EDUC 5210 - Learning Theory and Implications for Instruction

You’ve reached the end of our course. Congratulations! Think back to your Reflective Portfolio Activity from Unit 1. In the first unit, you were asked to consider the way in which you defined‘learning’ and how that definition might influence your classroom expectations about student performance. In this last reflection,consider your understanding of ‘teaching’. This final unit included readings that suggest that there is no one theory or approach thatapplies to each student. Different students with...

Instructions for submission Review Table 3: Instructional approaches for activating prior knowledge (p. 8) in the Strangman, Hall, and Meyer reading: AEM: Background Knowledge Instruction and the Implications for UDL Implementation. (2021, February 24). Web.archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224031539/https://aem.cast.org/about/publications/2004/ncac-background-knowledge-udl.html ‌The table identifies six evidence-based approaches teachers can consider using in order to better engage students...

Review Section IV. Recommendations for practitioners http://teach.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ARP_DiversityInclusionCulturalAwareness_Overview.pdf Ruggs, E., & Hebl, M. (2012). Literature overview: Diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness for classroom and outreach education. http://teach.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ARP_DiversityInclusionCulturalAwareness_Overview.pdf ‌ on page 9 of the Ruggs and Hebl reading, Literature overview: Diversity,inclusion, and cultural awareness for classroom and outreach education...

To determine the best practices in experiential learning, it is necessary to first define experiential learning. In the words of Lewis and Williams (1994, p.5): “In its simplest form, experiential learning means learning from experience or learning by doing. Experiential education first immerses learners in an experience and then encourages reflection about the experience to develop new skills, new attitudes, or new ways of thinking.” The first theories of experiential learning arose in the mid-nineteenth century as attempts to move away from traditional formal education, where teachers simply presented students with abstract concepts, and toward an immersive method of instruction...

Review the reading from Schwartz (2012). Best practices in experiential learning https://www.mcgill.ca/eln/files/eln/doc_ryerson_bestpracticesryerson.pdf Focus on pp 1-2: Experiential learning: An expanded definition. In this section of the reading, Schwartz outlines nine activities thathave the potential to be experiential learning experiences depending on the situation. Select one of the nine activities and post ascenario or short lesson that clearly illustrates how your selected activity fulfills the definition of experiential learning...

The Schunk reading posits that “some of the key influences on development and learning are socioeconomic status, homeenvironment, parental involvement, and electronic media” (p. 465). Certainly, each of these considerations plays a role in studentlearning. Which one do you consider to be of primary importance for teachers? In your initial response to the post, examine one of these key influences. How do you characterize this influence in the classroom?Include why you feel this consideration is primary for teachers...