Make your class fun: the power of using learning activities
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
September 22, 2008
Long Island University, C. W. Post
September 22, 2008
Dr. Boyanton's class gave me another example of how to take content material and make it interactive, fun and interesting. The subject of today's class was Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Erikson''s theory of psychological development. I thought to myself, "how is Dr. Boyanton going to make this material interesting and fun?" By now, I knew to expect that she would and I was curious to see how she was going to manage it. Dr. Boyanton presented examples of different stages of Erikson's development with very personal stories, some amusing, some sad,always interesting and illustrative .
As a teacher and parent, Erikson provides me with important information about what I should provide a child of a particular age. For example, in the age group I hope to teach,6-11, I learned that children need to be acknowledged for the work they've done. Based on this information ,it was suggested that as a teacher I provide opportunities for children to produce work and I need to be generous with praise for their efforts.
In order to teach us strategies for learning new information, Dr. Boyanton had us remember as many words as possible out of a total of 24 words. It was an activity everyone enjoyed. By having us explain the techniques we used for remembering, such as organizing the words into categories, Dr. Boyanton introduced us to the strategies of organization, schemes and interconnections.
As a teacher and parent, Erikson provides me with important information about what I should provide a child of a particular age. For example, in the age group I hope to teach,6-11, I learned that children need to be acknowledged for the work they've done. Based on this information ,it was suggested that as a teacher I provide opportunities for children to produce work and I need to be generous with praise for their efforts.
In order to teach us strategies for learning new information, Dr. Boyanton had us remember as many words as possible out of a total of 24 words. It was an activity everyone enjoyed. By having us explain the techniques we used for remembering, such as organizing the words into categories, Dr. Boyanton introduced us to the strategies of organization, schemes and interconnections.
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