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turn, developing and integrating knowledge and skills. The best learning occurs in an environment that
provides opportunities for active learning, resources and displays responsibility and initiative. Learning
assessment.
Students should learn civic and personal responsibilities, along with global and cultural
awareness and understanding. They should also be aware of the numerous ways to communicate ideas
and feelings effectively. Through this, they will demonstrate critical thinking and reasoning, problem
In todays schools, no student is exactly the same. Not all students can analyze, observe and
evaluate materials and subjects the same. John Dewey and Jean Piagets theories show the importance
of allowing the students to use their own personal experiences and understanding. When learning in
this environment, students will be able to develop new ideas and facts. Through this process, students
will continue to learn and change past knowledge as they experience new discoveries. As educators we
are present, but only to provide direction and guidance. Constructive learning will encourage the
students to be more independent learner, use critical reasoning and creative thinking.
On the same hand, I feel that students are more likely to be engaged and motivated to learn
when they are hands on. Dewey knew that students learned in different ways and encourage them to
learn by doing. When a student is aware of a problem and can identify it, the student is a step closer to
self-awareness. As an educator, I will provide my students with questions that they may not have
considered. I will be there as a guide, however, it will be them making the decisions, as well. Students
that
are
self-aware
can
use
the
real
world
experiences
and
create
possible
solutions.
The
student
is
educated
by
their
past
experiences
and
outcomes.
Now,
in
the
future,
those
students
will
have
the
tools
and knowledge to overcome new obstacles that they may face, using their past experiences.
There are some students that require extra help. They enjoy knowing that they contributed to
the result of an experiment; however they need a little more reinforcement. If a student is doing a
positive action, it is rewarded and they are praised immediately. John Watson feels that all students can
be reprogrammed to a certain degree. Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner have shown that it is possible to
train stimuli to do what you desire. They were able to recondition and condition the responses from
I remove the negative stimuli from a student, they would learn to control their behaviors.
that, the students will develop new understandings and skills. They will be more open to learning and
change. This will, overall, help them become responsible adults, able to use critical reasoning, creative