The Good, The Bad, The Ugly During my academic journey at Calvin College I had my shares of good classes and not so great classes. I normally would categorized my courses based on personal outcomes: did I understand the context, was the class interesting, was the teacher teaching method applicable to my learning style, was the course valuable to my majors or minors. It is clear my method of categorization will be biased, but Jane Vella has identified 12 principles that teachers should withhold to give "adult" learners an effective learning environment. After learning the principles, the good classes incorporated the principles while the bad and ugly classes did not incorporated it, truly hindering my learning in the course. One of my favorite class is History 152: History of the West & World 2 taught by Professor Washington. This class went well because the teacher taught from the assumption that the rest of the 23 …show more content…
The lectures always went over my head, the level started off complex, not simple: sequence of content and reinforcement. The labs did not fully allow for you to practice what you learned in the lecture, instead the lab was just had the students following the directions. This took away from the principle: Respect for learners as decisions makers, "don’t do what the learner can do, don’t decide what they can decide" (15). This was an overall an important class for my major and it discourage me completely to take advance GIS because it made me feel like I did not understand STEM based courses. Vella or Paulo Freire would have gave my professor some tips on how to improve the learners experiences. His main downfall were the exams because there were no praxis: ongoing practice after he gave his lecture. Another thing he could had worked with is establishing a consultative voice instead a deliberative voice, sometime he or the TA would give me the answers without an
Children’s Literature is a wide range. It is collection of culture, concepts and future values. After reading the introduction” Trade And Plumb-Cake Forever, The Riverside Anthology of Children’s Literature), I considered most insightful in reading this section , Children’s literature differs from adult literature, Children’s literature plays a key role in raising children's imaginations, and it plays an important role in the development and creative thinking in children.
The other important lesson I learned was that research and reflection are essential to good teaching. Torey Hayden had quite a few unorthodox methods
One thing that makes a class great to me is having a teacher who loves what he/she teaches. Being able to ask your teacher questions when necessary and knowing that they will gladly answer your questions make the learning experience enjoyable. Another thing that makes a class great is having a chance to interact with other students. I know that being online it is hard to have the interaction you would in a classroom, but in my last English class we got involved with other students through editing of papers, giving feedback, and having a DB that was for interaction of all students and the teacher about any questions or concerns we
Right from the beginning of this course I had a terrible feeling that I was not going to learn what I had to or finish it with a good grade. It all began when I found out that I had to be in contact with an administrator in order to obtain the data needed to complete the final project. Dirksen (2014) wrote that one should never give up, even when everything seems against you. That is exactly what I did. I tried and fortunately, I was able to find help, gain a lot of knowledge from the material I had to read, good advices from my assistant principal, and learn how analyze school data in detail and put together a Data-Driven Decision Making Team together (3D). Also, and probably the most important, I learned to think more like a leader than a teacher.
Edmundson agrees with Gutting’s belief that students are misunderstanding the purpose of college level classes. Gutting states how the quality of college education has declined mostly because of universities’ curriculum. He believes the students have become disengaged from classes that are not interesting or enjoyable. They only apply their full attention to classes that apply to their “future employment” or if their professors have a “pleasing way” of presenting the material that and can keep
Let’s look at my last class MT220 Global Business. This class was a horrendous undertaking every week, especially for a working adult student with many responsibilities and obligations. Every week in this class, there was a discussion board, a paper and a quiz. With the exception of one week, where instead of a paper we had to complete a very complex Power Point.
This class has really opened up my eyes to many new views and opinions toward certain information and assumptions. Before taking this class I did not believe I was racist or had any downward views towards any people or cultural. This soon came to my attention that everyone has a little bit of racist in them no matter how hard you try not to be. I also thought that Columbus discovered America, I found it very interesting and almost common sense when we discussed this issue and how the school curriculum has been lying to students in a sense about the discovery of America. The finial bias I soon came to see was that no matter how much you think you will not face other cultures or other religions in schools that you are not familiar with your chances are very slim. No matter where you plan to teach at their will always be situations that you are unfamiliar with.
Students in the class are social and very active in class. Students learn how to be respectful, attentive, and demonstrate good behavior in the classroom. The teacher will create a suitable learning environment so that each student can grasp the concepts. There will also be small groups formed for better learning and support opportunities.
I started out not liking this film, the grainy film style and hand cam movements was a real turn off. But as the film went those problems started to work heavily in its favor. As I've stated in the past I'm not a fan of werewolf films, with some rare exceptions and while The Big Bad isn't one of the rare few I love. It is one that I would say I thoroughly enjoyed.
that I will take away from this class and remember in ten years would have to be learning about the culture of fear in the United States. The culture of fear seems to always be in our news cycle as there is always a new crisis occurring in the United States. Unfortunately, I believe in the next ten years things will be similar. What I learned from the section is to think critically on all the hype that is surrounded the news, and that is fed to the people. A quote that I liked from the article The culture of Fear Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner is,” The short answer to why Americans harbor so many misbegotten fears
When signing up for classes I hadn’t put much thought into my personal goals for this class, let alone any of my classes and being a liberal arts student my main purpose is to find a subject that clicks, something that challenges me, not only as a student but as a person as well. That’s what I want this class to do for me. I’m not looking for an easy grade, I want a class that forces me to think. All throughout middle school and high school history has been somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine. And I say guilty pleasure because so many people have discouraged me from choosing the subject as a major in college. The past has always interested me far more than the future. I want to know our origins before I learn about what may possibly be in
Here on planet earth there are many things to see and hear. As humans we were blessed with 5 senses which are touch, smell, taste, sight, and the ability to hear. Even if someone tried they could not name off all of the things that can be heard. Sounds can be very soothing, but at the same time can cause distress to the living.
Provide a one-paragraph example from your experience or the textbook readings of a manager who executed a legally sound decision.
What is the most important concept that you learned in this class? Write this for a reader who is unfamiliar with the concept.
This approach focuses on the importance of quality curriculum and the need for revision so that it consists of learnings that students find enjoyable and useful. The classes in college are intended to broaden the student's outlook on life. This is the goal of general education. When the information is not applicable, the motivation to learn decreases and the only incentive to attend class is because class participation is weighted on the final grade for the class. Instructors ought not to be dispassionate, thus, translating that same lifelessness into the students.