Behavioural Approaches to Teaching

Hello everyone,

I’m back to share what I have learned in class today. Today I have learned about the behavioural approaches to teaching. It helps the educators to conveying information in small steps, while implementing many illustrations, such as:

1.    Computer – assisted instruction (CAI).

It a medium which could be used to get students engaged. CAI has many different types of programmes that are available with the follows of Operant Conditioning, stimuli-response- reinforcement.

It is also could be used to as a cognitive approach such as programmed instruction, which helps students to learn new computing concept, software and illustrate them fluently.

2.    Mastery Learning –  it is a concept to make students master the knowledge. So that they can remember for longer time and make us of it. Moreover, students will make the decision to choose what to be learn, which means it depends on their interest. When students are interested in the subject/topic, they will take the initiative to learn more about it. Teachers will analyse things in more details to identify their students’ interest.

3.    Precision Teaching –  this method will be a great success when students apply the skills learned .  Teacher will observe and give feedback so students will learn from their mistakes, positive and negative reinforcement. Students will keep on improving themselves “practice makes perfect”. Moreover this way of teaching will help students to gain two years of academic growth in one.

4.    Applied Behavioural Analysis – behavioural beliefs and findings with the principle of Operant conditioning. Teachers will use the ABC concept to bring out students hidden potential. (Antecedent, Behavioural, Consequences).

Before the class ends today, we had a small sum up session with our lecture. Where every student need to explain what they have learned and understand about the 3 theories (cognitive, humanistic and behavioural).  So each student come forward and shared what they had learned so far. The activity was so exciting and every student did that sharing in their own way. Some did mind map, some write down points, some relate the example and more. From this itself we can see and realise every student as different potential and ways to convey things.

 That is the completion of the 3 theories. Waiting to get feedback from you all. Do leave a comment and enjoy reading my upcoming posts. Thank you for reading. Have a blissful day ahead.

The Behavioural School of Thought (Third School)

The Behavioural School of Thought. ( Third School).

Hi everyone,

  Today i would like to share new information about behaviourism.  For the word itself we can classify that this school will mainly emphasize on behavioural of people.  In this school of thought, I manage to learn how find students could interest, environmental stimuli, observable learners or modify the learner’s environment to bring changes. I also managed to learn about contiguity, classical conditioning, operant conditioning and social learning.

Contiguity relates to the stimulus – response pairing. It is like when there is an implementation or act there will be an outcome or reaction. More towards like, you find the solution earlier to avoid the consequences. For an example, a teacher can ask the students to recall what they have learned in the previous class so that the students would not forget what have been taught to them. Moreover it will make the students to take the initiative to revise what the teacher have taught because they know that before his/her lesson begins this Q & A session will take place, Stimulus and responses.

Apart from that classical conditioning, operant conditioning and social learning, we can refer to the following psychologist such as:

1.    Ivan Pavlov is well known for operant conditioning. Where he has integrated the contiguity as a part in his theory.

2.    Frederick Skinner – is famous for Operant Conditioning because it helps teachers to have a apply the theory in teaching and learning process to make it more efficient. For an example, teacher will reward or give feedback to implement positive and negative reinforcement to make sure students improve their behaviour after that.

3.    Albert Bandura – emphasize on social learning. Where learners/students can and will learn more things by observing. They will have a role model  like parents, teacher or etc. They will do whatever they said and do. Children will imitate them.

There are few things, which I will be learning in the upcoming class about behaviourism, so please do keep viewing my blog and do leave a comment to share your feedback. See you all next week.  Thank you, take care and have a wonderful day ahead.

The Humanistic School Of Thought (second school)

Hi friends and respective teachers,

   For today I would like to share about the second school of thought which is “The Humanistic School of Thought”.  The word humanistic means those correct stances that pinpoint the values and agency of human being.  When I hear the word humanistic, the only thing that comes to my mind is “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs”.

   Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs explains that human need to fulfil each level thoroughly so that they can move to next level, as they are building their individual potential. Thus, humanistic school practices to accept each child (learners) in a unique way, in order to make them feel valuable about themselves. In other point of view, that should be every teachers main belief so that the teaching and learning (T&L) process will take place effectively and students would not have to hide their own character, “each child can do it in their own way”.

Belief of the Humanistic School

   In this belief, i have understood that teachers play a main role in shaping students and teaching learning process for betterment. It is because, teachers need to inject positive values to their students. As they began to have respect and feel worth towards themselves and others. Evan though, students have different opinion on certain things or specific behavior, teachers should not judge a book by its cover.  

   We won’t know what problems they are facing and indeed teacher need to take the initiative to help them and class should be child made to fit the school.  To conduct an effective learning class, teachers need to think from students’ point of view to make learning process more interesting and as well students understand better about values and feelings.

                        

              

Humanistic Approaches to Teaching and Learning.

   Humanistic approaches contains four new was to make teaching learning process more fluency by,

a)     Inviting School Success.

·         Teachers accept students the way they are,

·         High respectfulness among both,

·         No biasness among students,

·         No personal feeling in teachers’ criticism.

b)   Values clarification.

·         Suitable teaching methods for the students’ ability,

·         Identify students believe,

·         Value and feel it,

·         If valued inject it for good changes.

c)   Moral Education.

·         Value and citizen education is conveyed,

·         Students should have respected role model,

·         Build better atmosphere in classroom,

·         Encourage students for high academic, good behavior and values.

d) Multi ethnic Education.

·         Education which refers to arts, culture, and more,

·         Encourage students to learn revere their root and culture,

·         Expose to different types of culture and diversity.

   By applying humanistic approaches we can experience wonderful results. I will stop here for today, see you soon in my next post. Please do give your feedback below and keep learning. Have a wonderful day ahead.

Thank you.

The Cognitive School Of Thought (first school)

Hello it is me again, I would like to share the new information which I had learned from the previous class. It was all about :

   The 1^st school of thought was emerged in the 1960s to figure out “how people think”. The cognitive scientists had contributed with two important ideas which is Information Processing and Meaningful Learning.

Information Processing.

   Information Processing is the process which takes place while we receive and recall the information. The process flow will be attend to the information, recognize, transform, store and retrieve

   The received information will be attend, where we will analyse whether the information is important or not. Meanwhile, some information will be eliminate immediately and the rest will be store in the short-term memory. Short- term memory is where limited information is stored for lesser time. 
      As time goes on the information will be transferred to long-term memory or permanent memory as we often use the information. Information stored in long-term memory will be stored for a longer time compared to the information which has been exposed will be lost due to lack of proper storage and use.

Meaningful Learning.

   Meaningful learning is study which involves how to use new information highly valid organized, structured and it could be used to conduct the teaching and learning process by giving examples,  during problem solving situation and more. It also led to the development of approaches teacher to the student.

   Authentic learning is a suggested learning more towards meaningful and remembered longer knowledge. Rather than using theories to teach, task will give more exposure to do and learn things directly. It is because, by doing task we can improve and build better personal achievement level and self-discovery list can be extended which will led us to willingly remember it.

   Scaffolding is a term where teachers will contribute great solution and explanation when their student is facing problem or need guidance. Scaffolding is more in the direction of learning together. It is because, teachers need gain more and more knowledge so it could be conveyed to their lovable students. Scaffolding also can be injected among students by assigning them with cooperative learning activities.

Reciprocal Teaching.

                        

                                   

                             

                    

Problem Solving.

   Problem solving requires a exist situation where targeted goals by the learners need to be achieved and how they are going to obtain it. First of all, learners need to set goals that need to be achieved, so that they will be engaged with it all the time. Second, learners need to identify the obstacles in the way to achieve their goals which will lead to the third step, choose alternative way to achieve goals. 

   Fourth will be the consideration of consequences of each possible solution which shouldn’t be harmful from any perspective. Fifth, the learners need decide how to implement and progress with the chosen way. Last but not the least, learners need to evaluate themselves so, they could identify their strength and weakness which need to be improve in future.

   

  That is all about, The Cognitive School Of Thought. I hope you have gained new knowledge by reading this post. please do comment below and Have a fantastic day ahead.

 Thank you.

Myself...

Hi everyone, 

    I am Jeeveswarry Ragaven. It is me, the look alike of a pretty pink candy cane in the profile picture. I am a 20 year old girl, who was born on the 17^th day in the month of love in the year 1996. I was born and raised in Penang which is the well known state of Malaysia for food.

    I am girl who loves to spend my time on improving my dancing and singing skills and I love to watch movies and cartoons especially. My favorite cartoon character is the yellow guy (Spongebob Squarepants) and so far I have performed approximately 10 dancing performances during family functions and special events.

    Bachelor’s of Education in UNITAR is the course which I am engaged in. It was my childhood dream to become a tutor/ lecturer and the level of initiative increased when these beautiful ladies stepped into my life as my teachers such as teacher Vanidha, Prema, Nur Farhana, Nur Jamilah, and Kala. Their passion, determination and involvement level towards their profession are indescribable.

    From them I have learned that, a teacher can shape a students for a great betterment without considering the students' family background and without expecting anything in return except for their success in life. A teacher doesn’t only teach, they also keep learning more and more to fulfill their student’s needs.

    The goals that I would love to achieve are firstly, once I have graduated as a teacher, I will proceed with my Master’s degree (MA. TESOL) to enhance my knowledge more based on this field. Secondly, I would prefer to teach students with special needs. It is because I personally believe that more scaffolding is needed for students with special needs compared to other students.

     I will emphasize on that because I have more experience based in it as I have a couple of family members who have disability in themselves.  Helping such students to develop themselves will bring more satisfaction in a teacher’s life.

    As a future teacher, the philosophy that I would emphasize more will be progressive-ism. It is because as a teacher I need to be crystal clear with my objectives which will be, what I really want my students to learn and practice as a betterment for their living.

    By injecting progressivism and other philosophy in my pedagogy skills I can observe my students and also my progress from time to time which will create a effective learning phenomena in the classroom.

     I believe that you had a great time viewing and reading my post. I am really looking forward for your feedback, so please do comment below and frequently view my blog for more posts. Thank you and have a great week ahead.