Name two or more concepts (they have to be connected) that would connect to your personal life and elaborate. These concepts could be any concepts from week 1-5.
Reinforcement and internalization connect to my personal life because I believe that those two concepts apply to how I've learned. Reinforcement is important to internalization because positive reinforcement may strengthen a desired response whereas negative reinforcement weakens it. Reinforcement has guided change in my behavior. Furthermore, reinforcement has gotten me to points of internalization. For example, when I was learning algebra the teachers reinforcments guided me to have correct bahviors. After so many sessions of reinforcement and corrections I was able to reach the point of internalization. So basically my actual level of development shifted to my potential level of development and my assisted performance rose to the level of independed performance.
Hi Marlene, I can see how important reinforcement must have been as you learned algebra. It would be tough to learn without getting some good feedback! Do you think negative or positive reinforcement was more useful to you in this situation?
This is definitely a straight to the point connection; Rachel's question also had me thinking about whether or not you thought positive or negative reinforcement was more beneficial to your process of internalization. Do you think that you could have internalized things faster because of one of them? Did either one motivate you to learn algebra quicker?
In the context of my personal life, the term 'understanding' which is the concept of being familiar with something and having the ability to apply it to different aspects of life, is affected by my 'cultural development' which are development stages dependent on cultural contexts. Because I come from a country that has historically struggled in so many ways, but has achieved great liberation from oppression, I've been raised to understand my place in the world as a Filipino American and what I stand for in relation to my heritage. For example, I've been taught to treat my elders with the utmost respect, and coming to America and seeing adults so willingly sending their aging parents to home care systems surprised me. With what I understood, I became a certified nursing assistant to work in adult home care because I wasn't impressed with the way some places treated their residents. In any case, I know that someone from another culture may not put as much importance in elderly care, but I take what I'm culturally familiar with, and apply it as not only an occupation but as a moral value that is meaningful for me and for the younger generations in my family. In this sense, my cultural development has shaped my understanding of what it means to respect the elderly.
Hey Dawn, I liked your example of cultural development influencing understanding. Cultural context really is important! It is surprising to see how other cultures behave so differently sometimes. In general, do you think you could achieve as good an understanding of things if they are not presented in a cultural context?
Dawn. Love the post and I can see how the two are tied together and how much of a personal connection they have/had on your life. Do you feel that understanding the cultural aspects of growing up can lead to a mastery of some sort? I agree and can relate to the respect of ones elders because I grew up in a similar environment coming from a Hispanic heritage. Thanks for sharing this.
Did you attend any schooling in the PI? If you did can you recall any major differences in teaching/learning approaches? Which approach do you prefer? Why? Do you plan on going back to the PI to teach? If so what approach would you utilize more and why?
Understanding and mastery are two concepts that have made a big impact on my personal life. Understanding often helps me achieve mastery. When learning new concepts in school, my initial focus is to understand the topic. In my chemistry class, for example, I needed to first discover the rationale and purpose of stoichiometry. Once I understood its purpose, I could focus on learning the steps to solve each problem. With enough practice, I eventually understood the process and achieved mastery of the subject. I am able to apply a similar strategy to other areas in my life to develop understanding and mastery.
Aside from being able to solve each problem after reaching a point of understanding, did you find that there were other ways that you could have assessed your own understanding and mastery? Was it only by solving the problems, did you realize you fully understood, or did you have to continually reach newer levels of difficulty to figure out whether what you knew was good enough to solve more complex problems? I'm trying as well, to fully 'master' the concept of understanding and mastery and what it means for further levels of difficulty within the topic of understanding.
Hey there Rachel, first chemistry is hard! I liked your post and your comments on understaning and mastery. What I was wondering is are the strategies that you learned in your example of chemistry similar to those that you would apply in other areas of your life or are the strategies tweaked and revised to suit the subject at hand? Do the stategies remain the same?
Do you think that unless you master something you don't fully understand it? Have you ever understood something and still not reach the level of mastery? Have you ever mastered something without a complete understanding of it?
Two concepts that pop into my head that pertain to my personal life and are connected for me could be reinforcement and cultural development. Cultural development is the variation of development stages reliant on the cultural context while reinforcement is a postive or negative stimuli (or consequence) that can shape an organism's behavior. Okay, I think it's a little funny becuase I think about my mom providing me a "negative stimuli" when I wouldn't get my homework done or not perform satisfactorily in school. These "negative stimuli" would certainly start to shape my observable patterns of behavior when it came to getting my school work done at that time. Thinking back it was interesting because there weren't a whole lot of positive stimuli when these behaviors where met, and I think it was because this type of "good" behavior was expected and not deemed necessary to reward. Funny how childhood is.
Reinforcement and internalization connect to my personal life because I believe that those two concepts apply to how I've learned. Reinforcement is important to internalization because positive reinforcement may strengthen a desired response whereas negative reinforcement weakens it. Reinforcement has guided change in my behavior. Furthermore, reinforcement has gotten me to points of internalization. For example, when I was learning algebra the teachers reinforcments guided me to have correct bahviors. After so many sessions of reinforcement and corrections I was able to reach the point of internalization. So basically my actual level of development shifted to my potential level of development and my assisted performance rose to the level of independed performance.
ReplyDeleteHi Marlene,
DeleteI can see how important reinforcement must have been as you learned algebra. It would be tough to learn without getting some good feedback! Do you think negative or positive reinforcement was more useful to you in this situation?
This is definitely a straight to the point connection; Rachel's question also had me thinking about whether or not you thought positive or negative reinforcement was more beneficial to your process of internalization. Do you think that you could have internalized things faster because of one of them? Did either one motivate you to learn algebra quicker?
DeleteIn the context of my personal life, the term 'understanding' which is the concept of being familiar with something and having the ability to apply it to different aspects of life, is affected by my 'cultural development' which are development stages dependent on cultural contexts. Because I come from a country that has historically struggled in so many ways, but has achieved great liberation from oppression, I've been raised to understand my place in the world as a Filipino American and what I stand for in relation to my heritage. For example, I've been taught to treat my elders with the utmost respect, and coming to America and seeing adults so willingly sending their aging parents to home care systems surprised me. With what I understood, I became a certified nursing assistant to work in adult home care because I wasn't impressed with the way some places treated their residents. In any case, I know that someone from another culture may not put as much importance in elderly care, but I take what I'm culturally familiar with, and apply it as not only an occupation but as a moral value that is meaningful for me and for the younger generations in my family. In this sense, my cultural development has shaped my understanding of what it means to respect the elderly.
ReplyDeleteHey Dawn,
DeleteI liked your example of cultural development influencing understanding. Cultural context really is important! It is surprising to see how other cultures behave so differently sometimes. In general, do you think you could achieve as good an understanding of things if they are not presented in a cultural context?
Dawn. Love the post and I can see how the two are tied together and how much of a personal connection they have/had on your life. Do you feel that understanding the cultural aspects of growing up can lead to a mastery of some sort? I agree and can relate to the respect of ones elders because I grew up in a similar environment coming from a Hispanic heritage. Thanks for sharing this.
DeleteDid you attend any schooling in the PI? If you did can you recall any major differences in teaching/learning approaches? Which approach do you prefer? Why? Do you plan on going back to the PI to teach? If so what approach would you utilize more and why?
ReplyDeleteUnderstanding and mastery are two concepts that have made a big impact on my personal life. Understanding often helps me achieve mastery. When learning new concepts in school, my initial focus is to understand the topic. In my chemistry class, for example, I needed to first discover the rationale and purpose of stoichiometry. Once I understood its purpose, I could focus on learning the steps to solve each problem. With enough practice, I eventually understood the process and achieved mastery of the subject. I am able to apply a similar strategy to other areas in my life to develop understanding and mastery.
ReplyDeleteAside from being able to solve each problem after reaching a point of understanding, did you find that there were other ways that you could have assessed your own understanding and mastery? Was it only by solving the problems, did you realize you fully understood, or did you have to continually reach newer levels of difficulty to figure out whether what you knew was good enough to solve more complex problems? I'm trying as well, to fully 'master' the concept of understanding and mastery and what it means for further levels of difficulty within the topic of understanding.
DeleteHey there Rachel, first chemistry is hard! I liked your post and your comments on understaning and mastery. What I was wondering is are the strategies that you learned in your example of chemistry similar to those that you would apply in other areas of your life or are the strategies tweaked and revised to suit the subject at hand? Do the stategies remain the same?
DeleteDo you think that unless you master something you don't fully understand it? Have you ever understood something and still not reach the level of mastery? Have you ever mastered something without a complete understanding of it?
ReplyDeleteTwo concepts that pop into my head that pertain to my personal life and are connected for me could be reinforcement and cultural development. Cultural development is the variation of development stages reliant on the cultural context while reinforcement is a postive or negative stimuli (or consequence) that can shape an organism's behavior. Okay, I think it's a little funny becuase I think about my mom providing me a "negative stimuli" when I wouldn't get my homework done or not perform satisfactorily in school. These "negative stimuli" would certainly start to shape my observable patterns of behavior when it came to getting my school work done at that time. Thinking back it was interesting because there weren't a whole lot of positive stimuli when these behaviors where met, and I think it was because this type of "good" behavior was expected and not deemed necessary to reward. Funny how childhood is.
ReplyDelete