Ed History – Level Three

Now that you have some background on effective learning practices, how could you put some of them to use as a college student? This challenge asks you to construct a personal manifesto that connects your experiences with current research.

1. Choose one of the central concepts from the book you read (e.g., “motivation” or “learning styles”) and read at 4-5 additional articles on the same topic from respected education-oriented or other scholarly journals. Remember to add PDFs of those articles to your folder for this badging pathway.
2. Design a personal manifesto that explores how you can use this concept/engage this concept more fully in your education. You might think of past experiences when you were successful with this concept or when you were unsuccessful; you might explore how this concept matters in your major/discipline by asking faculty in that department. As we discussed in class, you could think of your personal educational manifesto as a document that you could hand to any new teacher/professor you have in order for that person to know how best to teach you. So say you think of yourself as a “visual learner” — what does that really mean (based on the book you read and your research) and how might a professor best engage you as a student who learns visually?  If you could enter the classroom with a “User Manual” that would explain how you work best as a student, what would it say? Those questions might help you think about how to design this document. (1000-1500 words; APA citation)
3. Reflection
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