These are the group activities.
Activity 6
Activity 7
Personal Reflection:
After this exercise I realized that my favorite teachers were the ones that used several different techniques from each of the different learning theories. Those teachers used rewards, punishments, reinforces, didn’t just give the students the answer, let the student teach one another, and guided the students in the right direction. I believe that is why they were my favorite teachers and I learned the most from them. When it comes to seeing theory in practice I wouldn’t say I could pick them out without trouble but I would definitely say it is much easier now than before. Theories, without doubt are useful lenses to examine what is goes on in the classroom. Every student is completely different and they learn in completely different ways. So, it seems like to me that it would make sense to examine classrooms through as many different lenses as we possibly can.
I really appreciate your personal reflection on this, Alison. I bet you can find someone we've read who said something similar to the point you're making here. I hope this features into your final philosophy paper.
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