Learning

Service learning is a reciprocal relationship between students and communities1; the focus is on enhancing the learning of all involved: the student, the teacher and the community, all of whom learn something from each other2. Students’ exposure to real life situations outside the classroom allows for application of theory as well as a prime opportunity for the student to work one on one in settings that are non contrived. This allows the student to develop and hone problem solving and critical…

Supporting teachers and building leaders as blended learning and personalized learning among schools increases, requires explicit professional development (PD). Too often that PD is one-size-fits-all without allowing for teachers and administrators to learn at their own pace. In this interactive session, participants will learn three (3) essential lessons to shift schools to a Personalized Mastery Learning (PML) model for teachers, administrators, and students. PML Defined: Advisor and learner…

Learning is important to everyone. People learning from everywhere and every moment. There are many reasons why people learn. My purpose of learning is to live a better life in the future. I was not a good learner when I went to high school because I have no goals for the future and had no motivation that I would just study. However, when I entrance into the college, I have motivation to why I have to study. I have conviction in what I want to after graduate the college. Consequently, I think…

This essay will be describing the knowledge of literacy learning in terms of how students become literate. It will then be describing and discussing the principle ‘Knowledge of the learner’ and how I would incorporate this into a classroom writing programme. This essay will also be exploring the instructional strategies that I would use to effectively develop the literacy learning of the students in my classroom. Literacy is the ability to comprehend the English language through reading and…

constructed this learning portfolio to showcase some of my posts including Discovering Worlds, My philosophy of learning and Work, with the addition of A role model. All of these with the addition of a few others on here, have contributed to the purpose of my learning portfolio. The purpose being to promote my work, as well as showcasing what it means to be a student at STEAM academy. I want to promote my work because I believe it is good to be accustomed to creating a learning portfolio. This…

For my service learning placement, I decided to volunteer my time with the Greater Ohio Virtual School and was able to tutor two students for about 18 hours and 30 minutes. The subject areas that I focused on with these students were Spanish and English. This service learning experience has altered my perspectives on identity and personal development and has taught me valuable lessons that I intend to remember for my career as a future educator. For instance, in relation to clarifying my…

The purpose of this essay is to explore the usefulness of an innovation in practice; the innovation I feel would be helpful to both students and mentor is a learning log. In order to demonstrate its worth I am going to link the innovation to three of the learning outcomes. The three I have chosen are the development of effective relationships between mentor and student, methods of assessment and ………………………each will be discusses separately. I am currently working as a theatre recovery nurse, I…

Several key cornerstones of education have lasted through the centuries of modern education; one of the most prevalent is cooperative learning. From students who have taken their first steps coming to the United States, to those who have lived in the same American town for their whole lives, this type of learning is beneficial to all. Cooperative, collaborative learning has been one of the most effective tools in the teacher’s use to engage students in social development, build confidence in…

Since the mid 20th century educators have been working to implement more technology into student learning. One of the first technological programs was developed in the 1960s; it utilized a computer to help teach children geometry lessons and quickly have the computer help take over their learning process. By the ‘70s it was found that teachers, by using technology, could put forth less effort and help kids learn in a more effective way. In modern-day classrooms, it has been proven that having a…

Experiential learning in school : Experiential education is the education that involves the process of learning through experience. It can also be deemed as hands on learning that takes place between a teacher and a student. It is also defined as learning through reflection. This term cannot be used for experiential learning as they do not have the same meaning; However, experiential learning is a part of experiential education. In one of the methodology from the Association for Experiential…