Awesome video about what teachers do to their students

Check out this awesome video that was shown in my Psychology class. It pertains to all education students.

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Bloom's Taxonomy

"Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand." This relates to Bloom's Taxonomy because knowledge is gained through memorization and then when students believes that they no longer need the knowledge anymore, such as after they take the test, they forget it. Through guided discovery and hands-on activities, students are more apt to remember what they did. Yet if the activity can be related to the students and if they can apply the activity to other situations then they will understand it. Teachers want to make students remember what we teach them forever because they found the activity to be worth remembering and knowing.

Source for quote: www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research 

Collaboration in Schools

Students need to work in pairs and groups in order to develop their emotional quotient. The article, Powerful Learning: Studies Show Deep Understanding Derives from Collaborative Methods says, “Similarly, studies also show the widespread benefits of cooperative learning, in which small teams of students use a variety of activities to more deeply understand a subject. Each member is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping his or her teammates learn, so the group becomes a supportive learning environment.” In addition, working in pairs and groups will help the students in gaining skills in teamwork, hearing/thinking about others ideas and opinions, responsibility, and sharing. All of these skills are life skills that go beyond school and used for the rest of their lives, including when they go to get jobs.

Source: http://www.edutopia.org/inquiry-project-learning-research