Considering learning as the way to transform the context and the reality where I interact, learning is a process that has been in my life since I am very young. This constant activity has allowed me to grow in many aspects as person and as professional.
Being a teacher is a part of the reason why learning is important to me. To be in touch with my students and help them to overcome their difficulties I need to be learning all the time; from them and in formal and informal academic spaces. In this sense learning has become as a relevant part of all my daily activities. It is a life style.
In this way, learning is an intrinsic and extrinsic motivation when it has become in a tool to face difficulties, grow and understand better the concerns that happened around me. The way learning gives me information to solve problems or to clear misunderstanding is the reason why it is my motivation.
Other important aspect when learning is the constant reflection i do about my strengths and weaknesses in all the roles I perform in my life.
As learner I have identified the following characteristics that give sense to my learning process:
Strengths:
Hardworking; I am a compromised person in my professional life as in my personal life. I always do my best to fulfill my academic, professional and personal goals
Sensitive: I am concern about the well-being of the people who surround me and principally to the people I love my family and friends. In this way I am solidary any time it is possible. I like to help people
Creative: this is one of my favorites, I love to design and plan new activities in order to change the routine and improve the people experiences. In my personal life, I am the one who plans the parties, meetings, celebratio...
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...ning help me to success in life, for that reason and having in mind Banduras’ principles of self-efficacy in the social cognitive theory, I can believe in my ability to success in several situation regarding academic, personal or professional setting in my life. I trust in myself. Indeed, I set long, mid and short term goals in order to be happy and pleased with the challenges accepted day by day.
To conclude my learner profile, it is relevant to start building and include autonomy in my profile; as a result it is relevant to reflect about my competences regarding the use of technology.
I feel very strongly that I need to learn more about technology issues, even though; I am good at managing software and web 2.0 tools. I love to be updated about the new strategies and virtual environments I can use with my students or to myself to improve autonomous learning.
Bandura is the first one to bring about concept of self-efficacy. This article presents the concept, four characteristics, and origins of self-efficacy. This article agrees on measuring self-efficacy in Likert scale. Bandura sets example for following research on self-efficacy, but shows limitations in defining it and scaling it.
“Intrinsic motivation is linked to the innate propensity of human beings to explore the environment, to shape their abilities, and to conquer optimal challenges” (Güntert, S., 2015, p. 75). A person with intrinsic motivation will work and perform for their personal feeling of satisfaction that comes along with accomplishing a task. The prospect of a reward for their work is not the motivation for this person’s accomplishments.
...and observing the consequences. The role of self-efficacy is also emphasized by Bandura; self-efficacy underlies people’s faith in their own abilities. Self-efficacy can be developed by paying close attention to past success and failures, positive reinforcement and encouragement from others also plays a role in developing self-efficacy. The social cognitive theory is unique among other learned personality theories in that the emphasis places on the reciprocity between individuals and the environments they find themselves in. Learning theorists have been accuses of oversimplifying personality to such an extent that is has become meaningless, this is because they ignore many of the internal processes that are inherently human. These criticisms are blunted somewhat by social cognitive approaches because it explicitly considers the role of the cognitive process.
Once stated by Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” The aforementioned ideology places an emphasis on an individual’s internal desires, rather than an outside/external force driving the individual’s consciousness (cognitive evaluation.) Therefore intrinsic motivation is one in which an individual 's own desire comes from within; a relentless and genuine passion for an intended goal. On the contrary, when an individual relies on external factors such as, a reward or any other form of external reinforcement, an extrinsic motivation is exhibited. Although society likes to stress the importance in pursuing an internal motivation, in today 's modern world, an extrinsic factor far outweighs an internal desire to accomplish an objective.
As an Introverts my attitude is more withdrawn. I tend to feed off of my inward thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. As an “I” in my personal life, I tend to hold my disappoint and anger towards others instead of sharing my feelings with that person. Conflict is a zone that I try to steer clear of.
“Motivation is the process whereby goal-orientated activity is instigated and sustained” (Schunk, Pintrich & Meece, 2008. As cited in Eggen & Kauchak, 2010, p.284). Motivation comes in many forms and can be divided into two broad categories - extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivators are external factors which can motivate a student; rewards are an example of this. An issue with extrinsic motivators is that the desire for the learner to participate often lessens, once the rewards are withdrawn (McCullers, 1987). On the other hand intrinsic motivation comes from within - learning for the joy of it - where the desire to learn leads to a higher level of knowledge, and is a reward in itself. Kohn (1996, p.285) states that research suggests, “Rewards actually decrease interest in intrinsically motivating tasks, therefore sending the wrong message about learning” (as cited in Eggen & Kauchak, 2010a)
To diagnose my learning needs I must be honest and realistic about myself. The strengths I have as a leader consists of personal mastery and building a shared vision. Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively (Senge, 2006). I have always strived to improve myself so that I can excel in every task that I set out to do. There ...
I know how to lead when it is asked of me and I know when I need to follow. I believe that the work ethic that I have can be applied to my education as well. As a student I’ am not afraid to ask questions or offer to stay after class for extra help. I’ am always willing to go the extra mile when it comes to my education. I will put all the time and effort into my studies in order to succeed.
What is it that I am learning? How will it help me? How important is it to be? In summary, if I need it, then I will learn it. 2.
weaknesses that come along with it will help me understand who I am at a much more personal
The concept of self-efficacy is grounded in Bandura’s (1977) social learning theory. Bandura (1994) defines perceived self-efficacy as “people’s beliefs about their capabilities to produce efforts” (p. 71). In essence, one having strong self-efficacy experience increase in motivation, accomplishment, and personal well-being ( Bandura, 1994). Those with a low sense of self-efficacy, on the other hand, often suffer stress and depression; unbelieving of their capabilities and often succumbed to failure (Bandura, 1994).
Throughout my life, my strengths and weaknesses tend to gain more clarity, as I grow older. When I was younger, I did not focus too much on this part of myself. I was interested in child things. I must now use my strengths to improve my weaknesses to strengthen my faults. Several of my strengths are centered on my profession because the majority of my time is spent there. Some of my qualities are beneficial to different situations, while the other qualities hinder. Although we describe our strengths as positive attributes and our weaknesses as negative attributes, they make us who and what we are as individuals. Because of these qualities, each of us is unique in different ways. It is imp...
As we reminisce and reflect back either on our childhood or academic career, we tend to have that one teacher who was memorable to us in some way - for their sense of humor, their stellar personality, or perhaps having that charisma and charm no other teacher had to make a difficult subject and it 's concepts fun to learn. While knowledge is power, I firmly believe that it is rather the exchange and distribution of knowledge that is power. When one can educate the masses there is no doubt that together we can accomplish great things. Becoming a teacher would mean the opportunity to be able to witness the shaping and molding of the minds of the future generations and the satisfaction knowing that you have helped your students set themselves onto the right path and provide guidance towards the creation of a better tomorrow. Choosing to become a teacher will allow me not only to educate my students, but also educate myself to be a better teacher throughout my career. I believe it is a function of human nature to want to change the world for the better. In adulthood, I have learned that the improvement of the welfare of the world must begin with
Being a teacher is not an easy task as many people could think. To be a teacher does not only imply to know the subject to be taught, it also includes being willing to constantly improve oneself integrally, as much as updating the resources and materials one uses in teaching. Reflecting and analyzing over and over again the best way to teach to learn and how to make students to extend what has been learned. The many hours spend in the classroom will never be enough to plan lessons, prepare materials, review pupils tasks and exams, as well, all the administrative requirements one has to cover for whatever institution we work. Besides all this a good teacher, a professional one, will have to find the time to keep preparing to improve oneself.
I believe that teaching is the most important job known to humanity. In fact, I do not believe it is a job, but rather, a debt payment to society. Education is important because it not only opens doors to a better life, but it also insures one a happier life. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It makes us capable of interpreting rightly the things perceived. Without education, we as a whole, would be further behind in the world and would not have as much technology as we do now. Education also equips us with all that is needed to make our dreams come true. It is because of education that we have the comfortable living style that we have today. For those who are troubled, education acts as an outlet to success. It is education that builds in every individual a confidence to make decisions, to face life, and to accept successes and failures. It instills a sense of pride about the knowledge one has and prepares him/her for life.