Friday, December 10, 2010

My view of Vygotsky’s Principle of Social Constructivism.


1. Learning and development is a social, collaborative activity.

According to the theory of Lev Vygotsky, effective learning happens through participation in social activities. Parents, teachers and other adults are the contributor of this learning process. They give explanation and provide also feedback to the learners.


2. The Zone of Proximal Development can serve as a guide for curricular and lesson planning.  

The zone of proximal development show the difference of a learner learn by their own or learn with the help of others. By this the teacher will know what appropriate lesson she/he will going to give to the learners.  

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

My Philosoph as an Educator



Motivator, Manager, Friend, Parent Surrogate, Evaluator of Performance, Facilitator of learning, these are just some of the roles of a teacher. It is simple as it may hear but difficult to perform. Meaning, being a teacher is not easy. But teachers made it already.
                A teacher is not merely teaching but also touching the lives of the students. Being an Educator it doesn’t mean that you only have to educate your learners about a particular topic but it is beyond these.
                As a future Educator, I must have to prepare myself for the big battle in the future. That big battle motivates me to go through the 4-5 years period of vigorous academic preparation in teaching.  For me to obtain understanding and appreciation of the teaching profession. And for to know also the general understanding of the other branch of knowledge.  That’s all!!