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Growth Mindset: Let Your Dreams Be Your Limit

A fixed mindset can be very limiting to an individual and does not encourage life-long learning.  As the above image depicts, individuals with a fixed mindset believe that they only have so much potential and that they are born with a certain level of intelligence.  They do not stretch their limits and aim to challenge …

Service Learning to Enhance Student Engagement

Service learning is a process of setting goals and applying classroom learning concepts to positively affect the community around us.  I use service learning to help motivate students and enhance student engagement.  Utilizing service learning helps promote self-directed and self-regulated learning and produces a sense of accomplishment by the students.  I use service learning as a term project where students will choose …

The Teaching-Learning Relationship

The teaching-learning relationship is dynamic and needs to be one of a give-and-take nature.  Students are now at the center of the teaching-learning experience and this needs to be taken into account when planning lessons because each student is an individual and not all students learn in the same manner.  Adult students need to be …

Classroom Management

Classroom management is teaching strategy/process used to ensure appropriate classroom behaviour is being displayed and that consistent approaches are taken to managing disruptive behaviours.  Sufficient and consistent classroom management is one of the most important aspects of ensuring your classroom will be a respectful and safe place for all students to learn within.  Setting out classroom expectations from …

My Reaction To…Case Studies

Case studies are a teaching activity where experiential learning is used to help students bridge the gap between theory and practice by analyzing detailed real life situations that are relevant to their career choice.  Case studies have been used in teaching healthcare, sciences, and law for centuries but are now gaining popularity in a variety of …

Andragogy: An Adult Teaching Theory vs. A Foundational Framework for Learning

From our PIDP 3250 forum discussions on the various “goggies”, ie.) pedagogy, andragogy, heutagogy, cybergogy, peeragogy, critical pedagogy, etc one aspect of our discussion stood out as the most interesting and important to me. The forum facilitator posed the following statement, “andragogy is not a theory of adult learning but a framework for good teaching, …

Learning to Learn

Learning to learn is a process of discovery and is an important element in becoming an effective self-directed lifelong learner. Every individual has their own unique way of learning which means that each individual needs to be self-directed in figuring out what works best for them. Different strategies may need to be utilized depending on …

Self-Directed Learning: Midway Self-Assessment

Self-directed learning is an essential part of being an adult learner and is a necessary element for those committed to the process of lifelong learning.  Another necessary component of being a self-directed lifelong learner is that of self-assessment.  By engaging in self assessment a learner is able to  evaluate the effectiveness of their learning and strategize …

My Reaction to…Listen to Learn

My classmate, David Visentin, created the following digital project on the teaching strategy "Listen to Learn".  Listen to learn is a technique used by instructors that can be used to introduce rich controversial topics and teach students to go beyond just listening and to really focus on the subject while reflecting on it objectively. David …