Learning How to Learn There are four characteristics to Kolb's learning style. They are divergers, convergers, accommodators and assimilators. Divergers are people whose strength lies in creative and imaginative ability. They excel in the ability to see concrete situations from many sides and to come up with a lot of ideas. Convergers are the opposite of divergers. Convergers use the practical application of ideas. They do best in a situation where there is one correct answer or solution and they can focus on same. Accommodators are good at carrying out plans and experiments. They also involve themselves in new experiences. They are risk takers and do well in situations that require quick decisions and adaptations. Assimilators...show more content... Obviously, more than failures, or I would have already made a change. I bought bamboo one time that was supposed to be split in half. When I got it, it was split into about twenty pieces. At first I was disappointed, but then I picked up a piece bamboo and thought about it. I ended up applying it to the bar anyway. What started as an experiment, built on a hunch, turned out to be a new style of bar that people really love. The vast majority of the time things work out great, but there is always the possibility of failure. One thing is for sure though, I always learn from my mistakes. My motto is that, there are no such thing as mistakes, as long as you learn from them. As I stated earlier, I also rated tactile or kinesthetic in a few tests. One was in the classroom textbook for this course. I totally agree with these tests and the outcome. I fit in with the tactile or kinesthetic traits unequivocally. Some of the characteristics that fit me perfectly are:
1.Cannot sit still for long.
2.Does not have great handwriting.
3.Learns by touching and manipulating things.
4.Likes adventure books and movies.
5.Hands on approach to learning.
6.Takes breaks while studying.
7.Takes a lot of notes and uses a lot of scratch paper.
8.Learns by doing.
9.Is fidgety during lectures. As I have already commented, this is totally me. Tactile or kinesthetic seems more like me than anything else I have seen or heard about. It is very
E–learning has come to dominate the strategic thinking of employers over the past decade in several countries. Only in recent years in India, there has been focus on e–learning, this is due to the recent development in MNC, BPO and IT concerns. This is widely seen due to the connected economy, become intangible and fast growing among organizations. Due to emerging MNC's, globalisation has become one of the most important criteria to increase flexibility of communications, and hence become vital among the organization. Despite the emphasis on e–learning and large investments made on training it is still not clear and ongoing success have not yet been recognized, due to the ongoing structural changes among managements. The problem in...show more content...
It also includes the delivery of content via Internet, intranet/extranet (LAN/WAN), audio– and videotape, satellite broadcast, podcast, interactive TV, CD–ROM, and more. E–learning programs are endowed with a training system, which employees can access, where face–to–face instruction is not possible because the very nature is that it is borderless and potentially global in scope. With e–learning methods, training can take place on–demand, and trainees can be given greater control over their learning than ever before (Rosenberg 2001). This increased control has the potential to improve training effectiveness. E–learning courses add value to traditional learning modes by offering self–paced or live, instructed training classes. Specifically, self–paced courses can be taken at the employee's leisure and are good for self–motivated persons. Typically these types of courses can be taken at convenience of the busy workers as well as for globally dispersed employees. Hence workplace training needs to be broadened and customized (Marc J. Rosenberg & Steven Foreman 2010). Live e–learning is capable of instant updating, storage/retrieval, distribution and sharing of instruction and information. Soft skills such as management, leadership, or team building can be tackled in this environment. However, this type of training works best if the class size is limited to 25
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Learning in a Changing World has brought on a number of positive learning experiences. The knowledge I have gained and theory I have completed through assessments and in class discussions and tasks has broadened my understanding of learning. It is evident through this text that the theoretical perspectives focused on in this subject have had a place in the process of my learning journey throughout the semester. Whether this learning has been learning a new skill for an assessment, observing learning and assisting teaching on placement or collaborative learning in the tutorials, it is clear a number of theories tie into these learning experiences.
As I began my journey of learning a new skill which was how to play a song on the piano, I was...show more content...
I was lucky enough to be placed at Thornbury Primary School for my first week of placement. On many occasions throughout the five days I assisted students with their work, from small group work to working one on one with students. At times it was difficult helping student as some needed more motivation than others, some learnt at a slower rate than others and at times I needed to come up with strategies to tackle challenges I faced. One challenge was assisting a boy in the class who had special needs. The class began with their Reading Workshop and first off everyone was required to read a chapter of their book to a class mate or Pre Service Teacher. Although the boy I was working with refused to read to me, I began to use a number of strategies to motivate him to complete the task at hand. Mooney (2013) expresses Vygotsky's concept, The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), it has been articulated in this text that this ZPD is the space among what someone is capable of without assistance and what someone is capable of with assistance from a peer or teacher. I implemented this theory with the student, begging with observing the situation and determining where he was at in his learning process and what he was able to achieve. I began to think that maybe he was not too confidant to
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Lifelong learning
Lifelong learning is the continuous building of skills and knowledge throughout the life of an individual. The first characteristic of lifelong learning is that it encompasses both formal and non–formal/informal types of education and training. Formal learning includes the hierarchically structured school system that runs from primary school through the university and organized school–like programs created in business for technical and professional training. Whereas informal learning describes a lifelong process whereby individuals acquire attitudes, values, skills and knowledge from daily experience and the educational influences and resources in his or her environment, from family and neighbors, from work and play,...show more content...
The computer industry is a growing field that will never stay the same as it was when it started. We will always need additional learning to be able to keep our jobs or move up on the corporate ladder. We can learn about these changes by going back to school, going to workshops, or on the job training if it is available. These opportunities are tools that will help you learn more about your job. The skills that you learn at one job will help you advance in that position or get you another position with that company or another company. For example,
If you we are tired of being at that same died end job make that change and go back to school to get that additional education to pursue your dream that you have. Working a job and having a career are two different things. After spend some years in the work force I decided to further my education. I wanted a career that I can advance in and learn more.
The process of designing a lifelong learning plan begins with putting it in writing. This plan, sometimes called a learning contract, must be a dynamic process intended to provide structure in an unstructured environment – known as everyday life.
Lifelong learning exists within this world, allowing learners the freedom to enroll in formal continuing education programs or self–directed learning such as learning how to garden or play an instrument, as examples. A personal learning plan or learning contract should focus on the following four
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There are many different kinds of ways that people and animals learn. People can adjust the way they learn to the different situations in which they are learning and what they have to learn. One form of learning is known as conditioning. Conditioning emphasises the relationship between stimuli and responses. The two types of conditioning found are Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning. Learning may occur in different ways. Psychologists have distinguished between different types of learning, these being Observational Learning and Insight Learning. Classical conditioning refers to a simple form of learning, which occurs through the repeated association of two or more different stimuli. Learning is...show more content...
And example of operant conditioning is the training of rats to press a lever in order to obtain a food reward. The pressing of the lever (conditioned response) is associated with the food reward (unconditioned stimulus). After a training period, the rat will show the conditioned response of pressing the lever even without the presence of the unconditioned stimulus of the food. Observational learning occurs when a person or an animal uses observation of another's actions and their consequences to guide their own future actions. The person being observed is referred to as a model. For this reason observational learning is also referred to as modeling. Observational learning involves four stages, attention, retention, reproduction and motivation–reinforcement. Attention is when the learner observers the actions of the model (The higher the status of the model the more attention the learner will pay and the closer their imitations will be to the models actions). Retention is when the learner retains in their memory what they have just observed. Reproduction is when the learner will reproduce or imitate the actions of the model that they have just observed. Reproduction is when the learner reproduces or imitates what they have just observed. Motivation–reinforcement can come in various ways. External reinforcement, through praise for doing something well, self–reinforcement, through the
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Schools in the United States of America (USA) are facing many challenges, because of the increasing numbers of the English Language Learner (ELL) students. School administrators are trying hard to provide an equal opportunity education to their students. Furthermore, educators are looking forward in providing several methods and technique to help their students to succeed in their academic learning skills. There are many factors that need to focus on and it can be the fundamental when trying to build powerful resolutions, such as parents and community resources, social influences, native language, etc.
ELL Families and SchoolsTeaching is a call, where teachers need to have an understanding about each individual student's cultural...show more content...
By allowing the ELL students to use their native and their second language in reading, and writing it will make them move along this new process. Reading and writing experience should be context related and meaningful in order for them to be effective in their learning, even though, they can transfer the literacy skills that they have obtained in their native language towards their second language while they are exposed to more learning experiences.
Many challenges are faced by the ELL students and their families by being in a new environment, such as a new language, school, food, beliefs, life style, etc., where they feel that they need to deviate from their home language and their culture, absolutely not, they need to be conceited, revered, treasured. In this matter, our role as educators is to be prepared to work effectively with families (Katz & Bauch, n.d., p. 189), in providing the effective support, and assistant with the full understanding of the new changes in their new environments. On the other hand, social cultural pressure could be increased if students do not have another native individual to relate to; students need to have a teacher who will assist and guide them in learning new a language; without allowing them to lose their cultural identity.
Fund of Knowledge for Teaching (FKT) created for teachers, anthropologists, and teacher educators to gain more knowledge about their students' community experiences, and curricula
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The Learning Process
One can learn from experiences of pain ending up seeing life in different way. Learning is a process of gaining knowledge through experiences. In the learning process pain is often necessary when it helps people to build strong personalities. In "Discovery," Liann Sumner realized she took everything in her environment for granted without realizing how effective they are until she visited her home country, India. Sometimes one has to be in painful situation to learn the lesson. Dick Gregory in "Shame" did not know the meaning of a word shame until the classroom incident where a teacher humiliated him in front of his classmates. Many learn by experiencing pain where as others learns by seeing someone's sadness. ...show more content...
"All my life, I had been blind to luxuries that I had taken for granted" (283). She was exposed to the cultural shock that surroundings did not comfort the citizens. As she learned how to appreciate neglected objects through out the journey, many can feel lucky to belong to a nation that took good care of citizens and ran things efficiently. Another way to sense precious messages can be done by seeing others' pain. Sometimes, understanding parents' grief inspires their children. One would gradually benefit by hearing his/her parents' experiences with places where s/he has never been. One can gain knowledge of a place by studying books, but that will only provide structural information about it. Lee learns and senses many things about China by listening his mother and grandmother's songs. They sing about their homeland where they are not allowed to go back. "Both women begun to cry. But neither stops her song" (279). They want him to remember his heritage by listening them singing. People sing to release sorrow inside and express their feeling towards they are longing. By paying attention to one's grief indirectly demonstrates a lesson. The last way to teach new truths can be done by experiencing pain with or without knowing at the time of an event. One can be taught lessons from shameful situation s/he was in, and it can strength his/her personality and encourage him/her to help someone who is in need. As a Get
THE CONCEPT OF LEARNING
Kaplan University
SS124–29
Professor Missy Madden–Schlegel
September 26, 2010
Learning is defined as an experience that produces lasting change in the mind of the person receiving the knowledge. Learning can be conscious as in memorizing scriptures from the bible and unconscious as in something happening without any deliberate efforts (Schacter et. al., 2009). From an education standpoint, learning can also involve helping people by giving information that they can use in life. For the purposes of psychology, learning is considered a change in behavior. In the case of Adam and Teri as described in the text, their learning occurred on the day their daughter turned one; September 11, 2001. They...show more content...
It was not necessary for Margie to touch the stove because she saw that it was the wrong thing to do. She observed the negative impact it had on her brother when he touched it. If the results had been favorable for Rodney, I believe Margie would have imitated whatever her brother did. In looking at how observational learning occurs in regards to the Bobo experiment, I see that after observing the adult model behave aggressively with the Bobo doll, the children behaved in like manner. They too were very aggressive with the doll– kicking it, punching and jumping on it. This was the result of no direct reinforcement from anyone. Bandura's idea that for observational learning to occur one must give attention to the behavior, retain theobservation of the behavior, have the motor skills to carry it out and also have the motivation to do so is true. Give Attention: In order to learn something it is necessary to pay attention to what is going on. It is important for the observer to identify with some characteristics of the observed as I mentioned earlier – it makes it easier to pay attention and to retain the behavior. Retain Observation: It is also important to retain what is observed so it can be remember at some later time; especially if not allowed to repeat the behavior right away. Have Motor Skills: The key here is that the
A learning style is a way in which a learner begins to concentrate on, process, and retain new and difficult information(Dunn & Dunn, 1987). A teacher cannot expect a student to listen to a story and answer a series of questions then expect them to make a perfect score when the student learns better by reading. Learning styles are simply deduced by how information is processed. Understand one's individual learning style helps him or her by setting them up for success instead of setting them up for failure.
Every human being learns in a different and unusual way. There are not any two people in the world that learns the same way. Some people learn through working with their hands, some learn through what they see and can process and...show more content...
Those styles are visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic. To simplify the learning style into words that are easier to comprehend and remember visual means to see, auditory means to hear and tactile/kinesthetic means to touch. As humans, all of these or a combination of all three of these learning styles, in a single person, is used on a daily basis. To better understand these learning styles, a brief but thorough description is going to be provided.
Visual learners prefer to read and study in order to understand what they are learning. Visual learners should take notes on what they read and should have a highlighter available to be able to highlight information that would seem important to this learner. These learners seem to be better with graphs and maps than the others learning styles. These learners also seem to have a more photogenic memory. They can remember more things by what they saw when they were told certain information.
Visual learners have a harder time reading because when they read they have the habit of making words into pictures. These individuals have a harder time talking on the telephone because talking on the telephone takes away from the in person contact and eliminates the ability to see and process the other person body language. Visual learners can remember information that was presented to them as a child years later. Most of the Get
I hear I forget, I see I remember, I do I understand." These wise words said by Confucius himself may be one of the most fundamental tenants to education and learning there is. The concept that Confucius lays out in this quote is that students learn best by taking an active role in their learning. There is no point in telling students information they need to know, as it is usually just forgotten. At the same time, just visualizing a situation is not enough for some students; it is vital that hands on and interactive experience is incorporated into learning. The idea of "interactive learning" is commonly misinterpreted and undervalued, as it should be incorporated significantly into the day–to–day classroom activities of children of all...show more content...
This misunderstanding is most likely due to misconceptions of the word "interactive". For the purposes of this paper, interactive refers to an environment in which students feel safe to move about and take an active role in their learning. In fact, studies have shown that "the use of hand gestures seems to make it easier for children to link their developing mental representations to aspects of the environment, and to facilitate new insights during problem solving" (McLaren et al.).
In order to test this theory, a class of 20 kindergarteners were observed in numerous different environments, some being classified as "interactive", while some were classified as "standard", or "normal classroom setting". For the interactive environment, students were pulled in groups of five to a table, where they played a spelling game with each other, with the goal of learning and retaining all of the words that were used. As a control, the students were tested before the game was started, so that the academic progress could be adequately measured. For the "normal classroom setting", all 20 kindergarteners were to sit on the floor as the teacher stood in front of them and taught them to spell the given words. After each environment was tested, a spelling quiz was given out to the students, to gauge how much of what was taught was retained. The results were astounding. There was a clear distinction
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