Metacognition, is actually what now as adults we have. Now that I look back with out having the second part of thinking , I would have done unreasonable decisions in my early adulthood life. Not only did I read that part but I got so interested that I watched videos of it just to get more sense of it. I know in my prior psy classes it was probably introduced by this time I was interested on. as I had mentioned before I have an Eight year old that thinks different than I do of course. but, my point is we had an experience where I had punished him for something he did, by taking his phone away. So, days passed and I decided to give him his phone back. A soon as I gave his phone back he misbehaved again, so I took his phone away and then he began to cry. So I told him instead of crying why don't you just apologize and that's it you will get it back. I'm embarrassed, my husband heard me and told me well he doesn't think like that yet he is young his thinking is not matured yet. and that's why I wanted to research more about the expansion of thinking to understand my child more.
Now, Learning Styles are a big issue in the educational field. i am currently writing about it on my research paper and a few interesting facts came along. I do believe that students and even other people are able to have a preferred learning style for their educational purposes. I, myself prefer to have visuals and some audio to understand my work. I am just not a reader or writer I struggle harshly. even to write this blog, it is very hard for me to reread and understand things when there is no visual or audio for me to look and listen too. So, if an online class is about just reading chapters instead of providing other sources to the students with preferred learning styles then that will be a big issue for those students that need visuals. As my part teachers need to do their best to accommodate their students needs.
Hello Erica,
ReplyDeleteAs a parent it is hard to understand that the kids do not think the same way we do. I know for my 13-year-old, he does not understand the concept of it not what you say but how you say it. Much of his deal is that it sounds like attitude. I hope that soon he will understand that concept
Hi Erica,
ReplyDeleteIt's funny you chose to discuss metacognition. Earlier this week I was at my morning duty with two of my co-workers. They are paraprofessionals as well. We found ourselves discussing the types of decisions students make. Which, for the students that we monitor in the morning, those decisions can be questionable to say the least.
This discussion began because all three of us were having the same issue with different students that morning. This is an issue that can occur quite often. For the month of December, I am responsible for monitoring students from different grade levels. They range from Kindergarten to fifth grade. Typically, the students who require more attention are the fourth and fifth graders.
This is due to the fact that they have a hard time with following simple directions. We do give them a certain level of freedom in the morning, to conversate with their peers, or even spread out away from their designated area. The same issues arise when some students abuse these privileges. Some of the ongoing issues we have with students in the morning are swinging on barks of trees that are placed near that entrance of the building, playing too rough with each other, and even cursing. Just last week, one of the trees was actually pulled completely out of the ground because of the constant pulling, tugging and swinging.
We started talking about how interesting it is how our priorities change over the course of our lives. At a young age, we do not really concern ourselves with the consequences of our actions, which can at times, be dangerous or unsafe. As we grow older, our decision-making naturally changes as we change. With most, our decision-making is affected by our environments and those closest to us. We came to the conclusion that for a lot of the students that we have ongoing issues with, one of the major contributing factors of their negative behaviors is a direct result of their home environment as well as a lack of discipline from their parents.
David