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Entering undergrad (Little Bear) joining a community full of people with similar interests. Regarding undergraduate programs

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1. John Dewey: Through class projects, specifically when we learned about monarch butterflies life cycle as a class. Encouraged to ask questions and learn by seeing and doing.

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At Toronto Metropolitan University, I had many opportunities for experiential learning through several placements in various settings, and many hands-on / intensive individual and group assignments

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Gardner's theory proposes that individuals have diverse types of intelligences, which influence how they learn and excel in specific subjects. In high school, I found that teacher’s helped students identify their strengths and intelligences through self-reflection and assessment. Likewise, teachers offered students with choices in learning activities, allowing us to engage with content in ways that align with our strengths (i.e., demonstrate learning through written essays, artistic projects, presentation, etc).

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I seen Dewey specifically in high school during my baking and auto class. In these classes there was rarely ever seat work and all the learning occurred through the act of doing.

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Mr. D encouraged us to explore real world topics. Had us do a lot of group discussion. It gave us the opportunity to learn from my peers and practice/construct my own understanding of concepts.

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In my highschool law class, when we followed a "hands-on" learning approach and had a "mock" debate.

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John Dewey’s Learning Theory mentions hands-on and collaborative learning. When I was in middle school, I had to do 2 projects for the science fair. In grade 7, my partner and I made a small model of a car that can be driven in any direction. It was shaped like a ufo with wheels. My partner and I were able to collaborate effectively on this project. The second project I did was in grade 7, I did another project with a different partner where we made dry ice bubbles. It was a more hands-on experiment. We had to learn to handle the dry ice safely.

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Montessori comes to mind, this relates to John Dewey’s ideas of experiential learning. In Montessori school we learned though play and social interactions.

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Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences was exhibited in my high school experience, where I was allowed to create our own projects related to the school curriculum. The project gave us the freedom to best demonstrate our learning in a variety of different forms. This opportunity demonstrates using one's strongest natural intelligence to support the different learning styles. By having these options as a student, I recognized and developed these strengths to better my knowledge and understanding in a fulfilling and rewarding way.

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At my high school, the way I learned often reflected Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. One example occurred in my grade 10 history class. My teacher assigned a project where we had to write a love song inspired by songs of the 1950/60s. The assignment incorporated my two intelligences of musical and linguistic abilities. My teacher integrated many other intelligences into her teaching through a variety of different activities, including drama skits, visual art projects, and problem-solving workshops.

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In high school there was more of a focus on learning by doing with some of the classes that was available to take which were very different compared to the ones I had in previous years. Classes such as automotive technology where I was able to learn how to fix cars by doing it hands on with very little seat work.

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Activity: Egg Drop Project, in which we had to create a container with a parachute to protect the egg. This was tested by dropping the egg out the window of our classroom on the second floor and writing a reflection on how we could improve/what went well. This activity addressed practical challenges and facilitated participation in hands-on learning. It also placed a strong emphasis on the learning process through reflection.

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In my grade 4 class I had a male teacher who based the setting of the classroom on Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. At the beginning of the year he had us take the test that would identify the type of learner that we were and the next week the classroom was completely changed. He had us as the interpersonal learners in a table group of desks where we could sit and collaborate on our work together. Another example of this was for the kinesthetic learners he had an exercise area of the classroom where these learners could do their work while walking on a treadmill or bouncing on the exercise balls.

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At Bill Crothers Secondary School I learned about a lot of things that I found enjoyment in and I feel as if they shaped the way I acted in a positive manner. Choice theory is present here as my behaviours changed to accommodate my needs.

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I actively participated in project-based learning. Consistent with John Dewey's philosophy, this approach emphasized hands-on learning and real-world problem-solving. This helped me understand the topic better through practical application.

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Dewey - experimental learning for grade 6 math

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Dewey - experimental learning for grade 6 math

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my teacher allowed us to solve math in various ways, in groups, on chart paper, using tools, outside learning. It all helped with seeing the unit in different perspectives

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Nursery. We learned by doing. A hands on approach.

I learned to write by doing, I learned to colour by doing.

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We would often act out scenes from the books we read in order to help us have a better understanding of the characters and the text’s themes.

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In Junior and Senior Kindergarten, I remember that my learning was based on exploration through art projects, music, and nature-related activities. Each student had the chance to create their own unique creations and express themselves, ultimately showcasing a diversity of “languages”. Through this approach, it influenced my learning career as it nurtured my creativity and self-expression.

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- Influenced my ability to understand science much better. Through the use of experiments I was able to do better in science as the process of "doing" was involved".

- Influenced my idea of what subjects I found important/interesting. I valued subjects like language more because I understood it more, meaning I asked more questions about it. Whereas math I valued less and did not ask as many questions about.

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At my high school my chemistry teacher was the only one who had us do experiments almost every class to help us understand the different topics that we were covering in class.

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Experiential learning in 8th grade discussions, experiments, group work. One specific example was dropping an egg from the second floor without it breaking. Groups were able to do a lot of trial and error, hands on work in order to successfully cushion its fall.

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In high school, we did a hands on experiment every week testing hypotheses and making observations. This demonstrates Dewey’s experimental learning.

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I experienced this learning theory abroad, when learning how to teach children English through music and play. It was very involved and active and involved discussion, reflection and thinking about personalizing lessons

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I have seen Dewey mostly applicable in high school where we are encouraged to participate in hands-on and collaborative learning in things such as labs, group assignments, clubs, and councils.

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Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences 

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Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences 

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I seen this throughout my educational career but mostly in my public school education. Teachers took more time to tune lessons to students particular intelligences such as doing a math lesson and incorporating a musical or movement component into the lesson. The curriculum also allowed for students to be introduced to other intelligences or learning styles that they were not “strong” in, which held to expose students to other ways of learning. On the other hand, I felt that university was more focused on linguistic and logical intelligences.

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Learning by doing during my extensive practicum blocks at George Brown. The curriculum was also focused on inquiry-based learning.

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During my ECE diploma during my field practicum… we did a lot of hands on activities with the children

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My experience include John Dewey, Howard Gardner and Leroy Little Bears theories of learning by doing, thinking about the interconnection of everything as a whole and being inquiry based as we had to facilitate activities that pertain specifically to the children's needs and that involved inquiry and asking questions making predictions, which then connects us to Glassers theory.

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My grade 6-8 science teacher allowed students to have control over their own learning (sometimes). For example, he allowed us to select our own research topics which allowed us to be more engaged. By giving us agency, he created a enlightening learning environment, allowing the class to develop a deeper connection with science.