T2P Round 3 Week 4 with Spreadsheet Link

Learning Theories Worksheet


The morning session was a pleasant way to start the week.  The teaching methodology was more directive than normal but it was appropriate for the subject matter.  Additionally, the build up to the segment was perceived as authentic in regards to our educational experience.  Modeling self reflection and course correction to accomodate student's actual understanding and knowledge at that singular point in time was huge for me.

It was also an effective strategy to  to throw in a new "think, Pair, Share" methodology tying Self Determination and the 3 big wins of autonomy, connectedness and competence.  Just when we became "comfortable" with the routine you mixed it up.  Also a great add was having the class provide the example and the group built on the initial idea.

One would assume that since we created these questions that they have meaning and context for us and therefore there is a greater interest in learning more about the issue. Vgotsky would be proud.  I am writing with a bit of humor but truly I was incredibly impressed to see how you (seemingly) effortlessly made so many learning theories come to life.

Conversely, I was glad that I recognized them!  That said, I now feel as ambivalent about my T2P statement as I did during week 1.  Synthesis and connecting all of this rich information has my puzzler puzzled.

HA!  Version 5:

If the teacher models and encourages trust in an inquiry based, knowledge seeking environment

then students will have the opportunity to critically analyze, assimilate or accommodate newly acquired information such that the student views learning and knowledge in a transformative way

because he/she created knowledge in a way that is relevant and unique, it expands the possibilities of future learning and fosters self confidence, collaboration and the ability to have strong convictions about the end result. 

 Paulo Friere and Lev Vgotsky would contend that this learning could not have been created without the (MKO) more knowledgeable other trading roles between teaching and learning with his/her student. Friere believed that the ability to question and create dialectic information between people yields the most robust results.  As Vogetsky believes, each learner comes to this place with a unique set of experiences and is thus able to synthesize the learning such that it enables each student to create his/her truth and have the convictions to carry this knowledge forward.