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MY RULER
Learner identity
A learner identity refers to how a student sees and describes themselves as a learner (Ewing et al., 2020). A student's identity is developed over time after being exposed to various teaching techniques and learning environments.
I see myself as a student can learn very easily, and I am able to adapt to my learning environment. In my personal study I am based on routine and repetition. I also will memorise pages at a time and will usually condense the information onto a few pages to memorise.
My Ruler is an example of routine and repetition as on the ruler you can see the marks from pens and texters. On the centimetre side you can see the pen marks from placing the margins in my workbooks and for creating tables, and on the Inches side you can see texters, highlighters and pencils the I would have used for straight lines outside of margins and tables. Each side has been coloured after years of repeated use.
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AITSL standard 1
AITSL standard 1 refers to a teacher knowing their students and how they learn (AITSL, 2011). This means teachers must know the development, backgrounds and characteristics of students as well as teaching to students that either have different learning needs or disabilities in order to get participation from students.
This relates back to me as a learner as my teachers would make an effort to get to know me as a student and as a person in order to better teach me. The teachers that I would consider as my favourite all took time to meet me and know who I am and how I learn.
As I used my ruler every day in primary and high-school teachers began to notice it and used it as a point of conversation. These conversations allowed for me to have a greater connection to my teachers and in turn build a better relationship that aided in my learner experience. From which teachers could better teach to me.
An example being AITSL Standard 1.1 which is knowing a students "Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students" (AITSL, 2011). This standard highlights the importance of a teacher understanding their students in order to give them the best teaching experience. If a teacher does not know their students then they do not know how to teach.
The AITSL (Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership) standards are the professional standards that a teacher is held to when teaching a class.
Learning theory's
Learning theory refer to how people learn as well as asking the questions relating to how and why students learn the way they do (Darling-Hammond et al., 2001).
Social Learning
The theory of social learning that was proposed by Bandura, (1986) is how learning in social settings and connections to others can lead to collaborative and observational learning. It also highlights that relationships between peers and mentor's can highly influence learning.
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Behaviourist
Behaviourist theories of learning refers to teaching techniques that aim to adjust a student's behaviour through the use of external stimuli (Skinner, 1975). This theory utilises the ideas of association (classical conditioning) and reinforcement/punishment (operant conditioning) to adjust a student's behaviour over time.
As a learner I utilise the skills of classical conditioning a great deal in my learning. This includes memorising content for tests as well as general learning. I also use memory techniques like mind maps to remember a great deal of knowledge. I also find that I get a great deal of assistance from the connections I make with peers and teachers. With the teachers I have the best connections to being the most effective as teachers.
My ruler is also a part of classical conditioning as I will use my ruler to draw the outline in my notebooks, the classical conditioning of the ruler results in me getting ready to learn as I do it every time, I start to take down notes. The ruler also helped me build connections with peers and teachers as they will note the Lego and will begin a conversation. I also have a great deal of memory's with the ruler.
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Constructivism
Piaget's (1959) research into learning paved the way for constructivism which is a theory of learning that focus on the biological limitations of children through different ages. Piaget developed a 4 phase model of learning that ranges from birth to adolescence.
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Memory
Memory plays one of the most important aspects of teaching, as such teaching styles must reflect this and be styled to make learning easy for students to memorise. This includes using tools and models to aid in memory, such as mind map's, acronyms and acrostics.
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Cognative
Cognitive theories of learning are styles of teaching that focus on the sequence of events that occur when we learn something new (Ewing et al., 2020). An example is information processing theory which focuses on the order of events that result in learning. Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development is another example of cognitive theory's as it proposes the idea that children's development influences the levels of which they are able to learn and accomplish tasks.(A level were they can complete a task, a level where they cannot complete a task, and a level in-between where children are able to learn and develop)
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This is my ruler that I have used for the past 11 years of schooling and I believe represents me as a learner
