GIGO... Garbage in ... garbage out...Are we like computers? Do we process information and retrieve it as needed?
Kerr states "Cognitivism doesn’t explain 100% how humans process information and neither does Constructivism or Behaviorism" so how do we know how the brain operates and how we retrieve and utilize information? We don't. Nor should we expect to educate others with the ability to understand the cognitive learning process. Yet, we can learn and utilize the research that has gone behind it to understand that some people do have everyday cognition and we have seen this often. The person that performs poorly in test situations, yet understands thoroughly how to do the equations or problems when asked and demonstrates the skill. (Driscoll, 2005)
Are the ism's define us as humans? Kapp states "constructivism, behaviourism, cognitivism and now a new one, connectivism" define learning theory do separate us from computers. So can we process information like computers or relatively turn out the same output of results? Can we learn from previous tasks and collect information on new tasks relative to the old tasks? Yes, but cognition is 'socially defined, interpreted and supported' (Driscoll, 2005) but not totally understood to develop those skills entirely.
References:
Driscoll, M. P. (2005). Psychology of learning for instruction (3rd ed.).Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.
Kapp, K. (2007, January 2). Out and about: Discussion on educational schools of thought [Web log post]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.kaplaneduneering.com/kappnotes/index.php/2007/01/out-and-about-discussion-on-educational/
Kerr, B. (2007, January 1). _isms as filter, not blinker [Web log post]. Retrieved fromhttp://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/isms-as-filter-not-blinker.html
That's it Cassie. We can learn from the research that was done on learning in order to understand the process of learning...but let's not get carried away with a particular "isms." After all, our students are not made out from cookie cutters. Even identical twins learn in different ways. I believe that when we "communicate" with our students, we learn more about them and we find ways to encourage them and motivate them to learn. We also find ways to keep them engaged. Learning how to teach different groups of people: millennial generation students, Generation X students, distance learners, adult learners....is also beneficial, especially in an online classroom when all generations are in one virtual classroom with different backgrounds and experiences.
ReplyDeleteHi Cassie!
ReplyDeleteHumans process information like computers? Is this possible? I believe that humans have many more processes involved in learning and processing information to be compared to computers. Computers only know what humans put in them. Humans can take in a lot of information and process only what they believe to be important. A computer processes and stores everything a human inputs in them. Although an individual can sort or filter through information on a computer, it is not done automatically without a command. A humans brain processes information immediately based on experiences. Are these isms here for us to take bits and pieces to create an ism that defines the learning process 100%?
Cassie,
ReplyDeleteI agree that learning cannot be define as 100% because as human, we all learn differently. Therefore, all the isms are here to define our directions to a road that we can travel. I believe our mind cognitive developement is associate with our experience. Then, our hard-drive can recall the information. ~Carolyn