Let me point out a few common misconceptions that you...

Let me point out a few common misconceptions that you might create while conceptualising your own version of Biggs ideas. Surface and deep are characteristics of the approaches that students might make, not characteristics of the students themselves. The three learning theories I want to discuss are Constructivist, Humanist and Congnitivism. According to constructivist theorists it is important that students do not have misconceptions before they start to learn a new concept. Teachers should identify the students current understanding and ideas in order to construct new meaning. This can be done, for example, by giving a quiz as an introduction to a new subject, by group discussion, by giving activities after presenting new†¦show more content†¦The humanist learning theory (also known as self-directed learning) increases curiosity and encourages students to take responsibility for their own development and learning. It can be applied by establishing a warm, positive class atmosphere where each student believes they can learn what you want them to learn. It is important for the teacher to help students feel positive about themselves. I would do this in my teaching by giving lots of praise to students, particularly students that have a problem with confidence and are participating in tasks and activities outside of their comfort zone. I would try to create an atmosphere where there is no judgement from other students, where students are encouraged to think for themselves and discuss their findings – not saying that answers are right or wrong but considering why they have come to their conclusions, if there might be other ways to approach the question and if different answers might be found. Once the students are comfortable and confident in the environment and in what they are doing then they can be stretched and challenged. In this learning theory it is also important that the studetns are given some control over their own learning, so they should be given options about what to learn and how to learn. In cognitivism the focus is on the students and how they gain and organise their knowledge. Petty (2009, page 104) suggests that cognitivists argue that learnersShow MoreRelatedContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesagreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Typeset by SPI Publisher Services, Pondicherry