Cooperative Learning And Cooperative Learning

For years, there have been many theorists who have shared their views on how individuals learn. Such research has determined that individuals have different learning styles. It is important for teacher to understand the learning styles of both themselves and their students because it helps them to relay the subject knowledge to the students. The teacher is in a position where they must be able to assess the learning styles of their students. This means that the students and teachers are both in a process of learning.

You can find out what learner style each learner is by conducting a simple test in the form of a handout, count the ticks in each column and it will give a rough idea of the best way they learn. You will need to make sure each lesson is delivered to facilitate each of the learner styles so each learner is catered for, so progressive leaning takes place which is being professional incorporating equality and diversity. Different resources what are available can be used to deliver the lesson to engage learners and make their learning experience one that they remember and learn from.

Students have their own best way in effectively learning the lesson. With the diversity of students, the problem is each student has a preferred learning style. It becomes undeniably one of the reasons that make it difficult to achieve the best expected outcome out of teachers’ effort. However, teachers try to incorporate various teaching techniques to make every learning opportunity become productive, meaningful, and relevant for the learners.

There is not a single “correct” way to teach, but the best way to teach is to discover what teaching philosophy, theories, and pedagogies work for your teaching style. “The best way to teach” is unique to each individual teacher. Even so, there are some aspects of teaching that are important to being an effective teacher. Some of the facets I will be discussing include understanding the Concordia University Educator as Professional Decision Maker, Reflective
Practitioner, and Adaptive Expert conceptual framework, learning theories to consider, and effective classroom practices.

There are different styles of teaching, as each pupil will learn in a different style, these include visual learners, auditory learners and kinesthetic learners. These learners all need different ways of helping them to learn. For example a

Teachers should be trained and proficient in the different methods of learning. It is important that teachers implement different tactics to address the diverse learning needs of their students.

I use three beliefs as my foundation to guide and support my teaching philosophy. First, open, and effective communication between the teacher and student is necessary for successful learning. Second, learning is the result of addressing experiences between the teacher and the student in a small group setting. Third, teachers need to be experts in their field in order to close gaps when presented with inquiries by students. These beliefs are only effective when working together to create an environment conducive to maximizing learning.

I understand that to improve the effectiveness in the classroom; there should be a variety of teaching styles to approach each student’s unique learning style. Starting with being well prepared by assessing pros and cons of each learning style to see how it fit with the situations and the criteria for the tasks. For example, with learning new vocabularies, for younger students at language level between beginner and lower intermediate, realia, role plays, images will be helpful with students who do not know enough vocabs to express themselves or still shy to speak up when they have questions. In those cases, they can fill themselves with guesses base or

I know that children learn in many different ways. Observing, experimenting, reading, and listening are a few of those many ways. I have learned that people learn best when the information is something that they are interested in. I am going to strive to make every lesson fun, and applicable to my students. I favor using many methods to teach, including lecturing, cooperative learning, project based instruction, and “hands-on” activities. I want the classroom to be a place that the students enjoy, not a boring place. I believe that every child has an innate hunger for learning and becoming successful. If I can harness their craving and aim it in the right direction, I believe I will be successful in helping these students achieve what they are looking for in life.

Foote, C., & Vermette, P. (2001) Constructivist Philosophy and Cooperative Learning Practice: Toward Integration and Reconciliation in Secondary Classrooms. American Secondary Education, 30, 26-37

My learning style consists of three different type of styles; visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning. Base off the VAK learning style assessment I rake high in visual learning. visual learners learn base off how you view things. I learn best when looking at demonstrations or other visual materials. The assessment also said that I rate high in auditory learning, but I believe I do better with kinesthetic learning. that when you learn best by movements or touch. like the phase says " action speak louder than words." I believe sometimes the best way to teach someone is by letting them do it hands one. you can show them and tell them how everything works but until they actually do it, that when it stick.

My teaching philosophy is a learner centered one and I believe in experiential learning where students learn by doing and taking an active role in their learning. For example, when I work with students of any level, I want them explain to me what they see when interpreting an imaging study, and allow them to explain why they arrived at that conclusion. I also try to allow the student some level of flexibility and control over their learning process and attempt to adjust my teaching style to best serve each student as an individual. I prefer to give explicit skill instructions when I teach procedures, to allow the student to learn procedures within a safe enviroment, with appropriate graduated responsibility. I feel that students need to learn

Every teacher has a different method of teaching. The teachers that I have had in my school career have been no exception. In this way, each teacher has set an example for me, as a future teacher, to follow or not to follow as I see fit. With the examples from my teachers and in continuing my education, I am developing my own method of teaching. I plan to use a combination of teaching methods in my own classroom. My method will be an eclectic approach because I will be using components of more than one philosophy. I will be using essentialism, behaviorism, progressivism, and existentialism.

A quote that inspires me and describes my likely method of teaching is “Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten”-BF Skinner. When you teach the students

Collaborative learning is founded on the idea that the learning process is a naturally social act which requires the participants to talk among themselves. Collaborative learning involves small groups of students who act on a structured learning activity to solve a problem, complete a task, or create a product. In simpler terms, the students work in groups to learn or understand a new concept they are studying. In this learning approach, it is important to understand that the students are accountable for individual work as well as the group work they do as a group in collaborative learning