1. In what ways do psychological foundations enable curriculum workers (teachers and curriculum developers) to perform their educational responsibilities?
From Wanda Schmidt Those curriculum workers need to first look at the child and then the curriculum. The chapter states, “That teaching the curriculum and learning the curriculum are interrelated, and psychology cements the two together.” The curriculum requires a consideration of the nature and needs of the child. When students learn, (2+2 =), and understand (2+2 = 4) the curriculum provides the knowledge and power to use it (Wow! I can do this, it’s easy, let’s do more!), the curriculum has merit. What sequences and patterns are in the design that is being used in the curriculum? Are we nurturing it? In nurture we are at the same time specifying the development of a special interest for the achievement of the child. Looking at the child as a whole: i.e. physical, psychological, social, and cognitive development and abilities, how do we fine tune and shape behavior? Through reinforcement and rewards, stressing problem solving and using creativity we look at needs, feelings and attitudes of the child. The curriculum is commonly concerned with those experiences which all children should have in common plus a consideration of those experiences which are designed to produce differences.
Psychology is concerned with the questions of how people learn. Psychology provides the basis for understanding the teaching and learning process. It is a process that is essential to curriculum. It is only when students learn and understand the curriculum that the curriculum has actual worth. Teaching curriculum and learning curriculum are interrelated, and psychology cements the relationship. As education and curriculum continue to grow and change into the 21st century, it has become very apparent that teachers need to meet the individual needs of our students. Each student in your classroom has a different learning style and learns different ways. Understanding learning styles and instructional methods are difficult and complex. We have to understand how a child processes information. The only way to help teachers do this in the classroom is for scholars to study psychology and see how it relates and connects with curriculum and learning. The psychological research that has been completed and will be completed in the future will help teachers and students change and grow to meet the demands of an ever changing society. I think that psychology is an important part of education and curriculum. Psychological research and foundations have helped educators better meet the individual needs of students. For example, I teach an inclusion class and almost every student is on a different ability level. I have to accommodate these students in order for them to succeed. I have found that once I find their learning style, or how they learn the best, it is easier to help that student succeed in their area of weakness. For instance, I might have a student who is having trouble with the concept of the main idea. If a student is a visual and auditory learner, I need to find activities and materials that will meet the student’s learning style. As a teacher I used psychological research from Gardner and Vygotsky to provide the correct accommodations for my students. Psychological foundations are an important aspect of curriculum, and it will continue to be important in the future.
Psychology provides a starting point for understanding the teaching and learning process. It provides the background needed in order to understand how people learn. Both processes are necessary to curriculum workers because the curriculum doesn’t mean anything unless the students learn and understand it and gain knowledge and power to use it. Psychology binds the teaching and learning processes of the curriculum. Psychological foundations provide theories and principles of learning that influence teacher—student behavior in the context of the curriculum. John Dewey knew that psychology was the basis for understanding how the individual learner interacted with objects and persons in the environment. I like the statement from the book: psychology is the unifying element of the learning process; it forms the basis for the methods, materials, and activities of learning, and it subsequently serves as the impetus for many curriculum decisions. I agree with this statement because psychology allows teachers to determine how students think; therefore, allowing us to plan activities that are meaningful.
According to the book, psychology provides a basis for understand the teaching and learning process. These two processes are essential to the teacher and/or curriculum specialist because when the student learns, understands and applies the knowledge gained from the curriculum, that curriculum has actual worth. The book also states that teaching and learning the curriculum are intertwined, and psychology cements these two processes. Psychological foundations are critical in that they furnish theories and principles of learning that influence teacher-student behavior within the context of curriculum. John Dewey and Ralph Tyler discussed the important role psychology played with the context of curriculum. Dewey stated that psychology was the basis for comprehending how a learner interacted with objects and others in the environment. Tyler looked at psychology as a filter in helping determine what objectives are and how learning takes place.
Furthermore, psychological foundations allow curriculum workers/teachers to question how students learn and why. Teachers and specialists can focus on cultural experiences, curriculum organization, and school culture and student participation. When one begins to develop curriculum, they must look at those psychological questions to shape a curriculum that meets their student needs. A curriculum for a public middle school in an affluent neighborhood is going to differ drastically from a rural elementary school that is populated by impoverished children. A responsible curriculum specialist/teacher is going to pull from psychological principles and theories on learning styles and processes and student behavior to achieve a successful curriculum. When I look at my students, I question how my teaching style is going to match their learning needs. I look at each student’s individual needs, their strengths, and their weaknesses and how am I going to provide an optimal learning environment. Through psychological principles and theories, we can formulate our methods, materials and activities in order to successfully link our teaching to their learning.
I agree with Debbie: "When one begins to develop curriculum, they must look at those psychological questions to shape a curriculum that meets their student needs."
I believe that LFS is attempting to incorporate the importance of understanding the meaning of curriculum among students and teachers. LFS helps teachers and students understand what the curriculum wants us to learn by reviewing the unit essential questions, and lesson essential questions. Each morning, I would choose a student to walk over to the wall and guide us through the unit essential questions with a pointer and we would discuss the important facts which we were going to learn for the upcoming months and I would attempt to make it meaningful for the students. I found it to be very effective in our learning process. Overall, according to the book, psychology is the unifying element of the learning process; it forms the basis for the methods, materials, and activities of learning, and it subsequently serves as the impetus for many curriculum decisions.
Kristin I like your view not all curriculum is going to reach and fit every child. You have to start where that child is and work up. Each child has a different rate of learning and processing. It is a great feeling when you see that smile on that child who finally understands 2+1=3. We also have to consider what experience and excess baggage that child comes to us with, that we educators have to overcome to teach this child and closely exam the curriculum to fit his needs. From W.S.
Psychology provides a basis for understanding the teaching and learning process. Both processes are essential to curricularists because it is only when students learn and understand the curriculum and gain knowledge and power to use it that the curriculum has actual worth. I believe that LFS is attempting to incorporate the importance of understanding the meaning of curriculum among students and teachers. LFS helps teachers and students understand what the curriculum wants us to learn by reviewing the unit essential questions, and lesson essential questions. Each morning, I would choose a student to walk over to the wall and guide us through the unit essential questions with a pointer and we would discuss the important facts which we were going to learn for the upcoming months and I found it to be very effective in our learning process. All psychologists agree that teaching the curriculum and learning the curriculum are interrelated, and psychology cements the relationship. Overall, psychology is the unifying element of the learning process; it forms the basis for the methods, materials, and activities of learning, and it subsequently serves as the impetus for many curriculum decisions.
From Wanda Schmidt
ReplyDeleteThose curriculum workers need to first look at the child and then the curriculum. The chapter states, “That teaching the curriculum and learning the curriculum are interrelated, and psychology cements the two together.”
The curriculum requires a consideration of the nature and needs of the child. When students learn, (2+2 =), and understand (2+2 = 4) the curriculum provides the knowledge and power to use it (Wow! I can do this, it’s easy, let’s do more!), the curriculum has merit.
What sequences and patterns are in the design that is being used in the curriculum? Are we nurturing it? In nurture we are at the same time specifying the development of a special interest for the achievement of the child.
Looking at the child as a whole: i.e. physical, psychological, social, and cognitive development and abilities, how do we fine tune and shape behavior? Through reinforcement and rewards, stressing problem solving and using creativity we look at needs, feelings and attitudes of the child.
The curriculum is commonly concerned with those experiences which all children should have in common plus a consideration of those experiences which are designed to produce differences.
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DeletePsychology is concerned with the questions of how people learn. Psychology provides the basis for understanding the teaching and learning process. It is a process that is essential to curriculum. It is only when students learn and understand the curriculum that the curriculum has actual worth. Teaching curriculum and learning curriculum are interrelated, and psychology cements the relationship. As education and curriculum continue to grow and change into the 21st century, it has become very apparent that teachers need to meet the individual needs of our students. Each student in your classroom has a different learning style and learns different ways. Understanding learning styles and instructional methods are difficult and complex. We have to understand how a child processes information. The only way to help teachers do this in the classroom is for scholars to study psychology and see how it relates and connects with curriculum and learning. The psychological research that has been completed and will be completed in the future will help teachers and students change and grow to meet the demands of an ever changing society.
ReplyDeleteI think that psychology is an important part of education and curriculum. Psychological research and foundations have helped educators better meet the individual needs of students. For example, I teach an inclusion class and almost every student is on a different ability level. I have to accommodate these students in order for them to succeed. I have found that once I find their learning style, or how they learn the best, it is easier to help that student succeed in their area of weakness. For instance, I might have a student who is having trouble with the concept of the main idea. If a student is a visual and auditory learner, I need to find activities and materials that will meet the student’s learning style. As a teacher I used psychological research from Gardner and Vygotsky to provide the correct accommodations for my students. Psychological foundations are an important aspect of curriculum, and it will continue to be important in the future.
Psychology provides a starting point for understanding the teaching and learning process. It provides the background needed in order to understand how people learn. Both processes are necessary to curriculum workers because the curriculum doesn’t mean anything unless the students learn and understand it and gain knowledge and power to use it. Psychology binds the teaching and learning processes of the curriculum. Psychological foundations provide theories and principles of learning that influence teacher—student behavior in the context of the curriculum. John Dewey knew that psychology was the basis for understanding how the individual learner interacted with objects and persons in the environment. I like the statement from the book: psychology is the unifying element of the learning process; it forms the basis for the methods, materials, and activities of learning, and it subsequently serves as the impetus for many curriculum decisions. I agree with this statement because psychology allows teachers to determine how students think; therefore, allowing us to plan activities that are meaningful.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the book, psychology provides a basis for understand the teaching and learning process. These two processes are essential to the teacher and/or curriculum specialist because when the student learns, understands and applies the knowledge gained from the curriculum, that curriculum has actual worth. The book also states that teaching and learning the curriculum are intertwined, and psychology cements these two processes. Psychological foundations are critical in that they furnish theories and principles of learning that influence teacher-student behavior within the context of curriculum. John Dewey and Ralph Tyler discussed the important role psychology played with the context of curriculum. Dewey stated that psychology was the basis for comprehending how a learner interacted with objects and others in the environment. Tyler looked at psychology as a filter in helping determine what objectives are and how learning takes place.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, psychological foundations allow curriculum workers/teachers to question how students learn and why. Teachers and specialists can focus on cultural experiences, curriculum organization, and school culture and student participation. When one begins to develop curriculum, they must look at those psychological questions to shape a curriculum that meets their student needs. A curriculum for a public middle school in an affluent neighborhood is going to differ drastically from a rural elementary school that is populated by impoverished children. A responsible curriculum specialist/teacher is going to pull from psychological principles and theories on learning styles and processes and student behavior to achieve a successful curriculum. When I look at my students, I question how my teaching style is going to match their learning needs. I look at each student’s individual needs, their strengths, and their weaknesses and how am I going to provide an optimal learning environment. Through psychological principles and theories, we can formulate our methods, materials and activities in order to successfully link our teaching to their learning.
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DeleteI agree with Debbie: "When one begins to develop curriculum, they must look at those psychological questions to shape a curriculum that meets their student needs."
ReplyDeleteI believe that LFS is attempting to incorporate the importance of understanding the meaning of curriculum among students and teachers. LFS helps teachers and students understand what the curriculum wants us to learn by reviewing the unit essential questions, and lesson essential questions. Each morning, I would choose a student to walk over to the wall and guide us through the unit essential questions with a pointer and we would discuss the important facts which we were going to learn for the upcoming months and I would attempt to make it meaningful for the students. I found it to be very effective in our learning process.
Overall, according to the book, psychology is the unifying element of the learning process; it forms the basis for the methods, materials, and activities of learning, and it subsequently serves as the impetus for many curriculum decisions.
Kristin I like your view not all curriculum is going to reach and fit every child. You have to start where that child is and work up. Each child has a different rate of learning and processing. It is a great feeling when you see that smile on that child who finally understands 2+1=3. We also have to consider what experience and excess baggage that child comes to us with, that we educators have to overcome to teach this child and closely exam the curriculum to fit his needs.
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Psychology provides a basis for understanding the teaching and learning process. Both processes are essential to curricularists because it is only when students learn and understand the curriculum and gain knowledge and power to use it that the curriculum has actual worth. I believe that LFS is attempting to incorporate the importance of understanding the meaning of curriculum among students and teachers. LFS helps teachers and students understand what the curriculum wants us to learn by reviewing the unit essential questions, and lesson essential questions. Each morning, I would choose a student to walk over to the wall and guide us through the unit essential questions with a pointer and we would discuss the important facts which we were going to learn for the upcoming months and I found it to be very effective in our learning process.
ReplyDeleteAll psychologists agree that teaching the curriculum and learning the curriculum are interrelated, and psychology cements the relationship. Overall, psychology is the unifying element of the learning process; it forms the basis for the methods, materials, and activities of learning, and it subsequently serves as the impetus for many curriculum decisions.