Reflective Assignment
Now that you have attended or viewed the session on applying adult learning theory, we ask that you provide your thoughts on the questions below. Please use the document upload tool above to upload your reflections and be sure to include your name. Thank you! Please do not hesitate to email us with any questions or concerns.
Please choose 3 of the 5 adult learning principles below and answer the following prompt for each:
Describe a time when you have seen this principle incorporated into a teaching session. Alternatively, think of a time when it should have been incorporated into a teaching session but was not.
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1. Principle: Control of Learning
Adults learn best when they have a say in what and how they will learn, and are offered experiences that address their own interests, performance, and needs.
2. Principle: Control of Learning
Adults seek feedback on their learning to help identify gaps in their knowledge and skills and to set goals on how to improve their performance.
3. Principle: Motivation
Adults are motivated to put time and energy into learning if they understand the benefit of learning something new.
4. Principle: Activate Experience
Adults bring a lifetime of past experiences to every learning encounter, which serve as a resource for themselves and for other learners.
5. Principle: Application
Adults need to apply new knowledge/skills soon after being introduced to it – especially to problems they face at work and in their everyday lives.
Reflective Assignment
Now that you have attended or viewed the session on incorporating active learning into didactic teaching, we ask that you provide your thoughts on the questions below. Please use the document upload tool above to upload your reflection and be sure to include your name. Thank you! Please do not hesitate to email us with any questions or concerns.
1. Describe how you plan to apply at least 2 techniques to your next teaching session:
2. Describe what challenges you think you may face and how to troubleshoot these:
After you have had a chance to apply the techniques please answer the following:
3. Provide a description of the techniques you used during a recent teaching encounter. Please include how these techniques influenced the learners’ engagement during the session.
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Reflective Assignment
Now that you have attended or viewed the recorded session on supervision, we ask that you provide your thoughts on the questions below. Please use the document upload tool above to upload your reflection and be sure to include your name. Thank you! Please do not hesitate to email us with any questions or concerns.
Reflection:
Write down one technique you plan on trying in your next supervision interaction, and one challenge you might encounter.
Post-reflection Assignment
Now that you have attended or viewed the session on critical thinking, please choose one concept or framework that you learned about from the seminar and describe how you tried to apply that concept/framework to your teaching. Please include if you found it easy or challenging to apply, and, most importantly, the outcomes or changes you noticed among your learners.
Please use the document upload tool above to upload your reflections and be sure to include your name. Thank you! Please do not hesitate to email us with any questions or concerns.
