After I read the blogs of Karl Kapp (Out and About: Discussion on Educational Schools of Thought) and Bill Kerr (_isms as filter not-blinker) about cognitive learning theory, I would agree with the statement made by Mr. Kapp (2007). He said “we need to take pieces from each school of thought and apply it effectively because…Cognitivism doesn’t explain 100% how humans process information and neither does Constructivism or Behaviorism. What we need to is take the best from each philosophy and use it wisely to create solid educational experiences for our learners.” In today’s classrooms, we see that our students have different learning styles. Because of this, we cannot focus our attention on just one learning theory. We must incorporate a variety of learning theories so that we can find the best way to help our students learn. Mr. Kerr (2007) said it best, “what I have noticed is that these _isms do not stand still. They evolve, they listen to criticism and move on.” As the _isms evolves, so must our teaching styles. Our students are unique and diverse and we have to cater our methodologies to their uniqueness and diversity.
Kapp, K. (2007, January 2). Out and about: Discussion on educational schools of thought (Web log post). Retrieves from http://www.kaplaneduneering.com/kappnotes/index.php/2007/01/out-and-about-discussion-on-educational/
Kerr, B. (2007, January 1). _isms as filter, not blinker (Web log post). Retrieved from http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/isms-as-filter-not-blinker.html
Charee,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your response 100%. Do you believe that parts from each -ism can be taking by each educator to form a successful classroom for students that have different learning styles?
Charee,
ReplyDeleteI also agree with your response completely. With all of the different ways that students learn, it only makes sense that teachers should draw from each -ism when creating lesson plans in order to effectively differentiate. Do you think that each lesson should incorporate all the theories every day?
Mel
Charee,
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with your response. There is no black & white answer to how humans learn. There is a rainbow that consists of various styles to fit the variety of people.
I agree with you that there are varying learning styles and therefore varying learning theories. We cannot expect students (especially younger ones) to learn when teaching to only one style of learning. There are different learning styles for every person, and even within that person are different learning styles depending on the information being presented.
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