Anne Luca
ET
Frey, T. K., & Tatum, N. T. (2016). Hoverboards and “hovermoms”: helicopter parents and their influence on millennial students’ rapport with instructors. Communication Education, 65(3), 359-361.
Summary
This article deals mostly with how teachers should interact with mom's of the millennial generation. Millennial children are considered to be quite different. They have a very different environment in which they grew up and were raised in. For this reason, they require teachers to changing their strategies in how they are intending to go on with teaching. However, this article also deals with how the parents effect that teaching, and what that does to the students. Hovermoms, or over bearing parents, tend to change relationships with teachers, making students expect a specific type of relationship with their instructor.
Evaluation
This article is particularly useful because is shows the change in both student needs and culture. Culture and changing lifestyles have impacted what students needs are, and how they behave in class. It changes how teachers need to relate to students as well as how they need to relate to the student's parents. While relating to parents might not seem like the most important thing, but I think that it could prove to be very helpful. A good way to start understanding students it start by looking at their parents.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Evaluating a Behaviorist and Constructivist Learning
Samnath, Kayla
ET: Educational theory and practice
Sidney,
P. F. (2015, October 17). Evaluating a Behaviorist and Constructivist Learning
. Retrieved April 12, 2016, from http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1136&context=gera
Summary:
Author
Paul F. Sidney (2015) discusses behaviorist learning versus constructivist
learning. Sidney addresses the fact that constructivist learning aligns with
the new common core standards. The goal is to teach students in way that will
better prepare them for the future. In order to do this, real world simulation
needs to take place within the class room (p. 02). With the implementation of
new technology, it is key that educators learn which style will have the most
impact on learners. Sidney goes into the major differences between the two
educational theories.
First
he explains that the behaviorist view supports the idea that students learn the
best through positive or negative reinforcement (p. 03). In other words, if a
student remembers what the teacher lectured they will pass, and receive an A,
whereas those who cannot will fail with an F. This reinforces student behavior to
regurgitate what teachers tell them, versus them actually understanding the
course content. Author Sidney asserts that “constructivist …learning constitutes
more of a discovery learning aspect and aims students towards conceptual understanding”
(p. 04). Constructivist theories are more aligned with the current common core
standards. Common core standards want students to develop and construct deeper
meaning out of course content. The goal is to have students actually synthesize
the information they are being taught.
Although
Paul F. Sidney (2015) supports the constructivist theory of learning, he also
understands why it is something that cannot just be implemented in the class
rooms. He suggests that it is something that should gradually be injected in
regular curriculum (p. 07). One major concern Sidney points out is student
recall. Behaviorist theories assist students in memorization with repetition
and reinforcement. It assists students in the mental storage of newly learned information.
Due to this reasoning, Sidney suggests that classrooms implement both theories.
This will give students the best of both worlds. They will get real world
applicable experience and problem solving skills, they will still have that
knowledge reinforced which will foster greater recall (p. 15).
Review:
Author
Paul F. Sidney did a wonderful job explaining what both constructivist and
behaviorist theories were. As a novice to educational theories, this was a
great introduction. The article introduces both theories, as well as common
core. Sidney explains rather simply how both theories are necessary in order to
foster higher order thinking. I like how he didn’t not completely dismiss the behaviorist
view in teaching. It is important to recognize that hands on projects might not
align with all the students learning styles.
I
agreed with the author in that both theories can be implemented, however, this
is not something that will happen over-night. It should be a gradual change,
which will give students plenty of time to adapt.
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