I really enjoyed reading some of the responses to this week’s prompt. I liked how while many of the responses were similar in many ways to my own response, they also differed greatly in the examples used. This is the cool part about how we all have such diverse backgrounds!
In response to Omar’s Post:
While reading Omar’s blog post, I like how they pointed out that behaviourism played an important role in the learning of the Arabic language. I think that this was a great way to make a personal connection to the material that we are learning about. I think it’s interesting how Omar’s environment played a huge role in learning the language, I think this goes for learning any language! The behaviourist theory is a great way to approach new content.
In response to Kiana’s post:
https://kianasblog.opened.ca/post-1-behaviorism-constructivism-cognitivism-edci-335/
That being said, I also agree with what Kiana has mentioned in their blog post, how the behaviourist theory is the sort of “fool-proof” way to teaching. I too, felt that while growing up, most of my teachers used this approach to teaching. While it is good in some instances, I think that not all students benefit from this style. Kiana, I agree that it would be beneficial to participate in a sort of trial and error type of teaching with each of our students, so that we can learn which type of theory best fits with that student.