...Kolb experimental learning cycle Dixon (1999) stated that Kolb proposed a cycle through which individual learning progresses (see figure 1.0) the cycle begins when each experiences the world through our senses. Kolb calls this step ‘concrete experience’, to indicate that he does not mean the vicarious experience we have through books or plays but a real world experience. Example of concrete experience could be as varied as sitting through a boring meeting or suffering the distress of losing job. Kolb suggest that to learn from our experience we most engage in a second step of consciously reflecting on what has occurred in the actual experience. Reflection is selective as we saw earlier, it is influenced by our expectations and our existing meaning. The third step in the learning cycle is making sense of we have experienced. In the language of this book that involves relating the new information to these existing meaning structures and out of that relationship creating new meaning. Kolb call this step ‘abstract conceptualization’. The final step in Kolb’s model is active experimentation. At this step we test out the meaning that we have constructed by taking action in the world which then leads to new tend to get more proficient at some steps of this process than at others and those we develop learning style preferences. But as he has noted all the steps are necessary to the extent that we slight any of the step, our learning is less effective and complete. Kolb defines individual...
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...INTRODUCTION: PERSPECTIVES ON WORK AND LEARNING IN THE INFORMATION AGE The conditions of work and learning now appear to be changing quickly in Canadian society. A basic assumption underlying much of the recent public discussion about work and learning is that because new jobs are rapidly requiring greater knowledge and skill, a lifelong learning culture must be created in order for Canada and Canadians to succeed in an increasingly information-based world. Virtually every recent public policy statement begins with this assumption. Consider the following examples: Information technology is changing our world. It is reshaping our economy and affecting the life and work of almost every Canadian....If Canadians are to embrace and welcome change, they must create a society that places learning at its very heart, and nourishes them in their personal and working lives. (Information Highway Advisory Council, 1995, pp. vii, 57). Canada’s workplaces are changing with unnerving rapidity, and since the world of work casts a long shadow on the rest of life, many Canadians are anxious about the future....As long as Canada maintains its investments in educating the new generation of workers and enhancing the skills of older workers, the long-term outlook for the productive potential of the Canadian economy is very positive. (Advisory Committee on the Changing Workplace, 1997, pp. 5-6) Technology is altering every aspect of our lives. Knowledge and creativity are now the driving...
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...Saint Paul Elementary School is committed to helping all students develop the world-class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate. In fulfilling the school's mission "to educate our children through meaningful learning experiences in a safe and nurturing environment,” the school community purposely and consistently provides an academically stimulating environment where all children recognize and achieve excellence. At SPES, we live out our mantra, “Learning Is Our Task, Excellence Is Our Goal.” Collectively, Saint Paul Elementary school team invests in our children's future by investing in themselves. Professional development opportunities are offered through a myriad...
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...Philosophy of Learning My belief in learning is that humans learn from society and they learn to live in the society. I think the true purpose of education is to get along with others and live among those. To achieve purpose of education, people need to be sent off to society. Lecture should not be just making you to memorize thing, it has to motivate you to learn. I believe that whoever is doing is learning. I believe learning is social and should happen in community through investigations, experiments, questions, and conversations. I believe all of our historical philosophers have gathered their wisdoms from social communities experiencing it. Confucius said “At fifteen, I set my heart on learning. At thirty, I know where I stand, where my character has been formed. At forty, I have no more doubts, at fifty, I know the will of Heaven, at sixty my moral sense is well-developed, at seventy, I follow my heart’s desire without crossing the line.” It took thirty years for Confucius, one of most revered philosopher in the world, to stand with his own philosophy. How long would it take for me? I would like to begin with ‘What is the meaning of learning?’ Learning needs someone who is willing to learn. Every process of learning aims to change the learner. I say there are changes in different subjects, such as, knowledge, skill, attitudes, and other things. These changes are triggered by learner by himself. Which means learner by his will, provoke and lead process of learning. At same...
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...Humanities is a very broad subject it covers from what our ancestors used as writing tools to the art and music they appreciated. In both of the videos in this unit the speakers gave a variety of examples, from education, personal skills, history in ancient Greek culture, and how our art has change throughout the years. Furthermore, one of the most interest topics that I found quite amusing was the history in the types of different cultures. There is so many types of cultures and practices around the world. This creates issues because sometimes we don’t understand our piers cultures, and we start judging. Understanding of Humanities can create a better perspective of how we see other cultures. Learning the history of other cultures can help us relate to people better. We live in south Florida which is the melting pot of cultures, we have people from all around the world, that’s why understanding the humanities in cultures can help us be more successful....
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...Culture Learning and Knowledge Since the dawn of time human beings have been learning how to survive throughout the world and passing this knowledge gained over centuries down to their children for generations and now into the near future. America is widely known for its prestige college universities and its higher standards for learning and knowledge. As Americans how would the world be if we did not have Learning and Knowledge in our American culture? Today, we are going to discuss Learning and Knowledge and how it has vastly affected our American culture as a whole. Learning and knowledge in American culture has always been perceived as your stepping stone to a better life. First, we will examine Learning and its effect on the American culture. In a famous quote from Leonard Da Vinci “Learning never exhausts the mind”.1 This can be simply put as our minds as human beings will continue to learn and grow as much as we deem fit. Typically, we attend school all the way up to the age of eighteen and we have a choice to make on whether or not to attend college or set off into the American work force. Regardless, of what choice we make learning is going to occur in both aspects of attending college or starting a new job/career in the American workforce. Attending college will give you a better knowledge of how our society works and how to some-what navigate through everyday life. Entering into the workforce you will gain more of a hands-on, everyday working feel of the world. This...
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...is a much needed but underrepresented resource By shifting the perspective we can better understand why this important component of learning is missing for many Americans. Disparate resources are available in abundance on the internet, so many might feel there is no need to seek out or pay for a structured learning option. Many might feel handicapped limited by their own understanding of the financial space, becoming a living illustration for ‘you don’t know what you don’t know’. Some might simply lack the discipline to carve out time to manage their finances or make and manage investment plans. We can overcome some of these challenges by creating a program with a low barrier to entry, providing a more structured learning resource, and guaranteeing that some of the program elements allow for tangible realization to serve as its own proof of concept thus allowing for continued attention devoted to financial literacy. Challenge: What is the best way to structure financial literacy programs Application of the SCAMPER technique: Substitute | Can format be changed?Can emotional stigma about financial education be changed? | Can it be taught on demand online? Can it be offered as structured courses vs. unstructured on demand info? Can it be seen as an asset rather than ‘scary big black box’? Can we get kids excited about learning about personal finance management?Can it be delivered within parameters of gamification and turned into entertainment? Can ‘quests’ be set...
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...laptop? Just as it is not feasible to have students stand in line to share learning tools such as a pencil, paper, notebook, book, etc, it also doesn’t make sense for them to share a laptops. Students often need to work at their own pace in their own way. Laptops become a student’s assistant for thinking, drawing, writing, reading, analyzing, calculating, connecting, collaborating, producing, researching, presenting, and more. This does not occur if they are given only isolated pockets of time or have to wait until someone else is done. Their laptops provide anytime/anywhere on-demand access to information, thinking, learning, experts, collaboration, creativity and knowledge and more. As one student put it clearly, "When I can't use my laptop, I feel like a part of my brain is missing." Today's collaboration does not occur with two students sitting at one laptop. It occurs with students using their own learning stations collaborating and connecting with like-minded people, inputing, discussing, interacting, simultaneously not one at a time. Furthermore, those people they are interacting with are not just the student next to them, but could be a student, adult, or expert any where in the world. To be truly effective laptops must be woven into everything that is done in the classroom. Jean Piaget protégé and artificial intelligence pioneer Seymour Papert explains it this way, "People around the world have opted to use the computer as the natural medium. They have found this...
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...Learning is essential; it is the key structure in life that forms personalities and characteristics that we develop as humans and most of all beings on earth. We learn in so many different ways such as: sight, smell, touching, hearing, and even taste. There are four basic developmental stages I’m going to talk about and show how they are used throughout important parts of our lives. These stages were grouped from theories based on research of Swiss biologist and psychologist, Jean Piaget, and his studies of children’s cognitive behavioral development. Those groups, or stages, are the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. He developed these methods by observing his own children’s cognitive behavior throughout different ages in life. After becoming interested in the subject he started performing scientific behavioral experiments and studies in a lab. Dr. Piaget started using monkeys, performing experiments that many people did not agree with. But with his experiments he found a lot of important information that we use today in many different ways. The first stage, the sensorimotor stage, begins from age zero and lasts until the age of two. This is the stage in human life when we learn extremely rapidly. Multiple things are learned each day. When we are in the sensorimotor stage we mostly learn from trial and error. As children we rely on reflexes. Eventually our reflexes change and we adapt to the world around us. The main development during...
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...The world as we know it, we have witnessed profound, unprecedented changes in the physical environment, social environment, population changes, attitudes and values, education (learning to know) and technological factors. Learning is the act of obtaining new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviors, morals and abilities and involves amalgamating different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Learning is not obligatory, it is circumstantial and it does not happened all at once, but builds upon and is formed by previous knowledge. Bostrom and Lassen (2002) notes, “every child is born with an innate ability to learn and it is a pre requisite for the survival and development. Learners learn in order to know something, which this something is called knowledge.” Driver (1989) learning does not take place in a vacuum, it is an active process in which the learner uses sensory inputs and constructs meaning out of the information being passed across. The knowledge that learners need to have is fundamental to make sense of the world in which he or she lives. Therefore human knowledge is human construct as humans have constructed and amassed knowledge about the world in which they live through. The primary knowledge construct is to secure their survival as far as possible. As we human begin become more sophisticated we are cable of constructing knowledge beyond the purpose of pure survival. According to...
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...ADULT LEARNING THEORY The author examines two observation of the Adult Learning Theory: "Increased Attention to where learning takes place and its Multidimensional Natures". First, the author discusses "the increase attention to various contexts in which learning takes place," Merriam, Sharon (2008) Adults Learning Theory Twenty-First Century, (p96) using context broadly, ranging from the concrete ("workplace") to the more abstract, as in one's subculture or society as a whole. She states that this increased attention has been the result of a shift from the focus on the individual perspective and how they process the information they receive. Before, most of the research on the "Adult Learning Theory" was relegated to studying the individual; what they heard or receive and how they process the information. Today, more information is put on the external factors that play apart. Secondly, millions of dollars has been invested toward research concerning the multidimensional natures of adult learning. No more is education restricted to one setting, but Universities and Colleges alike has geared their curriculum's toward what will work best and which approach will be more effective. What was taboo decades ago especially for women concerning become adult learners, has now became an open market. The author discusses; "the multidimensional nature of learning and its holistic approach"."Frielier's chapter on learning through the body makes the case that learning is a holistic...
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...beings are reduced down to a number, slapped on a piece of paper, or mechanically entered into some cyber sphere. This is the value of today’s students in America; the numbers that represent them. However, there are key principles taught by David McCullough in his address “Love of Learning,” and Thomas G. Plummer’s “Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia Syndrome” that have given new insight into addressing the errors in our educational system that so many today are lamenting, yet are misdiagnosing, and treating with snake oil. These two men have been on both the learner and the teacher side of life, and I believe have correctly identified critical elements to true learning. And as they possess such experience, it begs the question: how does our country’s current approach to education align with these men’s ideas about learning? Let’s be so bold as to propose that it does not. These men provide the two key pieces to education that our country is currently lacking, and while both use rational thinking to arrive at their conclusions, Plummer argues that individuals stunt their learning and growth when they depend on others to do the thinking, while McCullough focuses on the distinction between learning, and the accumulation of information. The question remains, is there a distinction between gaining knowledge and just getting good grades? Summaries In the first article, “Diagnosing and Treating the Ophelia Syndrome,” Thomas G. Plummer (1990/2013), a professor of Germanic and Slavic...
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...In the 21st century, the world is changing and becoming increasingly complex as the flow of information increases and becomes more accessible day by day. The world is radically more different than it was just a few years ago, hard to imagine that it’s such a short period of time - the world and its people, economies and cultures have become inextricably connected, driven by the Internet, new innovations and low-cost telecommunications technology. A computer is a must, to be a successful student, in this modern age, all the required information and communication is accessible online. The education is structured for all students, regardless of background or community, so that they have the opportunity not only to reach their goals but to contribute the modern society as well, because education is not just an individual prosperity, because if you really think about it, it also serves a public good. The education acquired must ensure that everyone remains fully functional in such an increasingly demanding and knowledge-based society will require a constantly rising level of skills. The final result should be that education means more in terms of human survival and happiness. There is a huge connection - people who are better educated are more likely to be employed, have higher career satisfaction, live longer with improved health, have reduced participation in crime, participate in voting and volunteering, and are less likely to rely on public tax transfers or benefits...
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...One of the easiest ways to convert our learning into wisdom is by making learning an essential part of our lives. McCullough states in his commencement address, “Make the love of learning central to your life. What a difference it can make.” In order for a person to gain wisdom, they must strive for it. Similarly, Tanner suggest that we “learn something so deeply that it becomes part of our core.” We cannot do this unless we want that knowledge to become a part of use . We will never be able to gain wisdom without being active in making learning a part of us rather than a chore to be done. To gain wisdom, we must also be prepared to work for it. McCullough attempts to help the graduates to understand that wisdom comes “from work, concentrated work.” It is not enough to know facts, but we must work to apply them to our lives and come to better understanding of them....
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...means Adoration for Knowledge or Quest for Learning. Theory is deciphered in a wide range of routes by various savants. Plato is a widely acclaimed scholar known for his numerous philosophical studies says that, "reasoning is the securing of learning." While an alternate celebrated logician by the name of Karl Marx's states that, "logic is an understanding of the world to change." In fundamental terms rationality is the investigation of information and it is separated into six limbs known as transcendentalism, epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics, political theory, and social theory. These extensions solicit the confusing inquiries from the world. Today we will talk about these distinctive limbs and what they intend to the world. SIX BRANCHES OF PHILOSOPHY Metaphysics is the investigation of what's genuine and it doubts our presence and reason in life. It is thought to be the establishment of logic and without it we would be left with no clarification in respect to how we ought to manage reality. Metaphysics ask the "What is" inquiries of the world. Case in point: "Do you have a spirit?" or "Do you trust in God?" It is my conviction that we live in both a physical and otherworldly world and I say this in light of the fact that I can physically see, touch and feel things with my body yet with my brain I sense a profound element. I was taught to have confidence in God and that he made this world that we dwell in and I do trust some of those...
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