Reflection

"Nothing can happen through you until it happens to you"  John C. Maxwell

Reflecting on these questions, for your final Blog Post this quarter, write a 2-paragraph statement on your philosophy of learning. What do you believe is critical and non-negotiable in teaching and learning? Support your ideas using the learning and instructional theories you embrace as a part of your personal theory of learning

What do you believe is critical in teaching and learning?  Exploring instructional technology has been journey.   I have voyaged to a new landscape about teaching and learning.  I believe that learning has a permanent influence on behavior, knowledge, and thinking skills which comes through experience.  Prior knowledge is a reflection of our experience.  Through experience, the schema theories provide information that already exists in our mind which is information (Peggy A. Ertmer & Timothy J.Newby, 1993). The information that I embraced the most was the mind-mapping.   It was like telling a story about my digital life.      

Non-negotiable in teaching and learning is the IQ (intelligence quotient).  First, I did embrace this form of measurement.  I discovered that it is a form of stereotypes and negative expectations about a student’s ability.  As a teacher, I do my best to acknowledge student’s creative and practical skills.  I will continue to use the Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory.  It is an important observation to guide and to take into account the differences in students’ multiple intelligences.  This allows me to personalize instruction and assessment, which it also allows me to appropriate instructional strategies in computer applications.

 

Works Cited

Peggy A. Ertmer & Timothy J.Newby. (1993). Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism: Comparing Critical Features from an Instructional Design Perspective. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 50-72.