Reflection Week 2

            This week we read about three different theories. Behaviorism, Cognitive and Constructivist. It was interesting to read my peers thoughts on these three theories. I found many thoughts I could relate to and actually already do in the classroom. To  have a successful learning experience students need to be rewarded to increase learning. Students need to have the opportunity to share, collaborate their understanding, findings and build from one another. The most important, they need to have immediate feedback.

For my philosophy, this is the most important to me. It’s a pet peeve and just hits my buttons wrong, when I complete an assignment and don’t hear back from my instructor(s) until days/weeks later about my assignment. As an educator, we get tied down with politics, excess paperwork to fill out, other assessments, but I constantly try to always assess my students assignments the same day. Now the assessment I’m talking about, is the assignments turned in. Everyday I am constantly assessing my students learning, by observations and informal assessments. If educators don’t assess their students, they will not know what their students learn or how they learn. We will create an unsuccessful learning environment. I liked the suggestion for feedback as audio. I think having text and audio is a great way to give feedback to students.

The other part I would have in my philosophy is learning objectives. To be a successful learner, you need to know what you’re learning about. If students don’t know what they’re learning or why they are learning this. They will not be engaged, remember the content or think it is relevant to them. This week helped guide me in thinking of my own philosophy. Current practices I already do and some that I would want to consider.