This weeks wrap up blog will consider the following questions:
1) teaching; 2) any remaining burning questions you have. Here are the specific questions to think about:
What are some teaching practices that you either thought were valuable before or think are valuable now and how can you justify them in terms of learning theory? Choose a specific learning environment and talk about how this will change the way you teach/support learning in that environment.
Before taking this class I had experience teaching as a graduate student in my MS and as an adjunct faculty after I graduated. My motivation for a PhD was always to teach and do science, but never in my career had I taken any courses like this. I thought that because I loved what I taught, and was super enthusiastic about it, that teaching would happen naturally. I am so grateful to have had this class, especially as a new transfer to the science edu department. I was happy to see that a lot of the practices I had in my classroom were grounded in theories.. I just had never heard about them. I find myself most aligned with situated learning, but I think I still have a lot of questions. As I continue to edit my framework, I still struggle with how situative learning can be brought successfully in to a college lecture and not depend solely on the lab to do so. I think, however, that this, like everything will take more experience and exposure, so I am super excited to continue to learn and research these theories as I move through my program.