may receive a sticker or if a student is talking in
class he may receive laps to run at recess.
Either example tries to portray that this reaction will motivate the
student to continue working hard or to stop a behavior. (EdPysch, Module 10, Page
176) This idea still inhibits that students will learn from auditory, visual
and kinesthetic lesson; however, those are not the only ways they learn, which
was discussed. I chose the Social Cognitive Theory to edit my idea through the idea of modeling and motivating the students. These are both important in the way that students learn. Motivating students is key in their success in learning.
Activity: Martha
Speaks!
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/prek/reading/resources/7775/
This activity would be
for a Preschool classroom. The teacher
would read through different vocabulary words and the students would stand
around the room doing actions for the words.
By doing a motion with the word will reinforce the meaning of the word
in their memory. For example, the
teacher says “jumping” and the children jump up and down in place. This activity goes along with my learning
idea because the students would be listening to the teacher say the word, observing
other students act out the word and then interact (or do the action
themselves).
I liked your original model very much, but I liked the way you revised it as well. You mentioned that the students would observe other students acting out the word, but wouldn't the students also model after what the teacher is doing? I think it's important, just as Module 10 says, that teachers model for their students. From my experiences, students are more likely to do what the teacher is doing before doing what other students are doing. In their minds, if they see the teacher doing it, it is also acceptable for them to do it. This may be because teachers have a "high status" of model characteristics.
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