Psychology Class Reflection

Psychology is something that has always been interesting to me. While taking this class I learned thing about myself that I never knew and what they meant. The timelines that we did really helped me reflect on myself and where my goals in life were and where I was going in life. This has helped me to look at things a little bit deeper as I am now expecting my first child and what I may see in her as she grows. The theories that I was able to learn about in chapters 5 and 6 have helped me to know things that are good and bad to use in the classroom and with the students. It taught me that students will respond in different ways to the task at hand and that it is ok for them all to be different because they may fall under a different theory. I learned some valuable things that will carry over into my classroom like information that makes sense is easier to learn than nonsense. This has taught me that what I teach to my students has to make sense so that they are able to learn it. The brain is an amazing thing and there is so much that we can learn from it.
I really enjoyed the “A Day in the Life Presentation” this gave me an opportunity …show more content…
They will be small rewards but I want my students to know that I appreciate everything that they are doing so rewarding them with things that they will like is something that I will do. Like I said these things may be small but I feel that it will help to make the students want to work and reach their goals. Rewards could include: a pencil, or special eraser, lunch in the classroom with me, a no homework pass, sometimes candy but I am not big on that. As a whole class there may be things like 5 minutes extra recess, bring a pillow to sit on at school or wear a hat to school. All of these things are something that will help the students know that I appreciate the learning that they have been