Positivity In A Teaching Environment

When beginning to reflect upon my previous learning experience a quote came into my mind "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand", John Gay (no date). This has always been the way that I work, being very active and hands on when learning, I figit and get distracted easily. I move my hands around when I am deep in conversation and love to get involved, Therefore it was no surprise to me after doing the VAK test (Fleming 1992; Smith 1996) that my results displayed that I am a kinaesthetic learner (whom of which is said to exhibit all of these learning behaviourisms above). One of the many Learning style tests, The VAK models determines learning as Visual, Auditory or Kinaesthetic. An Individuals results are

Learning itself is said to be a social process (Bandura 1977; Lev Vygotsky 1978) and so we value social dispositions “the tendency to be accepting, friendly, empathetic, generous or cooperative”, (Katz & McClellan, 1997). Therefore I solidly agree that a positive teaching environment and supportive, motivational teacher when in the class room mirrors a student 's ability to learn effectively. This environment promotes a trust disposition in which a student feels they can be fully involved with classroom conversation and activities. “Individuals do not develop in isolation but within the particular environment into which they are born” (Lev Vygotsky,

The strength of one’s belief in their own ability is known as self-efficacy and studies have found that self-efficacy is key ingredient in motivation (Bandura, 1997, p 23). It is from this that I believe that having a motivating disposition plays hand in hand with my learning. Just like a positive environment plays a key part the learning process, it is this positive mental attitude and awareness that the capability is there, that allows for successful