Learning and Teaching in the classroom II

 17 April 2019

Learning and Teaching in the classroom.

After reviewing my original definition of learning, as a need to absorb knowledge driven by personal development that aims to benefit the community, I would refine my definition of learning by adding that ones own experience and beliefs play a significant role in how one learns.

 Schunk supports this idea and draws our attention to the fact that one should examine one’s own beliefs and assumptions about learning as this affects learning. Further, Schunk points out that learning and measuring progress is not as straightforward as we would like to believe, and that experience is the best way for learning new concepts, thus, if there are no clear academic expectations or stability within the system students will be unable to gain experience to learn new concepts. 

Schunk supports the idea that learning occurs through experience. This definition seems more comprehensive as it is supported by research.

In keeping with research by Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, my teaching philosophy overlaps certain aspects of the student, knowledge, assessment, and community-centered learning environments. 

We aim to foster positive values and critical thinking in our schooling. This idea is supported by Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, stating that fostering positive values of schooling is central to a classroom learning environment. Further, as discussed in Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, students makes more sense of what they have learned when they understand the direct relevance thereof. 

Our syllabus encourage the development of critical thinking and all of their classwork and assessments are based on it.