Comments on Blog #1

The following are my comments to my peers’ posts.

Hi Yiran, thanks for sharing your post. I agree with your perspective of the different education models between China and Canada in K-12. In terms of the traditional Chinese educational structure, behaviorism and cognitivism are used the most. I studied grades 1-9 in China, and I think the most common type of learning is behaviorism, in which the instructor provides the basic concepts and the explanation to the students. Students take notes while they are listening in the class, then they have both in-class and after-class assessments such as handbook, textbook-based questions to practice. However, I noticed that our thinking differs a bit in the way of our undergrad learning period. From my personal experience, I think these three types of learning theories are all applied in my university journey. I was more involved in learning definitions for each learning material in my freshman year, especially for my Math classes. Then, proactive learning has become the main competency for me for my last three years of learning. Also, in my program, Health Information Science, collaborative learning was essential for every HINFer because we had a different group work for working on during both lectures and labs since our first year. Overall, I think your post is excellent in applying the concepts of behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism into your personal experience. One thing I could recommend is to add an image to the post to make it more eye-catching to your audience. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Hi Emily, I like the examples that you apply in behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism in your post. I like that you use your own experience to apply to each terminology, which made me interested in reading and following along. I am also able to recall from my own experiences while reading yours. For instance, for behaviorism, by reading Emily’s example about Math, I recall learning English when I was little. My mom brought me flashcards to teach and revise vocabulary. The flashcard with the apple image is the stimulus, and the English word ‘Apple’ would be the response. Once my answer was wrong, my mom repeated the correct answer a couple of times until I became more familiar with it. Therefore, the consequence for my incorrect response to a stimulus was repeating it, then I remembered it. Finally, knowing different learning theories gives me a better understanding of how learning occurs, and of course, your example helps me memorize and differentiate these theories. Thank you for sharing your post!

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