What Is Learning?:
I knew at the start of this semester that learning is an abstraction. Never did I realize that, although abstract in nature, it is something that has TRIED to be grasped by educators in a way that information, understanding, meaningful learning and the like could be cognitively processed. There is but one perfect teacher and he never had to earn a Masters degree to teach on the side of a mount, or in a synagogue, or in the busy countryside of Galilee. The thing that blessed His short-lived teaching career was the fact that He KNEW his students, better than they knew themselves.
Having an opportunity to shallow-dive into behaviorism, functional behavior, meaningful learning, schema theory, human development, motivation, case-based learning, situated cognition and constructivism showed me that I have A LOT to learn about effective classroom organization and management.
Effectuated Teaching:
The one thing I am taking away from this class in terms of effectual teaching in the classroom is that there are many approaches one could take that work just as well as any other theory. Certainly there are things that could be argued within each theory, but the combination of one or more of the theories could prove a teacher's success for past, present and future students and their ability to become productive people.
Do I have a favorite theory? No. Are they all useful to my effectiveness as a teacher? Only if they uplift and inspire the rising generation to become, to think, to act, to speak and to observe.
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