EDEL 1010

 So far I have been able to witness the teacher in my class room use Behaviorism as a learning theory for her students. When her students listen and react appropriately to her, she will make jokes and cause the classroom to laugh. I have seen this as a way of rewarding them for their good behavior/correct answers. The classroom seems to react well to this type of teaching. When students are misbehaving she will flip a switch and become serious, and the students can tell she's not longer approving the behavior. The system of rewards and consequences given through her attitude is simple but seems sustainable and functional.  I haven't seen much of the other learning behaviors exemplified by the teacher yet. During the our I'm doing my service learning she is working on math with the kids. The schedule is always the same during this time of day. During that time I can say that she activates prior learning, which is part of cognitivism. Going over basic math and strategies, as ...

 I'm going to be doing my service learning at Thunder Ridge Elementary. It's a fairly new school, though in the area west of Utah Lake a few years old is actually an old school. It's in a growing neighborhood and sits on a busy road that makes getting to school difficult during drop off and pick up hours. The school itself is nice. There are security cameras and secure locks preventing anyone from entering the school without being buzzed in by the office. I appreciate that because I have elementary age kids. The class I'm service learning with is 5th graders. The teacher of this class is very busy and was very excited to have me help her assist the 5th graders with math.  I'm excited for this class this semester. I understand that this class will help me determine just how much I'd like to be a teacher. It's a helpful course. Putting us in classrooms to help teachers teach and to learn from them is a valuable lesson. As I learn from this course about teachin...