The Style of Teachers

      The teacher that I have been shadowing for my service learning hours teaches Kindergarten and mostly uses the learning theory cognitivism.  Cognitivism focuses on repitition of the different lessons and focusing on how best to put that information into the brain. Mneumonic Devices are a great example of cognitivism. 

         The teacher that I have been shadowing demonstrates cognitivism by coming up with songs that the children memorize to. There is a song for the months of the year, counting by tens, as well as many others. Also, she has them write in a journal everyday so that they have the repetition of how to form sentences. It was really great for me to see this in a classroom because cognitivism is part of my teaching philosophy that I completed for this class.

     I have talked to the teacher quite a bit about the students in her class who learn at different levels and who maybe aren't necessarily at the level they should be. She deals with this by giving the whole class an assignment and then helping those few students with it individually. The past couple of times I have been in the classroom she has had me work with some of these students so I have been able to see the learning differences.

 Through my experiences in the classroom I am becoming better informed about learning styles.