LEARNING
You are the scholar, with a sharp
mind that’s always coming up with new ideas. You are driven by curiosity and a
search for the truth, often preferring to connect with people’s minds than
their emotions. You would make a fantastic researcher or teacher, as you are
good at explaining and interpreting. Your work must include mental stimulation
- you’re at your best when you’re thinking hard.
Blog about your findings.
I really
do agree with the results that I am a learner.
I am in the education profession as a teacher as well as being back in college again this year. I have been taking a college class every few
years to keep up with current trends and to sharpen my teaching skills.
The question is if I am taking classes purely for learning
sake? The answer is no. As a teacher, my salary is tied to the amount of
professional knowledge I have. If my pay wasn’t tied into degrees or college credits,
I think I would be avoiding taking classes and just go on with life. I would
love to admit that I enjoy taking college classes and learning new things, but “adulating”
is just so darn time consuming to enjoy the luxury to continually expanding my knowledge through post-secondary education!
I can assist our class community members by using
this passion of learning to talk with them about college
classes that I took or are currently taking and give advice on what I’ve
experienced. For those who are interested in education, I can share my
experiences from both the public and private schools I taught at.
For those
in other social media connections, I still see myself as a resource or
counselor.
I’m hoping
that after this semester, I will have pushed my passion for learning enough to
earn enough credits to be at the top of my pay scale which is equivalent to
someone with a Ph.D.
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Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteTo me learning is doing and creating something. Listening to someone talk is listening. Why can't we change organized learning to fit this model? How will you conduct a social media campaign on a pay raise? :0) What would help you reach this goal?
Good questions. Maybe start a Go Fund Me campaign to help my teacher salary :-)
DeleteIn education, I'm more of a constructivist. I teach by modeling, showing examples, having students work on group assignments and hands-on projects. I'm not too sure how I can do that over the internet (I have been thinking about this for a long time). I hear administrators say it over and over again that we should be using more hands-on learning, etc. and in my head I'm thinking "DUH, Tech/Vocational has been doing this all along."
Me taking classes this school year is motivated by rising up in the pay scale, but my project is to see what classes could we offer to high school students for dual credit. I could use this search for dual credit as my focus for a campaign. Poll the internet for suggestions and see what others have done. Gather the data and add it to my research? I'm just think "out loud"
Mahalo Renee!
ReplyDeleteI am definitely going to check this out. KS has been thinking about this for awhile and started piloting two classes last year (HWST 107 and I think ENG 100). I'm trying to see what we can find for my Technology and Business classes. I've identified a bunch of possible classes, but more the merrier! A hui hou...
I enjoyed your post. My wife is a teacher and I know she had to take so many credits every 6 years (I think) in order to keep her license current. I completely understand why they do that because you do learn from college classes and we want our teachers to always keep learning. But I also think there is so much learning that can happen outside of a college course. For instance, you teach robotics right? I'm sure you have learned a lot by being the robotics coach and yet you earned no "credits" for that. It's too bad you could't get credit from some of the experiences we have. I know in reality, it could never happen, but wouldn't it be nice?
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