Learning Theories Reflection

By taking the course Learning Theories in Instructional Design helped me to develop instructional theories that emphasize synthesis and integration of sets of knowledge and skills, researchers hope to address. Human relations and resources will likely be a center of much instructional design progress in the coming years. Learner variables, for example, have already begun to play an important role in instructional theory, and the area of motivation promises to be of particular significance in the near future. This has also deepened my understanding of the personal learning process. What I found to be surprising or striking as I furthered my knowledge about how people learn was the role of the instructor or teacher. Instructional design researchers are concluding that a major contributing factor inhibiting the acceptance of instructional design principles in the K-12 school system is the resistance of teachers. It will be necessary for instructional design advocates as myself to address the issues of teacher involvement if they hope to implement their systems within the K-12 educational system. I look for future instructional systems design models to take into account the unique situation of teachers. Teachers, with good foundation knowledge, will adapt or adopt existing instructional materials. The employment of instructional theory for teachers would focus on how to evaluate the foundations of existing materials within a maintenance program. In general, I predict that the instructional design field will finally abandon the pursuit of a single, all-encompassing instructional theory and concentrate on establishing an interactive network of meta-theories. The learning of this course has help me as an instructional designers, I believe, will increasingly choose to apply a particular learning and/or instructional theory only to those narrow learner outcomes toward which it works most effectively. The achievement of a complex mental skill might, for example, include learning various subskills on the basis of several different learning theories. The result would be enhanced flexibility and increased efficiency. Instructional designers could then take the process a step further and alter each of the original models used on the basis of formative evaluation at the subskill level. These refinements hold great promise for fluid, complex instructional designs, but can only emerge from a spirit of balance and increased cooperation among instructional designers in both academic and applied environments.

As an instructional designer, I should be able to determine and identify the needs of preschool children. The instructional designer, as preschool teachers should know the desired learning outcomes that can be achieved using various methods. Instructional designer should be able to apply systematic methods of evaluating instructional needs and creating learning solution for the preschool children. This program incorporates new ideas, thoughts and shows unique aspects of different personalities. For me, teaching gives an opportunity for frequent learning and development skills to expand. In the society today, it is very important for students to not only have a solid education but to actually learn and experience new skills along the way. I have chosen this particular field of early childhood education because it is a great environment to be in. It may not be the highest paying job or one the easiest jobs to do but it is one of the helpful and comfortable jobs that anyone can get. Being in the early childhood field makes easy to see and understand how a child grows and the way he or she thinks about things. Early childhood gives you a better feel of children not just as a group but individuals. As a very loveable, patient, energetic, person that adores young children I will provide a way for children to learn through experiences and discovery. As a preschool teacher of Early Childhood Education of my desires is to become an early childhood educator that would encourage a child to learn, play, explore, and have fun as they grow.