Gardner's Multiple Intelligences are also incorporated into my blog. There is an Mp3 Player to relate to the Musical Learner, an Inspiration Graphic organiser that may relate to one who learns from a Spatial Apsect. There is also an Online Game that may relate to a student who learns from the Logical Intelligences. An intrapersonal learner may just like to read through and understand my blog postings where as an Interpersonal learner may talk with others about my blog and come to a certain understanding together.Thursday, April 12, 2007
Gardner and My Blog
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences are also incorporated into my blog. There is an Mp3 Player to relate to the Musical Learner, an Inspiration Graphic organiser that may relate to one who learns from a Spatial Apsect. There is also an Online Game that may relate to a student who learns from the Logical Intelligences. An intrapersonal learner may just like to read through and understand my blog postings where as an Interpersonal learner may talk with others about my blog and come to a certain understanding together.
Vygotsky and My Blog
Theorist Vygotsky put forward a theory based on a social constructivist view. Vygotsky believed that private speech is an intergral part of a childs development of thinking. This development he classified in four stages:
1. Nonverbal thought and conceptual speech - At this stage there is no link between thought and speech
2. Beginning of a merging between thinking and speech - Connecting thoughts with speech develops – can label common objects, remember their name and converse with other
3. Egocentric speech (overt) - Speech starts to direct thinking and behaviour, the child will announce what they are going to do before they do it e.g. “I am going to play with my toys”
4. Egocentric speech (covert) - Private speech develops, children start to use abbreviated speech about their actions (Marsh, 2004 pp. 24 - 27)
This theory is called the ‘Zone of Proximal Development’. It distinguishes what children can do on their own and what they can do with others (Krause et.al. 2003). http://web.syr.edu/~hcavino/cognitive_theory.htm#vygotsky Through this link you can see a concept map of Vygotsky’s Theory.
In my teaching I will definitely try and incorporate elements of this theory.
The use of reflective thought has been proven to be very beneficial to learning. Ways I may use this are a ‘quiet time’ at the closure of the lesson to get the students to think about what they have learnt or even at the beginning of the lesson before set group work so the students feel they have used some individual input towards the task.
New Blog
Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal development shows how children progress from one stage to another. Students grow through stages of speech and thought and reach a cognitive stage that includes inner thought and speech. I believe that my blog can use this as well. Students could look at my blog and cognitively think about what is being written. they may agree or disagree with what has been said and may actively respond to it through ICT tools or converse with other stusents about it.
Bruner and My Blog
BrunerJerome Bruner, a cognitive psychologist, considered major significant developmental factors in the cognitive growth of children. His findings were that intellectual growth:
Is directly related to gaining independent responses from stimuli
Depends on an internal information process and storage system – use a symbol system including
language to predict and hypothesise
Involves the ability to describe past and future actions
Needs systematic interactions with teachers/tutors to sustain cognitive development
Needs the use of language to converse ideas and problems with others and to link to the familiar (Marsh, 2004 pp. 23 - 24)http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htmThis link explains key points about Bruner’s life and his educational theory.Bruner, based on his studies, developed three stages of cognitive growth.
These are:
· The Enactive Stage: o Learning by doing – holding, moving, touching, which provides children
with a necessary understanding of their environment
· The Iconic Stage:o Involves imagery but not language, ability to recognize instances of
something without being able to give an account of the concept
· The Symbolic Stage:o The final stage where children understand through symbols – language, logic and mathematics. In this stage the child learns how to store the information for later use. (Marsh, 2004 pp. 24)
Bruner’s work will be beneficial to my teaching as these stages coincide with other cognitive theorists such as Piaget and Vygotsky. Although as with the other theories, you cannot assume that the students will fit right into the category. A way I will try and get around it will be to include aspects of all three stages to hopefully cover a broad range of learning styles that will be in my classroom.
New Blog
Bruner is a cognitive psychologist. We have learnt through this unit that online learning and ICT are definately good cognitive tools for learning. I believe that my blog is also a cognitive learning tool as the information i have written could be interpreted in any way. If students were to look at my blog, i could post a whole section that has facts and pictures on it for them to learn about. But each student would learn this in a different way. Through Bruners stages of development, we can see that a child will learn by looking at symbols and logically working through problems. I believe that my blog offers aspects for tehse cognitive traits to develop.
Is directly related to gaining independent responses from stimuli
Depends on an internal information process and storage system – use a symbol system including
language to predict and hypothesise
Involves the ability to describe past and future actions
Needs systematic interactions with teachers/tutors to sustain cognitive development
Needs the use of language to converse ideas and problems with others and to link to the familiar (Marsh, 2004 pp. 23 - 24)http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htmThis link explains key points about Bruner’s life and his educational theory.Bruner, based on his studies, developed three stages of cognitive growth.
These are:
· The Enactive Stage: o Learning by doing – holding, moving, touching, which provides children
with a necessary understanding of their environment
· The Iconic Stage:o Involves imagery but not language, ability to recognize instances of
something without being able to give an account of the concept
· The Symbolic Stage:o The final stage where children understand through symbols – language, logic and mathematics. In this stage the child learns how to store the information for later use. (Marsh, 2004 pp. 24)
Bruner’s work will be beneficial to my teaching as these stages coincide with other cognitive theorists such as Piaget and Vygotsky. Although as with the other theories, you cannot assume that the students will fit right into the category. A way I will try and get around it will be to include aspects of all three stages to hopefully cover a broad range of learning styles that will be in my classroom.
New Blog
Bruner is a cognitive psychologist. We have learnt through this unit that online learning and ICT are definately good cognitive tools for learning. I believe that my blog is also a cognitive learning tool as the information i have written could be interpreted in any way. If students were to look at my blog, i could post a whole section that has facts and pictures on it for them to learn about. But each student would learn this in a different way. Through Bruners stages of development, we can see that a child will learn by looking at symbols and logically working through problems. I believe that my blog offers aspects for tehse cognitive traits to develop.
Glasser and My Blog
Glasser
As a prominent psychiatrist, William Glasser looked at developing a theory that looked at why children behave the way they do, rather than the subconscious. ‘The Choice Theory’ (http://tombellows.com/db1/00033/tombellows.com/_uimages/ChoiceTheoryBlockDiagram.gif)
is what Glasser developed. This theory is based on five basic needs that all humans have.
These are:
1. Safety - Positive learning environment, learning community
2. Love - Need to be told they are loved for who they are, not what they do, children will respond well when they know they belong
3. Power – we are satisfied when we are respected and have a sense of importance, we need it to regulate our lives, not ‘power over’ but ‘power to’
4. Freedom – encourages individual though, decision making skills, too much control causes rebellion but enough freedom creates a necessary balance
5. Fun – being interested and experiencing enjoyment, ‘fun’ is different from ‘entertainment’, a basic need to all humans (Marsh, 2004 pp. 203)
Glasser believe that with each of these five needs in place a child can learn effectively. He believes that all behaviour is purposeful, and to be effective teachers we need to think about
a. ”Why the child is acting like this?”
b. “How can I help the student behave in a way that will benefit them?”
The Choice Therapy theory also stems off this idea. Glasser states that the only one who can change your behaviour is you. He believes that power should be shared between the students and the teachers as it is a crucial function of effective learning. He is considered to be a non-interventionist teacher (Krause, 2003 pp. 464 - 466). The choice therapy is designed to allow teachers develop a way to guide the students into changing their own behaviour by not forcing them. It is heavily based on relationships and understanding that all behaviour is need driven.
I agree with Glasser’s theory and it will be an integral part of my teaching. The Choice Theory explains the basic needs of all humans and the Choice Therapy allows us to be in control of our own behaviour and change what we feel is necessary. Glasser’s theory relates to the management of the classroom, which will be incorporated in my teaching style.
New Blog
Glasser's 5 basic needs are an intergral part of our teaching. How they relate to my Blog is that definately students could have FUN looking through my posts, looking at pictures in a slide show or playing the online game that is on offer. Students could also have the FREEDOM to decide what they want to read and if they want to comment on what i have writte. There is a comment option that members of Blogger are free to use and students could put their input in to things i have rwitten or just look at what otehrs are thinking. Glasser believes that students should have a lot of choice in their learning, and i believe that my blog offers this. There is nothing that you HAVE to do on my page, you are free to look at what ever you want.
As a prominent psychiatrist, William Glasser looked at developing a theory that looked at why children behave the way they do, rather than the subconscious. ‘The Choice Theory’ (http://tombellows.com/db1/00033/tombellows.com/_uimages/ChoiceTheoryBlockDiagram.gif)
is what Glasser developed. This theory is based on five basic needs that all humans have.
These are:
1. Safety - Positive learning environment, learning community
2. Love - Need to be told they are loved for who they are, not what they do, children will respond well when they know they belong
3. Power – we are satisfied when we are respected and have a sense of importance, we need it to regulate our lives, not ‘power over’ but ‘power to’
4. Freedom – encourages individual though, decision making skills, too much control causes rebellion but enough freedom creates a necessary balance
5. Fun – being interested and experiencing enjoyment, ‘fun’ is different from ‘entertainment’, a basic need to all humans (Marsh, 2004 pp. 203)
Glasser believe that with each of these five needs in place a child can learn effectively. He believes that all behaviour is purposeful, and to be effective teachers we need to think about
a. ”Why the child is acting like this?”
b. “How can I help the student behave in a way that will benefit them?”
The Choice Therapy theory also stems off this idea. Glasser states that the only one who can change your behaviour is you. He believes that power should be shared between the students and the teachers as it is a crucial function of effective learning. He is considered to be a non-interventionist teacher (Krause, 2003 pp. 464 - 466). The choice therapy is designed to allow teachers develop a way to guide the students into changing their own behaviour by not forcing them. It is heavily based on relationships and understanding that all behaviour is need driven.
I agree with Glasser’s theory and it will be an integral part of my teaching. The Choice Theory explains the basic needs of all humans and the Choice Therapy allows us to be in control of our own behaviour and change what we feel is necessary. Glasser’s theory relates to the management of the classroom, which will be incorporated in my teaching style.
New Blog
Glasser's 5 basic needs are an intergral part of our teaching. How they relate to my Blog is that definately students could have FUN looking through my posts, looking at pictures in a slide show or playing the online game that is on offer. Students could also have the FREEDOM to decide what they want to read and if they want to comment on what i have writte. There is a comment option that members of Blogger are free to use and students could put their input in to things i have rwitten or just look at what otehrs are thinking. Glasser believes that students should have a lot of choice in their learning, and i believe that my blog offers this. There is nothing that you HAVE to do on my page, you are free to look at what ever you want.
Hattie and My Blog
Hattie - From Existing Blog
John Hattie bases his educational psychology on the ‘Outcome’ based education style. His work reflects on the teachers and the students striving to reach set goals and stresses the importance of teacher effectiveness. Hattie believes that data must relate to what teachers are teaching and what students are learning. Outcomes must have a sense of achievement and progression. This article details Hattie’s view on teachers and the relation between research and how they teach their students. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6543(199624)66%3A4%3C507%3ATRBRAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
Hattie bases a lot of his work on ‘active learning’. This is learning by actively engaging in reading, writing, problem solving, discussion and similar activities (Krause, 2003 pp. 106). This theory is very logical and relevant to today’s educational practices. As teachers we use resources such as the Board of Studies to look at Syllabus pages that are all outcome based. Students rely on being taught outcomes to complete exams such as the School Certificate or the Higher School Certificate. http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_sc/
Hattie also refers to teaching need to be varied and be taught in different styles. This will eventually enhance affective learning and the students and teacher will benefit from it. Through Hattie’s theory as teachers we can identify essential representations of the subject and can guide learning through classroom interaction. It is a great way of monitoring learning and a chance to offer feedback to both student and teacher. It allows the teacher to guide the student to learning outcomes and can give affective attributes to their teaching style. I feel that I would incorporate Hattie’s theory into my teaching, as it is a more recent theory that relates to todays students and classrooms.
New Blog
As Hattie refers to teaching needing to be varied, incorporating items such as my Mp3 player and the online game may vary the interest of the student. These tools offer a break from constant text on the page and would allow students to use other aspects of learning. The online game that could be educational, would be an 'active learning tool' that Hattie would encourage teachers to use. this stimulates learning in a way that a text book couldn't.
John Hattie bases his educational psychology on the ‘Outcome’ based education style. His work reflects on the teachers and the students striving to reach set goals and stresses the importance of teacher effectiveness. Hattie believes that data must relate to what teachers are teaching and what students are learning. Outcomes must have a sense of achievement and progression. This article details Hattie’s view on teachers and the relation between research and how they teach their students. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6543(199624)66%3A4%3C507%3ATRBRAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
Hattie bases a lot of his work on ‘active learning’. This is learning by actively engaging in reading, writing, problem solving, discussion and similar activities (Krause, 2003 pp. 106). This theory is very logical and relevant to today’s educational practices. As teachers we use resources such as the Board of Studies to look at Syllabus pages that are all outcome based. Students rely on being taught outcomes to complete exams such as the School Certificate or the Higher School Certificate. http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_sc/
Hattie also refers to teaching need to be varied and be taught in different styles. This will eventually enhance affective learning and the students and teacher will benefit from it. Through Hattie’s theory as teachers we can identify essential representations of the subject and can guide learning through classroom interaction. It is a great way of monitoring learning and a chance to offer feedback to both student and teacher. It allows the teacher to guide the student to learning outcomes and can give affective attributes to their teaching style. I feel that I would incorporate Hattie’s theory into my teaching, as it is a more recent theory that relates to todays students and classrooms.
New Blog
As Hattie refers to teaching needing to be varied, incorporating items such as my Mp3 player and the online game may vary the interest of the student. These tools offer a break from constant text on the page and would allow students to use other aspects of learning. The online game that could be educational, would be an 'active learning tool' that Hattie would encourage teachers to use. this stimulates learning in a way that a text book couldn't.
The Best Aspects of Online Learning
I have found that the best aspects of online learning are:
- The Variety Of Sources
Online learning allows you to access a variety of sources that can be found online. the internet is a vast source of information, some good and some bad. The trick with online learning is to teach students how to carefully dicide what information is good and what is bad. Teaching them skills such as serching and defining serches are very useful skills that teh students will be able to build upon.
- Congnitive learning aspects
Learning online gives a great advantage to teachers as they can improve their students cognitive learning. This means that the students build upon what they already know in their existing 'scheemas' and develop new understandings of a topic or concept. students can interact with other peers online through chat rooms or 'wiki's' and together form definitions or understands of a certain idea. Students may even be able to publish anonomously, as to allow them to ask questions that they may have tbeen to shy to ask in class.
- Caters to the multiple intelligences
As Howard Gardner put forward there are various numbers of Intelligences. The Internet and online learning can cater to all of these intelligences. For example if you have a student who learns from the Logical aspect of the intelligences, you could find an online game that was Mathematically focussed. This way the student would be using their ICT skills as well as doing an activity that was fun and engaging. Another example could be for those students who learned from the Spatial aspect, they could maybe do an online search for pictures and images and make a slide show.
- Skill Building
We know that the internet and computers are now here to stay. It is becomming an intergral part of our every day lives and we are continuously updating our technology. Online learning helps teachers and students alike to keep up their skills and develop new ones throughout the learning program. Whether we are 'Digital Natives' or 'Digital Immigrants' we are all digitally involved in learning. If we can teach our students how to use this new technology in a way that best benefits them, then we are right on our way to becomming effective teachers.
In my teaching, i will definately incorporate online learning into my program. This is because i belive it benefits the stduent and would benefit myself to keep up to date with the technology of today and would give skills and confidence to my students who will soon be working with this technology once they have finished their education.
Inspiration on Prensky, "Engage Me or Enrage Me" 2005
This is the text that appears in my inspiration, unfortunatley you cannot read it very well so i have included it here.
According to Prensky's Article entitled "Engage Me or Enrage Me" the follow three points were made about the progression of learning in Children.
Reading - Children will be reading at an above-grade level when they know the goals are worth it.
Understanding - Children will have a more complex understanding of systems than the simple economics we require of them.
Mastery - Children will master skills that are more complex than algebra
The title of Prensky's article suggests that he believes students are surpassing old stands of learning. It seems that his research in 2005 has lead to the discovery that students need to be stimulated in their learning as they are becoming more advanced in their ways of gaining knowledge.
According to Prensky's Article entitled "Engage Me or Enrage Me" the follow three points were made about the progression of learning in Children.
Reading - Children will be reading at an above-grade level when they know the goals are worth it.
Understanding - Children will have a more complex understanding of systems than the simple economics we require of them.
Mastery - Children will master skills that are more complex than algebra
The title of Prensky's article suggests that he believes students are surpassing old stands of learning. It seems that his research in 2005 has lead to the discovery that students need to be stimulated in their learning as they are becoming more advanced in their ways of gaining knowledge.
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