Interpretation of Teaching Perspective Inventory (TPI) scores.

Interpretation of the result in relation to TPI frame work.

For the better elaboration of the results appendix 1 shows a graphical representation of the results. According to the chart it shows the apprenticeship perspective is dominant. So according TPI, it can be agreed that I give importance of socializing students. Good teachers understand the learners and vary the instruction methods in relation to their level of learners understanding.

More over transmission perspective also shows as a back-up perspective which is very near to dominate. With TPI, It can be agreed that teachers can be outstanding only if they have mastery of subject content.  This enables the teacher to best practiced subject applications and improve higher level thinking of the students.

Constructivist perspective

People learn by actively exploring the world around them, receiving feedback on their actions, and drawing conclusions. (Roza, 2013).   Prior experience plays an important role in constructing new knowledge of an individual. Learners should be active to build understanding and sense of information. students have to be made self responsible in their learning with guidance from the teacher. So activities like role play, presentation, projects and other cooperative learning practices have to be conducted in the class. As a result students will be able to accumulate more information by themselves and with peers by assimilating and accommodating more.  So teachers should give guidance to the students in their learning despite spoon-feeding them every part of the explanation.

Reference

Roza, I. (2013, March 28).  Constructivist perspectives. Unpublished lecture notes, the Maldives national University, Maldives

Teaching philosophy

In my opinion teaching is more than covering the subject syllabus. Teachers should be live models to the students and to the society. They should be ethical, respectable and self-motivated. A job like teaching has to be done with passion. It is about making a difference and producing an ideal generation both theoretically and practically.

Social cognitive learning theory

    Have you learned behaviors or skills from observing others? Maybe you have learned from observing a teacher, friend, or supervisor. We acquire new knowledge and skills from a variety of methods.

Social cognitive learning theory focus on learning which occurs within a social context. Models play a critical role in the learning process.

Within a social context learners observe new behaviors and skills from a model. They may internalize or demonstrate these skills or sometimes not. Social cognitivists also believe people and their behavior become self-regulated. Observers form expectations about reinforcements and punishments based on what they observe happening to a model.

Cognitive learning theory

Two main theorists
                                                       

1.      Jean Piaget (1896-1980)

2.      Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934)

From a cognitive learning theory perspective:

• Learning involves the transformation of information in the environment into knowledge that is stored in the mind.

• Learning occurs when new knowledge is acquired or existing knowledge is modified by experience

Behavioral learning theory (developed by two theorists, B.F. Skinner and Ivan Pavlov)

·        Operant conditioning by B.F.Skinner in 1953

·        Classical conditioning by Ivan Pavlov in 1920s

Definition: learning is exhibited by a change in behavior where environment plays a big role. Contiguity and reinforcement is central to explain the learning process and conditioning enables the acquisition of new behavior.

Contiguity: Association of events because of repeating pairs