Learning Log Chapter 10

What?      

This week in class and through the reading, I learned a new theory called social cognitivism. Its much like behaviorism, but also different in three ways. Learning is defined as a change in mental structure and is influenced by beliefs and expectations. The interactions of behavior, environment, and personal factors effects each other. Reinforcement and punishment cause expectations that lead to behavior. The basic assumptions of social cognitivism theory are people can by observing other, behavior is directed by certain goals, and its much self-regulated theory. Modeling can be used with a real person or a symbolic character that shape students' behaviors based on their actions, for example Kobe Bryant. When students' have effective models they learn only when four things occur they are; attention, retention, motor-reproduction, and motivation. As teachers its important to model the right way using its characteristics, because we help pass on culture to generations by what we teach them. The way you model can effect behavior for good and bad in students'. They observe you and then demonstrate things you do and when watching another get punished for a previous behavior they possess, they will do this behavior less often. Children have to have self-efficacy in the skills they accomplish, or els they will never become a self-regulated person in completing school and control behavior.

So What?    

This information about social cognitivism is important for me as a future teacher to know about to understand my students'. With them being in first grade a lot of them are still very young and probably still getting used to school environment. There behavior and self-efficacy aren't set so emotions are always up and down. It's good to know how to model behavior and academic skills, so that they can start to apply them to daily life. Using reinforcements will be handy when children achieve certain class goals or don't behave in certain ways during a assembly. This is a part of the syllabus, in that, the way that one behaves effects the way they learn and the friends they make. Children need friends to learn essential behavior qualities from, so this is important. This knowledge will help me to be a great teacher by helping to control my students' behaviors in the right ways and teaching them how to manage their own work each day.

Now What?   

 In the future I'll use this information in my classroom everyday to control class management and performance of students'. They will learn to accomplish tasks on their own, so they can gain a strong self-efficacy. They need a strong foundation in correct behavior and confidence to continue on with school and life. I think there still things for me to learn about this subject, but I'll have to learn it over time observing different classrooms.