Keeping this in mind, students should be made to study subjects that can help them understand their surroundings, and their neighbors. This can help them to develop a good rapport in a diverse society. Secondly, social sciences, if the curriculum helps to widen the scope, can eliminate the hesitation that keeps people away from coming onto friendly terms with each other. People from different societies will be able to intermingle with ease and comfort if given the opportunity of understanding each other. Once this reluctance is overcome our society will improve dramatically.
Reflective practice is important to the development of lecturers as professionals as it enables us to learn from our experiences of teaching and make easier student learning. Developing reflective practise means developing ways of reviewing our own teaching so that it becomes a routine and a process by which we might continuously develop. Kolb’s Learning Style Model. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles Kolb developed a theory of experiential learning that can give us a useful model by which to develop our practise. This
Introduction In this end of module assessment I would like to reflect on the knowledge I have gained and in what areas I feel the course module has improved my understanding regarding issues experienced by young people involved in the Youth Justice system .I hope to evidence how K115 has enabled me to improve my approach when working with young people and how it has led to a process of change in my work practice providing a better understanding of key issues in areas such as legislation and changing the values and practice essential to successful outcomes. I would also like to discuss how I feel the course has given me a greater understanding of and improved my knowledge of how we try to meet the needs of those involved. How we both identify
In addition, an increased hands-on approach to learning should be investigated; for example work experience and internship programs. This will better equip students with greater skills for the ‘real world’ and include the wider community in the education
Assessments are a crucial part of education and there is a need to measure where student are at in order to adjust curriculum and motivation. This needs to be done carefully and with very high consideration of the student’s emotional well-being. Rewards systems and positive reinforcement are crucial to creating a supportive environment that students want to be present in. * Nurturing- Creating a love for learning will make learning easier. Finding ways to make the material fun, engaging, and easy to comprehend will nurture a love of learning.
These students who use motivational beliefs also utilize more self regulation learning skills (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997). The performance of these students ultimately results in their performance that would otherwise be considered less adaptive through their counterparts (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997). Schunk and Zimmerman (1997) reported that the social cognitive theory of self regulation is extremely useful in finding how students are able to succeed throughout their education. According to Schunk and Zimmerman (1997), “the social cognitive models distinguish themselves from a purely cognitive theory and they focuses on the interrelationship among learners... their beliefs use self generated learning strategies” (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997). The social cognitive model is one that is places emphasis on explaining how the individual’s personal behaviors and beliefs are influenced by the individuals learning environment (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997).
Teachers need to help students understand the implicit cultural assumptions and perspectives of the discipline they’re teaching. Multicultural education also involves changing the methods of teaching and using a wide range of strategies and teaching techniques such as cooperative groups, simulations, role-playing, and discovery. Doing so, the learning process will be more effective and address the needs of students
These alternatives may be work, personal beliefs, values, love and those with the economic resources can explore alternatives in education. However in trying out all the possibilities, young people may change career paths, study and work part time, or interrupt study to travel. As a result of these experiences, young people’s attitudes and values broaden. Being exposed to multiple perspectives encourages development of a more complex self-concept that includes awareness of their own changing traits and values over time and enhanced self-esteem. Together, these changes contribute to advances in one’s identity.
Damodharan further asserted that any communication that serves this purpose without destroying the objective could be considered innovative. Bradshaw and Lowenstein (2011) echoed this and argued that innovative methods are ones that by design engages and challenges students resulting in greater student interest, a deeper level of understanding and /or a lasting change in the student. It is an approach to teaching and learning that results in a much enhanced, even transformative, educational experience for students. Furthermore, the use of innovative methods has the potential not only to improve education but also to empower people, strengthen governance and galvanize the effort to achieve the human development goal of the country (Damodharan, 2012). This paper purports to discuss Jigsaw as an innovative method of teaching.
Moving on, Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural theory continuously states that, “the values and attitudes of the peer group are essential in learning. Example, those who surround themselves with academically focussed peers will be more likely to initialize this type of behaviour.” Therefore, one can clearly say peer pressure can change