WEEK ONE REFLECTION

TUTORIAL 
 
I was part of the class on Wednesday night, which was quite crowded. In saying that, it is my first term at university and everything could just appear to be very overwhelming. However, I thought that Gary, our tutor, did very well to interact and keep everybody on task given the size of the class.

We went through a power point which explained what we could expect from the course over the next 12 weeks, which was helpful as I had no clue what the course would be about. Throughout the lesson we had a constant discussion about our beliefs and what we believe teaching is all about. Although the class had many different beliefs on the matter, they were all positive and beneficial.

Gary spoke about the constant evolution of teaching. He made a few statements which I couldn't agree more with. Education is forever changing, and so it should. Every child learns differently to the next, therefore, as educators we need to be constantly thinking of new ideas, strategies and ways to teach our students. Teachers who aren't interested in accommodating or tailoring their lessons to suit their student's learning abilities dampen or potentially halt the development of the student's education.

Technology has a huge impact on education. Fortunately schools are continuously developing alongside today's technological society with new programs and new devices to enhance their teaching and communication with students.

READINGS

This weeks readings were:

a) Know Your Learner
b) A Brief Overview of Learning Theory

These readings were very helpful and extremely eye opening to the expectations we will have teaching different types of learners.

Know your Learner
Know your learner portrays the different learning styles brilliantly. It is safe to say that I am both an Auditory and Kinesthetic Learner. I learn from people speaking and doing hands on things myself.

After completing the Learning Style Questionnaire, I discovered that I am a reflective, sensing, verbal and sequential learner. I have pasted my results below for your reference. This test was fairly accurate as I already believed that I learn in that manner.

 Results for: Katy Birse


      ACT                          X                        REF
           11  9   7   5   3   1   1   3   5   7   9   11
                              <-- -->

      SEN      X                                            INT
           11  9   7   5   3   1   1   3   5   7   9   11
                              <-- -->

      VIS                          X                        VRB
           11  9   7   5   3   1   1   3   5   7   9   11
                              <-- -->

      SEQ                  X                                GLO
           11  9   7   5   3   1   1   3   5   7   9   11
                              <-- --> 

I completed the Multiple Intelligence Test, and my results are below:

As expected I have no musical smarts whatsoever. Although, I am surprised that so many other smarts are above the level of 15.