Learning Theorists and the Emotional Learning Journey
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Click each provider’s name to see a detailed list of impact on staff.
Coleg Cambria
- It has been interesting and insightful, looking at lesson planning from a different perspective.
- To consider the emotional response (outcomes) I want from learners, rather than simply focusing on the topic learning outcomes.
- Timings were effective to allow discussion. Great circulation around the breakout groups to ensure we were on track and completing tasks correctly. I am frustrated that I have not attended the previous two sessions, so will have to look out for these next time around.
- Excellent delivery. It would be useful to have a session delivered by Tony on remote learning and the use of technology.
Derby Adult Learning
- Enriching.
- Greater knowledge of key learning theories and examples of teaching and learning strategies that are relevant to them.
- Thank you for a very useful and informative session. Access to your website with additional resources is very useful.
Grimsby Institute
- This should be a national programme.
- Lots of simple strategies which are easy to implement – excellent.
- It was really refreshing that a topic such as learning theorists was delivered in such a way as to make it practicable. It should be a ‘dry’ session – it wasn’t! Really enjoyed it.
- Opening the toolbox of my mind.
- Team meetings will be reinvented.
- Deeper exploration of how to design learning experiences.
Hopwood Hall College
- I am fizzing with theoretical ideas after this session! Educational theory does not have to be heavy and laborious! We can develop our understanding in more engaging ways.
- Today I am meeting with the Head of Quality and the Assistant Principal to start a quality standard for induction.
- Whilst it would be great to do this face to face the online session was very interactive and enjoyable.
Hull College
- Lightening in a bottle.
- (Saying) ‘Less experienced’ rather than ‘less able’ will focus on preparedness to reduce fear and anxiety.
- Sunshine. Differentiating approach not expectations – reinforcing this to staff.
- Focus on emotional state of learning – addressing that before the lesson.
- That the learning journey is the most important. If they are happy, they will achieve.
- I liked the idea of Blendspace, scaffolding – differentiation and taxonomy teams.
- Switching on a light!
- To implement theories in own practice – explore ‘fifty shades of teaching’ in more detail focusing on the less-experienced learner.
- Caterpillar to butterfly.
- (Produce) ‘Learning experiences’ not ‘lesson plans’. Blendspace.
- Great to see Tony again. Very knowledgeable – look forward to the next time.
Lakes College
- My brain feels fizzy with ideas! A great way to start a year!
- Can’t wait to model some of this with trainee teachers. Super.
- I love that loads of the theories can be applied easily. I am going to try to use a different card every week.
- The pre-learning technique, perfect lesson notes, barrier removal strategies.
- More strings to my bow
- A working machine.
- Thanks – brilliant, useful session.
Macclesfield College
- Connectivism to tutorial is illuminating like the full moon on a clear night.
- I will be using different research strategies as part of Tutorial to invigorate and engage through gamification rather than test.
- Would love to look at some examples of gamification in these areas to produce for core subjects.
- Thank you for your time – incredibly inspiring!
MK College
- A eureka moment.
- If I am honest, I have always had a downer on Behaviourism, but today I have noticed that it has many benefits and all theories have a place. It is the thing we hope to change, the level of learners and what they need to learn that can influence our choice and we shouldn’t just stick with one theory. Having knowledge of the underpinning theory alongside the emotional learning states can help us to select the best approach. Locating the position our learners are at and where they need to be is a great tool and provides an excellent starting point to develop effective teaching and learning.
- Having the material beforehand was really useful because we could do some pre-learning / reading. Clear instructions were given for the game.
- I think the supporting material is fabulous and effectively supports the delivery. And fantastic takeaway ideas.
- I think it is great and your technology is amazing!
Quest Training
- Fab session again – really enjoyed this.
Shipley College
- Social constructivism is the key to unlocking learning.
- Pandora’s box. Lifting the lid on learning theories.
- Loved how the different tools are numbered and put under the different theories.
- I really appreciated learning about the emotional learning states and how teaching and learning strategies can be used to produce the positive or overcome challenges.
- A game-base approach to learning about learning theory.
- Really enjoyed it and will definitely use the tool with the 2nd year PGCE students.
Southport College
- A new idea is the spark that lights an eternal flame.
- Very interesting and productive session that enabled me to understand the way different teaching strategies were linked to theorist. I think this would be a great resource for teacher training courses to lighten up a very heavy module about theorists as you are able to look at it all in a practical way.
- Provided a deeper understanding of the learner journey which was differentiated. Good range of strategies were looked into which linked to theorists’ ideas of learning and explored that range of emotions from a learner’s point of view rather than the teacher’s. Helped look at ideas in a different way and provoked different thoughts on how strategies could work from a number of different view points.
Sysco
- Rewarding.
- Brilliant insight into a variety of learning theories and the emotional learning journey. Always incredibly informative.
- I felt the session helped me to link learning theories to outcomes for learners with the categories used.
- Yes absolutely! I will now put more emphasis on the learners emotional states when lesson planning.
- Today’s session was like going on an expedition, there are lots of things to do but I feel like today’s session will help us as a team to take the bull by the horns and revamp our delivery styles.
- My boat is well and truly rocked.
- Thanks again Tony, you really are inspirational.
- I was already very familiar with learning theories but I think today’s session helped me look at our curriculum models with a fresh pair of eyes and consider how we can make these connection with these with our learners.
- The exercises in the breakouts were really helpful to understand different learning theories and how they could be applied in practice. I am planning to use learning strategies 25, 27 and 34 in my future design and delivery.
- I found all information beneficial with me being new to teaching.
- As I am new to teaching I found something I can build on to be the best I can be ?
- Today’s session has helped me to embed emotional learning into my planning and delivery.
- I am going to make more use of connectivism methods to see if it helps me to save time.
- Thankyou Tony for giving me this experience.
The Oxford Partnership (Saudi Arabia)
- Excellent.
- It’s not about planning lessons, but it is about planning experiences.
- That workshop was a game-changer for me.
- Learning is like building a house – all parts are integrated with each other.
- I learnt that Connectivism seems to integrate advances in neuroscience and learning. It takes into account the behaviours of learners in the “digital age” in an explicit way that is absent in other theories.
- I was glad that at the end of the workshop I was able to figure out the suitable strategy for one of the addressed challenges. I was impressed my self 😀
- I’ll return to the materials as a great source. It provides me with a new vision of how to choose the best strategies.
The Learning Foundry
- As deep as the ocean. I can see so much to look into and learn over time.
- Learning theories are a melting pot.
- Exciting.
- Insightful
- I learnt a lot from the session today, I found it very interesting and I understood it as I could link to my learners and real life experiences.
- The breakdown of learning theories was very useful giving a detailed overview of each and providing strategies and identifying the emotional learning elements.
- It has opened my eyes to the amount of different theories there are to look into and explore in more detail which I am excited about. From the session today, I have written down around 12 [teaching strategies to explore] and I am prepared to look at each one and see how these can be adapted for each individual learner.
- Enjoyed the focus of how emotions impact on learning and planning to provide differentiated learning experiences, as opposed to a step-by-step / one size fits all process.
- I will change my approach when planning a lesson to see what emotional response I might get from the learner prior to delivering. Depending on whether it is positive or negative would say whether I want to build on the emotion or reduce it to improve the learners’ understanding.
- It helped me revisit what I had learned many years ago. It also opened my eyes on how I could apply them in my delivery so the learners take ownership rather than relying on me to direct them.
- I will think more about the emotional elements of my learners prior to our sessions so I can ensure I am finding ways to keep them engaged.
- I would like to thank you for your time and the quality of the resources used and the amount of knowledge gained from today.
- I found the interactive graphics on screen and being able to see you as well a very good teaching aid. I will be looking in to how I can use this in the future with my own delivery. A course on how to use this technology would be great!
- Tony is an excellent teacher, I find him very engaging and motivating.
Varndean College
- Lots of bright little ideas like a sparkler.
Weston College
- Reflective, like the sun on a puddle.
- I am going to work with staff to think more about their intent of their session focusing on the emotional states that they want to illicit with the group.
- I would like the resources – great session.
- 1 hour isn’t enough – would like longer please.
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