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Vygotsky- Social Constructivism

Vygotsky- Zone of Proximal Development

Classroom desk arrangement:

  • the desks are arranged in pods of 4-6 students to allow communication and cooperative learning from each other
  • during a science lesson about types of friction using a textbook against wax paper, crinkled tin foil, and a desk, the teacher explained the lesson goals and had them work in their groups to complete a worksheet
  • I observed the students working collaboratively

Scaffolding:

  • During a math lesson, my cooperating teacher was guiding the students with specific verbal prompts and examples that she knew they would be able to understand to grasp the concept
  • she was teaching the concept of counting by 10,000 instead of 1000 from the previous year

My Cooperating

Teacher's

Educational Beliefs

Ausubel- Advanced Organizers

  • "I feel it is essential to make learning relevant and to make every effort to engage students in their learning."
  • "Whenever possible, I try to point out real life connections to what we are learning in class to help students understand why it is important to learn that particular concept."
  • "I do also endeavor to build intrinsic motivation via student self-reflection." (Personal Communication, 2014)

Correlational Subsumption: (adding new info to what you already know-- more valuable, enriches higher-level concepts)

  • During a math class, the teacher reviewed the previous concept of learning to add by thousands, and linked it with the new concept of learning numbers to ten thousand
  • the students were able to see a direct correlation and

Behaviourism-

Operant Conditioning

Positive Reinforcement:

  • 'Dojo' points are given to students who hand in their work on time, raise their hand, and work in a constructive manner
  • the points are stored on an IPad app and the students learn to add and subtract them as they earn/loose them
  • students are able to collect the points and at certain times they can cash them in for prizes as a reward
  • this motivates the students to stay focused towards a specific goal.

Theoretical Teaching Framework

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