Education: 'Continual re-organisation, reconstruction and trasformation of experience' Dewey, 1916. This quote from John Dewy acknowledges the constant development ab]nd responsibility within learning. As this course is based on 'self' learning and relflection this idea of constant evalution is key in order to sucessfully produce the skills and knowledge needed to complete tasks. I agree that the quality of education is reflected in the engagement of the pupil, In my oppinion the non-engagement or desire to learn should be seen as a direct impact from the both the teaching environment and method NOT the learner themselves.
The importance of identification is acknowledged in the Kolb leaning cycle. This compliments Dewey's conecpt of evaluation and promts active rather than passive learning methods.
Howard Gardner's (1983) mulitple intelligences prompted me to explore my own style of learning and relflection. Looking back on experiences i have i had i think that it is true to say that i am a kinasthtic and interpersonal learner. For example; having watched and studied workshop practices i find myself needing to make my own mistakes when workshop leading inorder to learn and devlop from them. Although i love discussion and oppionion, the physical side of learning definatly has the most positive influence on my own development.
Having discoverd this about myself i find myself asking if Robert Kottcamp's 'reflection-in-action' is easier for kinasthetic learners; 'the actor must simultaneously attend to performing the action and observe and analyze his or her action' (Kottcamp, R. B. (1990). Means
for facilitating reflection. Education and Urban Society, 22, 182-203.) The physcial action process for a kinasthetic learner is to their advantage and could it therefore positvley influence their reflection?
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