T2P week 5

Today was a great completion of the entire semester.  We are definitely starting to make the connections between the theory and theorists and how they apply to teaching/learning.  Watching the videos about the brain and how it worked was an interesting way to try to put the “why” into our practice.  It adds a level of cognitive ability to the rational of why and how we are going to achieve that optimal level of learning.  It also allows us to try to understand how we will get our future students to achieve that optimal level of learning also. 

            The chart of the theorist was a great way to view all the learning theories and be able to compare the two.  I wish the print out version was a little easier to read.  I also think it might have helped if we had this chart idea from the beginning.  It really spent a lot of time going back through my notes to complete this chart.  I think I might have made better connections early when we were going through the readings if I had been filling this chart out at that moment.  I guess it would have helped with my visual way of learning in keeping with different learning styles.  Everyone has his or her own different ways of learning.  

T2P:

If a teacher exposes the students to a variety of learning styles during a lesson, then the students will learn better and be more self-determined, because there will be more chance one of the styles will be the best learning style for their individual needs. An example of this would be if the teacher has the students work to teach a lesson on a specific topic. The students may choose to use power point, lecture, a hands on activity or game. I think it is important to try to use a variety of styles to reach all students. An example of this would be hitting all the areas such as visual, aural, and kinesthetic needs.  This will allow students to reach that optimal learning level and ensure that the majority or the most students have achieved this optimal level.  If all this takes place then you will ensure that you are addressing the most cognitive development that the students allow.  When successfully achieved the students will be at their individual maximum for that relevant content area.

If: a teacher exposes the students to a variety of learning styles during a lesson
Then: the students will learn better and be more self-determined
Because: there will be more chance one of the styles will be the best learning style for that individual.
Event: A lesson
Moral implications: I think it is important to try to use a variety of styles to reach all students.
Evidence: and example of this would be if the teacher has the students teach a lesson on a specific topic.