Deep Learning Experience

Assignment 1: analysis of my learning

Introduction

Learning and teaching are two combined characteristics. Before knowing teaching, learning and educational inquiry should be absorbed by pre-service teachers. This essay is exploring personal university learning experiences with two main concepts, Metacognition and surface, deep learning approach. The first section of this essay is a general describe on learning experiences, then a detail analyse will be explained testified with own experiences. Finally, a synthesis and conclusion will link analyses with the implications for personal insights as a pre-service teacher.

General observations on learning experiences

From the past five weeks in university, metacognition and both surface and deep learning approaches are revealing into my learning experiences. Previewing each week topics, examining the knowledge by tests, and listing concepts during revisions are showing three metacognition elements. Likewise, attending quizzes and tutorials prove the significances for two metacognition skills. In addition, improving critical review writing in university level indicates the differences between surface learning and deep processing. The analysis between the concepts and learning experiences will be present further in details in the next section.

Concepts demonstration

Analysing Concept 1: Metacognition

Metacognition concept is a thinking process that considers the way of thinking. The core of metacognition can be described as a progress of meaningful thinking about learning. (Siegel, 2012) Loughran (1996, as cited in Siegel, 2012) defines metacognition as the “deliberate and purposeful act of thinking which centers on ways of responding to problem situations in teaching and learning.” ...

... middle of paper ...

... a higher level learning in the future, I will teach them the way of making study plans, and self-evaluating skills. Besides, I will improve the skills of monitoring by designing diverse assignments. From my teaching approach, students will think critically through using self-monitoring report and group discussion in class.

Furthermore, from evaluating surface-deep learning, I have a more understanding on the differences between using surface learning compare with deep learning. In my future teaching career, I will help students thinking critically, as well as querying other’s viewpoints and presenting their own conceptions. Not only learning the knowledge from the textbooks, I will encourage them to search extracurricular areas to build a substantial knowledge data base and a widely field of interests for them to choose and discover in the future university study.