ccti-1-activity 4- Behaviourism

Powerful Lessons: 
1. Every child can change.  It might not happen as fast as I want it or to the degree I desire it, but it is possible.
2. Consistency is important.
3. Children are rational beings.  They can discuss their problems and devise solutions.
4.  Children are more likely to follow rules when they have an input in creating them.

ccti 1-Activity 3 -Social cognitive theory

It is very important to be aware of your learners' backgrounds as much as possible in order to reach them effectively.  How can you teach someone if you cannot reach them?  How can you reach them if you don't know them?  Too often teachers rush through content and do not take time to connect with the student.  I had an experience recently with a teacher who kept complaining that she couldn't get her class to behave.  The other teacher assigned to the class did not have this problem.  After investigation I found that the first teacher was very disrespectful to the students while the second one took time to show that she cared about them.   It is sad that we have teachers who think that it's ok to treat children as lesser beings without realizing how much easier their jobs would be if they created an atmosphere of mutual respect and caring.  
It is also important to look within ourselves constantly.  Identify with our students.  It is a gut-wrenching, draining experience but that, in my opinion, is what teaching is all about.  It is a vocation, not a job.  If a person cannot cope with the demands of this vocation, that person should not be a teacher.

ccti1-activity 2- information processing approaches

Activity 2 – Information processing approaches:

 

 

 

(Optional) – Thoughts from self-activities

 

New knowledge and concepts will be placed within the learners previous experiences and perceptions.  It is important therefore to link new to old to ensure that new concepts are retained in long term memory rather than pass briefly through the short term.

ccti 1-activity 1: Learning, thinking and teaching with ICT

Learning, thinking and teaching with ICT

Module 1: Activity 1

 

 

 

After the activity:

 

The most powerful lessons that I learnt during this activity: Learners learn in different ways and accommodation should be made for this within the learning environment.  Teachers should be open to trying new strategies.  Mutual respect must exist between learner and teacher to maximize learning experiences.  The teacher should act a facilitator and be willing to switch roles in needed.   Everyone has the ability to learn.  The learner must want to learn in order to learn effectively.

 

 

(Optional) – Other comments

Too often we are content to restrict our teaching to the knowing level.  Some of us expand to doing but believe is often ignored.   It may be harder to achieve and take longer but this is the level we need to achieve to create a successful society.

 

 

(Optional) – Thoughts from self-activities

 

As a learner, I really don’t fit into the old paradigm.