https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial How the five characteristics of learning displayed themselves in my life en-us 2020-02-02 17:57:49 UTC 2024-05-16 18:25:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9ee.png ameliakerr42 https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387447 I attended School of Rock Memphis for about five years, where most of our one-on-one lessons consisted of observing our instructors play pieces of songs and then manually manipulating our instruments to mimic our teachers. We would do this with a song, piece by piece, until I understood a song well enough to play it straight through.

Playing with dolls, or toy roleplay, is a common example of active social learning. Children observe how others treat toys and think their characters should say while also manipulating their toys in whatever ways they see appropriate. ]]> 2020-02-02 23:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387447 ameliakerr42 https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387600 At Lausanne, my english teachers often required us to write an essay or construct a visually pleasing product reflecting upon the end of a literary unit. These creative projects were a tool for articulating what we internalized and enjoyed in a unit, and what we may still have questions about or were turned off by.

My Lifespan Development class concluded with constructing a website to reflect on how the subjects in each chapter applied to my upbringing, education, and career. While the site was to be visually pleasing, it was more important that I was able to successfully articulate the information learned in the class. ]]> 2020-02-02 23:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387600 ameliakerr42 https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387651 In many of my classes growing up and today, the class would read a chapter or excerpt of our reading materials followed by a collaborative conversation.  During these conversations, teachers would monitor and guide the students in cooperating with each other and sticking to the relevant information. These conversations often caused me anxiety due to overstimulation or social worries, so they did not often effectively teach me more from my peers, but being held accountable for reading in group made it more likely that I finished my reading.

In my college experience, casual cooperative learning with friends has lead to comfort with material. Examples that have helped me in my learning include conversing with friends after reading paragraph about what I've learned and collaborating with a study buddy to navigate wording on a writing assignment.]]> 2020-02-02 23:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387651 ameliakerr42 https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387715 My high school sophomore math teacher attempted to teach us complex math about gas milage of various cars vs their hybrid counterpart by having us collect data on the cars in our school parking lot. While he wanted to give us a more tangible, authentic experience, unfortunately for him we were missing much of the context of what connected our formulas to the numbers we were collecting, and most of the class ultimately failed the assignment. 

The college of education implements authentic learning  by requiring us to do student-teaching. Taking on a classroom by yourself involves a lot of complex issues that arise to to various contexts of administrative rules, the students' home lives leaking into the classrooms, etc. having the opportunity to teach part time with assistance allows the student teacher to learn about the complexities of their future career in a similar but more controlled environment.]]> 2020-02-02 23:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387715 ameliakerr42 https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387768 Participating in School of Rock performance groups required intentional learning. I had to regulate how often I played bass in order to remember all of my songs for practice. Practices taught us punctuality and dedication due to the group having a goal of playing together and sounding good as we possibly could as individuals and a group.

University of Memphis has provided all of their their students with intentional learning opportunities in the You@Memphis website. The tools provided on this site provide advice for regulating and balancing your activities and making long term goals.]]> 2020-02-02 23:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439387768 ameliakerr42 https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439415990 alone, with an instructor, and in groups required most all of the Characteristics of Learning.]]> 2020-02-03 01:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakerr42/7zodr21p3ial/wish/439415990