My Learning Preferences

Hi!

I created this blog to share my ideas while studying at the ESL Teacher Certificate Program (University of Winnipeg). I decided to enroll into this program because I love teaching, because I actively and enthusiastically study to develop as a teacher. You are welcome to leave your feedback and to comment on my blog entries.

Today I’m going to talk about my personal learning preferences. In general I am an independent learner, I prefer learning at my own pace and when it is convenient to me (whether Sunday noon or Wednesday at 2 a.m.). At the same I see a lot of benefits in collaborative learning process, because it is impossible to cover all aspects of any topic, no matter how scrupulously you have been researching it so far. As Albert Einstein put it: “As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it”.So knowledge sharing is an opportunity to touch upon previously invisible sides of a problem.

In other words the rough model of my ideal learning process consists of 3 stages: to research an issue by myself; than to discuss it with my peers and to grasp new ideas and information from them; and after that to do a new independent research of new aspects. This process can go on and on. That is why adult learning is usually lifelong.