Boy, What You Know About Learning?

 3 -2- 1 Of What I'm Learning About Teaching

3 Connections to My Prospective Student Teaching Experience

Interest Approaches 

In my reading this past week, a chapter focused on planning for instruction provided some interesting information about interest approaches (see what I did there). My experience with the subject goes back to the glory days of being a Pennsylvania State Officer when I was facilitating workshops for youth in agricultural education. My teammates and I were trained to utilize interest approaches in a way that just got the gears greased for the information we were about to share. However the reading includes the importance of providing closure for an interest approach which was sort of new information for me. This meaning that a well written interest approach will include a reflection type component once the activity is complete.

Analyzing Desired Results and Transfer of Learning 

Another tidbit I found important was utilizing a backward design when planning for units and lessons for a stronger outcome of learning. This essentially means to start with the end goal in mind and then build your plans around it. Furthermore, I am particularly intrigued with the concept of identifying how the information you teach is transferable to real life application. An example provided in the text regarding mathematics elaborated that a transfer of learning was to "apply mathematical knowledge, skill, and reasoning to solve real-world problems." I want to keep this in mind as I go to student teaching. 

Essential Questions Are to Be Asked and Learned Over Time

Keeping this point short and sweet, the concept is simple. The essential questions around the content being taught should be re-visited over the course of a unit. Simply put, allow your students to practice retrieval by refreshing them on objectives from lessons past.

2 Connections to Other AEE Coursework 

Different Domains of Learning

In AEE 311, with Rockstar teacher educator, Dr. Kevin Curry, we learned that students require different modes of learning. This includes utilizing psychomotor learning where the learner can utilize sensory and moving components to apply the class content in a real world way.

Writing Strong Objectives

In AEE 295, AEE 412, and a bit in 413 we cover the importance of writing strong objectives. As the reading and my instructors would suggest, this is important for multiple reasons but primarily because the action verb should connect with the assessment rendered to evaluate understanding.

1 Thing to Consider - Triangulation in Learning

This is an interesting concept and I'm not 100% learned in what it entails. But to my understanding, the triangulation approach comes at learning by identifying an objective, a desired outcome of that objective and a resource to supplement the facilitation of the objective and outcomes. To connect this to relevant information I already know, it is similar to claim, data, warrant when making an argument in an essay. The objective being the claim, a resource being the data, and the outcome being our warrant. This analogy may not be correct, but after-all, I'm still learning. 

Fritz, J., & Carpenter, R. (2019, April 16). Triangulating student engagement with "built & Bought" learning analytics. Brill. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004399273/BP000019.xml.