After having read all your synthesis blogs and comments, I have decided that I’m going to skip all the preliminary blogs and go straight for the synthesis – they were great!
Thanks for the brilliant semester. Make sure you come next Monday for our last session together, and bring suggestions for how we can improve the experience for future classes.
The replies were great to my original post – the right answer is Jones MUSIC Model of Engagement. I have tried to maximise all five components of the model in order to maximise engagement and intrinsic motivation.
Another week – and I can’t believe that I didn’t write anything to you last week – but I will make amends and write this week. The overall quality of your work just gets better and better. As the semester goes on, your work becomes more in-depth and really gets at the meat of what we are examining.
Posts that are of particular note this week are: Bethan, Bonita, Chris, Dan, Duncan, Francesca, Hannah, James B., James R., Katherine, Matthew G., Muteb, Rebecca, Tristan, and Ye. Congratulations to all (15) of you for a job well done.
Looking forward to next week, and enjoy your weekend.
Our class has been designed around a theoretical model of motivation from the field of psychology that has a number of principles or components. I would like you to think about the class and see if you can figure out what the model is (it has been mentioned in several blogs this semester).
Congratulations! You have done well this week.
The blogs that I particularly took note of were: Dan’s, Daniel’s, Duncan’s, Francesca’s, Hannah’s, James B.’s, Joshua’s, & Zack’s. I see my numbers creeping up there, but when you write to impress, I am impressed – I even reblogged two of this weeks blogs.
Enjoy your reading week. Remember that your comments are not due on todays blog until November 12th.
Busy week for me — sorry for not having your grades up yesterday.
However, they are up today. What can I say? There were a number of you who did extremely well (the WOW factor), including Bethan, Bonita, Chris, Dan, Duncan, Hannah, James B, Joshua, Matthew J, and Rebecca! Well done!
I would like to make extra mention of Bethan’s blog – first one, and it sets a new standard.
In reading Naomi’s blog on academic competition, I wondered how you view this class. Is it more competitive or do you see this as a cooperative experience? Here is a pill for you (I figured out how to do them, so you’re going to get them – better than clickers).
A number of students have talked to me about the pressure of getting all of the comments done by Monday at midnight – given that a good portion of the work would have to take place on the weekend. As a result, I am asking you to respond to this poll so I can decide if the due day should be moved.
The only drawback I can think of is that it puts it close to your next blog due date.
Let me know what you think.
Your grades are up, and you have done well again. I think there are a number of comments awaiting moderation, because there are a number of you who have done four comments, and I would have expected five. Send me an e-mail if you think you have been effected with your five comments (usually indicated by a + grade).
The blogs that impressed me this week are: Caroline’s, Emma’s, James R’s, Joshua’s, Karen’s, and Rebecca’s. Have a look and see what you think
The primary observation I would make this week is that there appears to be a lot of passionate discussion about education, but the psychology appears to be missing in many of your works. Remember – this is a psychology class, and you need to bring the psychological principles you all know and love into your discourse.
Wow – the first week is all over, blogs done, comments done and grades up. As usual, I was impressed by the quality of your blogging. I knew you could do it!
Some blogs of particular note are (in no particular order – other than alphabetical) Bonita’s, Daniel’s, Fransesca’s, Hannah’s, Karen’s, Louise’s, and Tristan’s.
One thing I would say, is that several of you are writing and commenting about creativity (or the lack thereof) in education. Be careful how you define or categorise as creative. Although it is normal to think of art, dance, drama, and music as creative, maths, chemistry, and even psychology (in other words – all academic subjects) can, and should be creative endeavours. I believe that this is one of the reasons that creativity is not encouraged in education. Those with a bias against the arts devalue creativity. Great theories and discoveries aren’t made looking for the one right answer.
We had our first class yesterday, and all of you have some vague idea as to what is happening in this module. I am scheduled to start marking your blogs next Tuesday morning, and I expect great things from you. I’m really looking forward to hearing your talks next Monday (don’t worry if yours isn’t for two weeks – I’m looking forward to them too).
Psychology in education 