Creating personal connections between theories and real life
By Marielle Kaufman
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 5, 2010
I really liked the way that, in today’s lesson, you incorporated personal anecdotes for each of Erikson’s stages. It was definitely a way for us to be able to connect with the material on a more personal level. All too often, the subject matter that we have to read is full of educational jargon, and it’s rather dense. However, with the more personal connection, it makes everything a bit easier to understand. Often, in this process I forget that at the end of all my studying, researching, observing, I’m going to be standing in front of a classroom of people. Sometimes, textbooks make it difficult to remember that. However, when personal touches are incorporated into the learning process, it puts things in perspective. We can learn all of the theories and jargon and technical information that we can absorb, but at the end of the day it’s all completely useless if we can’t apply it to real people.
If we can’t remove the cold, technical part of education, then teaching is going to be useless. Some of the best teachers and professors I’ve had throughout my education have been the ones who have made personal connections with all of their students. They didn’t treat their students like parts of a case study. Instead, we were treated like individuals. Having personal touches included in education are what makes learning exciting, and so much easier.
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Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 5, 2010
I really liked the way that, in today’s lesson, you incorporated personal anecdotes for each of Erikson’s stages. It was definitely a way for us to be able to connect with the material on a more personal level. All too often, the subject matter that we have to read is full of educational jargon, and it’s rather dense. However, with the more personal connection, it makes everything a bit easier to understand. Often, in this process I forget that at the end of all my studying, researching, observing, I’m going to be standing in front of a classroom of people. Sometimes, textbooks make it difficult to remember that. However, when personal touches are incorporated into the learning process, it puts things in perspective. We can learn all of the theories and jargon and technical information that we can absorb, but at the end of the day it’s all completely useless if we can’t apply it to real people.
If we can’t remove the cold, technical part of education, then teaching is going to be useless. Some of the best teachers and professors I’ve had throughout my education have been the ones who have made personal connections with all of their students. They didn’t treat their students like parts of a case study. Instead, we were treated like individuals. Having personal touches included in education are what makes learning exciting, and so much easier.
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