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Understanding How you Learn (Importance of reflection (important to…
Understanding How you Learn
Learning to learn
continue to learn long after present studies
set effective goals-->achieve higher levels
personal development should be going on in both school and the world of work
Importance of reflection
important to develop personal planning: investigate and measure the current individual levels
turning experience into practice
recapture experience, think, mull over and evaluate it
derive the fullest benefit from those experience
Experiential learning (4 stages)
Concrete experience
physical: feeling, thinking/emotion, doing and combination
might happen, or be observed and affect us
included: field trip, training session, mistakes, giving, discussion, creating, watching someone else,.....
Reflection
give initial thought on what happened
take into account observations from others
Theorizing
make sense of what happened
make and try to answer the question why? and how?
think of similar situation
Testing
test out ideas for improvement
plan for next experience
Honey and Mumford's learning style
Activists like: think on their feet,have short sessions, participate and have fun
Reflectors like: think before acting, thorough preparation, research and evaluate, make decision in own time, listen and observe
Theorists like: concepts and models, see overall picture, feel intellectually stretched, clear objectives, logically present ideas
Pragmatists like: see the relevant of work, gain practical advantage from learning, credible role models, proven techniques
Reflecting-using learning journals
Keep a learning journal, record what we did, feel and learn--> help to move around the learning circle
Thoughts on learning journal format: critical incident vs diary and hand-written vs electronic
Albert Bandura: confidence and self-efficacy
Confidence: general sense of self-belief
Self-efficacy: perceived ability to achieve given result
4 sources of self-efficacy
mastery experience: more confident after success of difficulty
vicarious experiences: observe and think can do the same
social persuation: other tell us that we can do it
physiological state: feeling good emotionally, feel that we can
Cognitive apprenticeships
Learning from other: the need of help and advice, aware of how others can help
Levels of learning
Modelling: expert demonstrating
Coaching: observed by teacher/expert and given advice
Scaffolding: provide framework to engage with the task and keep right direction
Fading: the support is faded gradually
Exploration: frame the problem itself and decide which approach is th best
Mentors
The need for guidance
Benefit from observation of someone work with