...Innovated Learning Essay A typical Students response to a hated subject in school is “What will I need to know this for in my future?” Creativity is just as important in education as literacy. Opening up your mind to embrace your gifts should be stressed a lot more in the high school curriculum. In today’s society, as you get older, your original sense of your childhood creativity begins to disintegrate. We become unwilling to use our capabilities out of the fear of being wrong. As you get older the basic school subjects of math, science, literature, and history are defined and expanded on in learning then using one’s personal creativity. Most education leaders push students to use their methods in order to become successful in the student’s education. Unfortunately most students miss out on what their creative aspects in which can make them successful down the line. Speaker, Ken Robinson, demonstrates a great speech that indicates that society needs to be stressing creativity just as much as your typical education. “Children are all artist”, says Ken Robinson. We as humans are naturally born with a sense of imagination. When children are first learning how the world works, they will creatively think of reason why it works the way it does. For example when you are first teaching a child about subjects like religion and the weather we may come up with or they come up with things like thunder is God going bowling. These reasons make for a less scary idea, and also provide...
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...education they can ever receive. As well as parents and children relying on the teacher with their full knowledge that the children will be learning at the kid's pace. Unlikely, that is not the case. There are many ways a teacher can help their students, and they would, but they are very limited due to standards...
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...Despite the fact that language learning or acquisition is an apparent requirement for translation, the role that translation might play in language learning and acquisition has been considered one of the most hotly debated issue in both Translation Studies and language pedagogy in the West as well as Arab world. Thus, translation studies have been taught in translation classes without being seen in normal foreign or second language (FL) classrooms. In spite of the claims in opposition to make use of translation in English language classroom, recent studies regard highly that far from being counter-productive and fruitless, translation can be an effective boost in (FL) learning and teaching. In most of Arabic countries, the mother tongue, Arabic,...
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...Generations of people pass down their roles in society to the succeeding generation, who will reflect on the past for inspiration from the marvelous successes and learn from the disastrous mistakes, to maintain society’s future. Service learning is important to help lead the youth into contributing to society as many people today take what is given to them for granted. The youth often question their education with ‘How will this apply to real life’, and through service learning, they will discover how the skills they developed from education will be applied to their lives. The role of a citizen is never ending as it continues throughout the span of one’s life and kin. Service learning is to teach others how to become citizens. Citizens are expected to be involved in their community, either politically or by assisting those within the community. It is a valuable kind of education as young people often question the practicality of their formal education and those in the workforce may only do one task repetitively throughout their lives. Serving others will give these people an opportunity to grow or to become productive assets to their community as well as giving...
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...November 27, 2013 The theory of the learning cycle works on four phases. They are concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract hypothesis and active testing. The learning cycle involves these four stages but also includes four different types of learning styles. These styles could include things such as experience, reflection, developing hypotheses, and trying it out. All stages at any time can be affected by feelings and emotions. When our emotional response is triggered our brains decode these signals as important. The part of the learning cycle that I believe focuses the most on the emotional aspects is reflective observation. Reflective observation is a learning process that involves making sense of the information that you already have stowed away in your brain. This process allows a person to develop an observation from their own experiences and emotions by remembering information and reflecting on previous involvements. Emotions can either assist a learner in moving through the learning cycle or they can inhibit them. It all depends on the type of emotion being experienced and how that emotion makes you feel. Does it make you feel anxious, confused, depressed, irritated or angry? These different emotional labels will be the determining factor of how we as learners move thought the learning cycle. Each phase of the learning cycle comes with natural instincts. We are all born to be natural learners ready to explore new knowledge. All learners develop and gain...
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...Two years ago I wrote a paper on right brain, left brain. I asked myself why is it hard for me to retain math, but not for other people. I spent four hours a day with a tutor trying to catch up with people younger than me. A tutor told me about right brain, left brain, some are good at writing papers, while others are good at math and there are few people in the world who are good at both. Yesterday, I took a survey on VARK and it told me I am dominant in the kinesthetic way of learning. Is that right or left brain dominant? What am I? How will this help me study? First I need to ask what kinesthetic learning is. According to VARK, for me to be able to learn the material I need all of my senses, sight, sound, touch, and hearing. I should take a field trip or taking a hands on approach for trial and error. This the best way for me to learn. VARK also accurately states that I take poor notes because I cannot follow a basic lecture, especially if I am already past the point that has been...
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...Abstract Learning is an important psychological process by which a person constructs knowledge, skills and capabilities. The use of technologies is becoming ubiquitous throughout today’s society. As philosophies and practice move toward learner-centered pedagogies, technology, in a parallel move, is now able to provide new affordances to the learner. The unique attributes of mobile learning provide a new approach to Education Industry. Mobile learning (mLearning) is another form of supplementary learning that has the potential to enrich the learning. The main inflections of this research study is to better understand the students' viewpoint and attitude towards the use of mobile learning in education industry of India .The biggest advantage of mobile technology is that it can be used anywhere, anytime and adopt their mobile learning systems with the aim of improving communication and enriching students' learning experiences in their curriculum study. Mobile phones (MPs) are the raising technological tools amongst the teachers and students especially at higher educational institutions....
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...Kinesthetic Learner There are three main learning styles which consist of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. A visual learner learns best by visually seeing and reading what they are learning. An auditory learner enjoys listening to what is being taught in order to better comprehend the material. Kinesthetic learners are typically hands on learners. Kinesthetic learners use bodily communication to assist with learning amongst several other strategies is extremely helpful; however we can also have multiple distractions. Kinesthetic learners use physical activity to learn and comprehend information. When I took the learning styles quiz I scored a seven on the kinesthetic learning section, I also scored a five on the visual and auditory learning sections. Although my score shows that I have strong points in each learning aspect, the way I feel I learn to the best of my ability is through the kinesthetic learning style. The outcome of this quiz does not come to a surprise to me due to the fact I have always considered myself to have kinesthetic learning habits. There are numerous strategies that are used by kinesthetic learners. Thinking proactive and taking color coded notes, sitting in the back of the class in case you fidget, and being creative with power points or projects are great strategies to use. Personally I like to listen to Mozart and other non vocal music while I am studying, taking notes, or writing essays. Taking breaks, working in short intervals, and...
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...“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow”. I am a strong believer of this quote. Right from my childhood, I was curious about the sciences. Starting from a ‘switch’ to a complex equation everything used to intrigue me. I am intending to take up a career where I can quest for knowledge as a researcher, who can feel the things with his own eyes and own heart, rather than a being a mere professional. In each and every circumstance, I was successful in making my dreams come true and live in them. I am eager to find myself in the same circumstance again by achieving what is called as the most highly appraised dream of mine. This can be reached by Pursuing Masters Degree at your esteemed university. It will not only help me to accomplish my goal, but also augments my knowledge regarding the different aspects of the subject. The school I studied in, Nirmala high school, focused on an all-round education, with strong basics, especially the practical knowledge. That curiosity and passion drove me to choose Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as my subjects in Intermediate. With hard work and determination, I cleared the engineering entrance and got a seat in KL University, one of the most reputed universities in my state. I chose Electronics & Communication Engineering as my...
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...I would explain learning would be it is the way understand. Meaning everyone understands the same thing differently, learning is a thought process how you think is a way you understand and retain knowledge. Learning is a way of retaining your knowledge. According to our textbook learning is defined as “our ability to take in the world around us and make sense of it so that we can respond to it an efficient, effective, and appropriate manner.” As you can see in the textbook in section 1.2 according to a scientist by the name of Louis Pasteur learning empowers us when our minds are ready to learn. Also in the same section of the text learning empowers us in three ways: 1) it allows us to gain new knowledge so that we can get a better understanding of ourselves, 2) it allows us to develop new skills that we can use in our ever day life, 3) and it prepares us as we grow, adapt, and mature. The way I had explained learning wasn’t too far off. I had said that the way we retain knowledge is a way we learn. However, I would change it and add how learning empowers us. I think my view on learning has changed, I can see how it is a way for me to understand myself better and know how I learn and retain knowledge. My scores for the Learning Pattern Sequence were as followed: Sequence was 26, Precise was 25, Technical was 18, and Confluent was 21. After learning what my LCI scores were, it made me realize how I learn as well as study. I have been able to...
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...The various learning styles assessments that Ashley completed showed that she has a multimodal learning preference. This means that she can use multiple learning strategies to her benefit when learning. Although she is a multimodal learner, some of her strengths include linguistic, kinesthetic, tactile, and intrapersonal. To strengthen her learning and studying habits to meet the demands of college, she should apply her strengths when preparing notes, making real-world connections to better understand topics, and when managing time to study. Preparing notes is the first step to student success. Taking notes during instructional time taps into Ashley’s linguistic style of learning. According to www.edutopia.org (2015), verbal-linguistic intelligence...
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...Understanding Kinesthetic Learning Breanna Waller September 26, 2013 INFT 101 As I was making my way through the Learning Styles Assessment, I knew right off the bat which learning style I would learn more towards. Auditory, Visual, and Kinesthetic are the three more prominent learning styles. Auditory learning is when someone uses as much auditory learning as possible. For instance, reading out loud to get a better understanding. Visual learners usually sit closer to the front of the classroom and make things more colorful to stand out. Being a Kinesthetic learner, I understand that being able to move around is almost necessary to stay focused. Learning more about each learning style, I have been able to identify that I am a kinesthetic learner because it is essential to be able to practice what it is I have learned and be active and constantly apart of what is going on in order to gain a better comprehension of my studies. After going through the Learning Styles Assessment, it is clear that I am a kinesthetic learner. It definitely matches my personality. I think going through this assessment to be able to get a clearer understanding of how my learning style works was really great. Comparing my results to have I know I already learn what interesting to say the least. I noticed there were many similarities and there were also different ways to learn that may be more helpful. I have noticed that during my time with online learning, I have to be seated in an...
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...How can your mental models about your world both assist and limit your perceptions when you meet a person for the first time? Mental models are psychological representations of real, hypothetical, or imaginary situations (Princeton, 2013). The first known recorded postulation of the mental models theory came from the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, who stated that reasoning is a process by which humans "examine the state of things asserted in the premises, forms a diagram of that state of things, perceives in the parts of the diagram relations not explicitly mentioned in the premises, satisfies itself by mental experiments upon the diagram that these relations would always subsist, or at least would do so in a certain proportion of cases, and concludes their necessary, or probable, truth.” Similarly the Scottish psychologist Kenneth Craik suggested that the human mind constructed small scale models of the world for which it used to anticipate events, to reason and to underlie explanation. Modern Cognitive scientists have since debated that the human mind constructs mental models due to perception, imagination and knowledge. Mental models are created through various avenues such as personal experience, social values, religious beliefs, cultural attitudes and norms. Therefore mental models are how we determine and make sense of reality; these can be range from simple generalisations to immensely complex ideas and theories. These models thus underpin all...
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...this report, I will reflect on what I’ve learnt in the course ‘Learning and Communicating Online’ and in particular, I’ll discuss what I have learnt about finding, using and evaluating online sources for academic communication. I’ll also discuss how my ideas of using online sources of information have developed during the course and how the development of an informational resource has helped me understand how to evaluate the credibility of online sources in an academic environment. I will also reflect on the advantages and limitations of working collaboratively in an online community. Firstly, researching a topic through the use of different online resources including informational websites and social media platforms helped me understand not only ‘how I learn’ but also that you can learn different things from different resources. During the course I researched information on MyLink, Holden’s infotainment system. The online resources I used to help with my research included: YouTube, GM Holden website, Reddit, Wikipedia and CarAdvice.com.au. Researching through Wikipedia helped me learn about Piaget’s Constructivist Theory (Atherton, JS 2010) which suggests that when we learn, we build on prior knowledge which is called ‘Assimilation’ and when we change our perceptions or alter our pre-existing knowledge when we learn new information this is called ‘Accommodation.’ From learning this, I knew that I was learning through what Piaget called ‘Assimilation’ where I was able to fit...
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...tend to see the classroom and students as people who need to learn their alphabets and spelling. When learning to see it means the teachers are seeing children as people who use knowledge to read and write. Piaget's statement that we don't "know what we see; we see what we know,” shines a light on teaching. As teachers each year we will have new students in our classrooms ready to learn and discover new things. Piaget's statement affects the classroom because teachers only notice and know the things they want to see. Instead of looking at drawings of maps,...
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