A Positive Learning Experience
By Tom Stidd
EDI 550/551 Psychology of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
May 20, 2009
Yesterday I attended the first class for the Psychology of Adolescent Students. I have given some time for myself to reflect about how I felt our first class went. Thinking back to the class I realized that I felt both motivated and slightly overwhelmed.
This course is the first graduate education course I have attended. I wasn’t sure what to expect about what I might learn or how the class would be run. As a math undergraduate major most of my courses were lecture type courses. Our first class in EDI 551 began with the name game as a way to introduce students to each other and to learn everyone’s name. That type of introduction was very new to me, and I wasn’t sure how I would perform. After playing the game and participating in the rest of the class activities I felt motivated that I could meet the challenges of the course. Although I was new to interacting with classmates early on in the semester, I saw the advantages of everyone being involved in possibly an uncomfortable activity and all emerging successful. It was a good way for us to get comfortable with each other in a fun way, and it enabled me to feel like the course had a sense of community, which was motivating.
Another emotion I felt was a feeling of being a little overwhelmed by the course requirements. I was concerned if I could figure out using the webct system and how I would perform on the assignments. However, the motivation I took away from the first class has helped me push past any concerns and feel the first class has set a positive tone for the semester.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
May 20, 2009
Yesterday I attended the first class for the Psychology of Adolescent Students. I have given some time for myself to reflect about how I felt our first class went. Thinking back to the class I realized that I felt both motivated and slightly overwhelmed.
This course is the first graduate education course I have attended. I wasn’t sure what to expect about what I might learn or how the class would be run. As a math undergraduate major most of my courses were lecture type courses. Our first class in EDI 551 began with the name game as a way to introduce students to each other and to learn everyone’s name. That type of introduction was very new to me, and I wasn’t sure how I would perform. After playing the game and participating in the rest of the class activities I felt motivated that I could meet the challenges of the course. Although I was new to interacting with classmates early on in the semester, I saw the advantages of everyone being involved in possibly an uncomfortable activity and all emerging successful. It was a good way for us to get comfortable with each other in a fun way, and it enabled me to feel like the course had a sense of community, which was motivating.
Another emotion I felt was a feeling of being a little overwhelmed by the course requirements. I was concerned if I could figure out using the webct system and how I would perform on the assignments. However, the motivation I took away from the first class has helped me push past any concerns and feel the first class has set a positive tone for the semester.
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