The most important thing about teaching is the learning that takes place, not the teaching. This leads me to think about a topic that has been discussed many times this semester, which is that the education system and many teachers are stuck in their ways. Education is not about tradition, and should be m.

A Synthesis of Posts During the Module and a New Vision for Education. In pooling my ideas for this final blog, I spent some time going through my posts so far and there seems to be a narrative that has been emerging. Where I considered the development of cognitive representations in arithmetic tasks; language. On last week is an excellent start in this regard. Conversely, my blogs on mindfulness.

To discuss education from a personal and scientific perspective.

Through listening to the presentations and reading the blogs throughout this module, I think that the following things would constitute an ideal education system. Overall, I think that a review of the national curriculum and the way in which it is taught would probably be beneficial to our education system, and necessary if any of these issues were to be incorporated. Students believe that speed is reflective of i.

April 7, 2011 in Uncategorized. March 31, 2011 in Uncategorized. But what could be done to increase the effectiveness of teacher training programmes? Although I resp.

Science of Learning and Consumer Psychology.

Spoke about a different approach to learning, that of being out of the classroom, following on from her blog. I believe that this approach, although at an expense, is the most beneficial way to teach. It is just a shame that it is not always possible for every topic taught in schools. How awesome was Mr Jesse Martin? March 28, 2011. I was unable to attend the session last week, so have been struggling as to what to do.

The only reason people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory. This may well be the case for some people, but this module certainly has made me think, and quite a lot! My first blog was centred around one of Sniders Myths. 8221; is the suggestion that there is far too much emphasis placed on making learning an enjoyable experience. Snider believes that learning requires effort. Life, as Hans Christian Anderson so poignantly put it, is.

Looking back over all the ideas brought up in this semesters class there seems to be a few common threads running through them which I think highlight the key ideas that could improve the education system as a whole.