My Desk
Hi there! Welcome to my study. This is where I do my homework for my English class. It is important to have a quiet private space to be able to study without distractions and interruptions.
My desk
I was a bit nervous today. It was my first English class. I haven’t been a student for so long…. Anyway, it was easy. We did a lot of work on how to study, how to organise ourselves, what we are going to do this semester, what our goals were, etc.
You can help me with my homework. Come on! You’ll learn something too and it’s always better to do things with someone else (we’ll be using our English at least!)
Today our teacher asked us to think about what learning means. This is what I thought:
PERSONAL LEARNING: Learning is in part a personal experience. There are several ways in which a person learns: active learning, passive or receptive learning, reflective learning and critical learning
What do you think? Write down a few ideas about learning in your notes. This exercise is called brainstorming.
I found a good quote on learning:
Learning is an internal process controlled by the learners and engaging their whole being, including intellectual, emotional, and physiological functions. Learning is described psychologically as a process of need-meeting and goal striving by the learners……Adults have a deep psychological need to be generally self-directing”
Knowles, M (1978) The Modern Practice of Adult Education” From Pedagogy to Andragogy. Chapter 4. ‘What is Andragogy?’. Prentice Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs. NJ.
It is a bit hard to understand at first, but if you look up a couple of hard words, like engaging, and striving, and then try to get the general meaning of the sentences, it gets easier. I think this means that learning is something personal that we do when we want to get something at the end (achieve a goal). Maybe we want to get a qualification (certificate, diploma, degree) to get a better job. Maybe we simply want to be able to learn how to make our own furniture or clothes. Anyway, this is my understanding of the quote. What do you think? Do you agree?
You can tell me in our forum or chat room.
When you finish reading this, please go to Topic 1-Learning & Assesment (Compulsory Tasks)
posted by rosa ochoa @ 11:44 PM
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