My Personal Learning Theory

I think this is the way I learn. Hence I created a personal Learning Theory which is supported with evidence from cited works.

Personal Learning Theory

The way one thinks is highly linked to one’s experiences in life. With such as perspective focus is placed upon that of logical and conceptual growth. In past days while attending secondary leveled school, I was a leader and so was always asked to lead. With this in mind, I was always allowed or given the opportunity to experience vast things. Exposure to new schemas can definitely begin to etch dynamic beliefs, knowledge and perceptions. At this point in time I would often test my understanding of concepts or principles against those of others, challenging my peers and teachers respectively.

According to Jonassen (1999), constructivist learning environments should encourage conversations about the problems and projects students are working on. In this regard, as a learner, it can be relative to say that a collaborative knowledge construction approach was taken throughout my years, as continuous dialogues were present and as such gave me an opportunity to test ideas and opinions to further comprehend a concept.

Constructivism depicts the matching of the learner’s cognitive and affective state and also presents the learner with the simplest model of a domain. Integration of Distributed Learning has fostered the development of the stages of problem solving, which links Constructivism and Distributed Learning to that of Cognitivism. With this being so, one tries to fully understand how one gains knowledge and thinks, thus placing a deeper comprehension on the process of problem solving.

These series of experiences has altered that of my perceptions as a learner, and as a thinker in general. My views and opinions are now developed and shaped by that of my experiences and the exposure to various schemas. Thus leading me to adapt to that of a dynamic learning style, in the sense where I adapt the style that is most relevant at that point in time.

Sources:

Jonassen, D. (1999). Designing constructivist learning environments. In C. Reigeluth (Ed.),           Instructional design theories and models: Volume II. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Jonassen, D., Myers, J.M., & McKillop, A.M. (1996). From constructivism to constructionism:      Learning with hypermedia rather than from it. In Wilson, B. (Ed.), Constructivist learning    environments: Case studies in instructional design (pp. 93-107). Englewood Cliffs, New            Jersey: Educational Technology Publications.