Professor (P): “Now you have started teaching lessons and working with students; let me ask you which learning theories you truly believe in.”
Student Teacher (ST): “Hmmm…. I’ll need to think about the learning theories a little further.”
P: “Check your own practice and see which learning theories you are following.”
ST: “Well. I’m really not sure. ”
P: “When you teach, your goal is to help students understand essential knowledge, and develop literacy and skills, and so on. Right?”
ST: “Exactly. Originally, I would think about the cognitive aspects of learning, affective domain, and behavioral theories. However, when I teach, I’ll have to factor in the time constraints, school schedule, curriculum demands, and other considerations…. Currently we are under a lot of stress of student assessments. Teaching and learning today are mostly test-oriented.”
P: Hmmm….
