Personal Learning Theory

What?

According to the results of my test, my learning theory is more like Bruner. Whom talks about a "Community of Learners."

• Piaget's Cognitive Development -
• Vygotsky's Cognitive Development -
• Erikson's Psychosocial Development -
• Kohlberg's Moral Development -
• Goleman's Emotional Intelligence
• Information Processing
• Knowledge Construction and Higher-order thinking
• Behaviorism
• Social Cognitivism
• Group and Individual Differences
• Motivation

So what?

This is a tougher one than I thought it was going to be. I believe that people learn from what is around them, their culture and family settings. I would have to say that I am in agreement with Bruner & Vygotsky. People learn from what they experience in their lives. Everyone is different. My views and they way I learned things growing up is totally different from the guys next to me. This could be argued that this is some type of cultural lens, though, doesn't our culture have a great effect on the way we learn? I know that it had effected the way I learn. At the same token, looking at it through a different perspective, I am a person that learns through modeling, and watching somebody do it first. Then I follow. Again, everyone learns differently, though I strongly feel that a person's cultural influence effects the way that they learn and view different aspects of life.

Now what?

(1)How will your theory translate into teaching strategies in your future classroom?

I feel that the way that I view how people learn will benefit my students greatly. By understanding where they come from and by knowing that everyone learns differently will help me better realize my students strengths and weaknesses. What might be easier for one student, might very well be difficult for another, in this instance I would need to realize that I would either have to teach the concept a different way, or help that student individually. At the same time, I need to stay on my toes and continue to educate myself in my field. The more that I know as an educator, the more effective I will in teaching, and adapting my lessons to cater to different learning styles.

(2) What are the next steps for you to take in including topics in Ed Psych that you would like to learn more about and areas in which you need to improve

Even though I have learned a great deal about Educational Psychology, I know that I still have much more to improve on. I would say that my next step would be to actually make a list on this aspects that I would like to improve on, once this is done, I would like to actually implement a plan on how I could use it either in my daily activities or in my future classroom and then put them into practice. I feel that one of the best ways to learn and retain something is to actually do it & put it into practice.