HELP on homework for 10 pts! :)?

Question

Learning Oppurtunities; Formal, informal, knowledge gained from placements, classrooms, independent studies, life experiences, employment and coluntary activities.
How does the list above create a negative AND positive influence on learning?

PLEASE help.

Answer 1

AH? 10 points please. :-) lol

Answer 2

The listed items are various situations that people are in & contain the possibility of an environment that one may/may not be able to learn in/from. Each one could have a negative (not learning/closed mind) or positive (learning/open mind) to each situation depending upon the person itself. Each situation provides a different learning opportunity for the individual, & becomes a different connotation. For example, life experiences: being dumped in a relationship helps you realize how your relationship was with that person & how to better your skills in relationships. you will try not to repeat the same actions as you did in the relationship that didn't work to make sure that your next relationship succeeds. This was an example of an oppotunity of learning that was both a life experience & informal. Formal opportunities are ones which involve books, classes, instructors, etc- what society might categorize as educational. Informal opportunities are those that are self-taught/learned that occur from everyday living. Negative & positive influences occur constantly more often in informal that formal. Typically formal opportunities are presented as neutral, then translated by the individual. While informal opportunities are assigned a connotation at the moment of presentation by the other party.

I think you might need to rearrange it, & possibly write more off of this with examples in both.

Answer 3

All experiences can have either a positive or negative influence; working from the formula C+R =O, in as much that Cicumstances + Response = Outcome
Basically; your perception of the experience, coupled with your'e response, determines the eventual outcome.
Learning is benefited, when you have greater life experiences to draw on. therefore, the more experience, the more balanced and informed is your interpretation of events.

Answer 4

It's basically your opinions..

FORMAL
Advantages: Usually unbiased info
Disadvantages: *Boring*

INFORMAL
Advantages: Interesting, easier to remember
Disadvantages: Often biased

KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM PLACEMENTS
Sorry, no idea what this means...

CLASSROOMS
Advantages: You have a teacher, reinforcement of info.
Disadvantages: Often, you can't question the accuracy of the info.

INDEPENDENT STUDIES
Advantages: You only need yourself to do it.
Disadvantages: Teachers can make you learn faster than reading from say, books, and give you other ways of solving problems or getting info.

EMPLOYMENT
Advantages: You remember the info well because you need it to keep your job.
Disadvantages: Maybe the info is useless in other fields.

COLUNTARY ACTIVITIES - no idea what that means. Sorry.

Hope this helps...

Answer 5

Negative...sometimes people can't relate to some experiences where others can relate more so.
Positive....with life's experience we can apply ourselves to more opportunities...jobs etc.

Answer 6

Gee, when I went through ACP in Houston, I thought I ran into BS terms. Will try to help you as I understand and sympathize.
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if formal means formal education:
+ advantages are a structured setting where students and teachers can interact to follow a given curricula and cover
a given set of skills and knowledge over a longterm plan
- disadvantages are that if a student has alternative or special needs or interests, this may not be addressed in a
formal structured setting but may need individualized attn

If informal means not in an accredited school
+ students may benefit more from individual guidance, decision making and discipline that has to be developed within in partnership with a mentor teacher or parent as opposed to collective or class guided activity where you do things just because the whole group is doing it
- however students may benefit from being in a structured large setting where they learn to deal with social institutions that are not perfectly individualized but bureaucratic.
I think the best way is a balance of both formal and informal, so that students know how to deal with both; and don't depend on either, nor do they reject or rebel against either

placements (work placements as linked above?)
+ students learn from direct experience in what they are required to do in life
- students may be limited to just that way and may not have the opportunity to try different ways and applications
This disadvantage can be easily remedied by giving students free choice of several tracks or internships to take.
When I was in teacher training, once you decided between elementary or high school level you were earmarked for that

Classrooms
+ see above, benefits of interacting with other students, learning from observing others as well as one's own interactions, benefits of dealing with both advantages and disadvantages of institutions that are not perfect but everyone must give and take in order to accommodate all
- if there is a conflict and the school is not equipped to address it, such as differences over sex education, religious concepts or prayer evolution/creation, control or authority issues between teacher/school/parents/students. If there is peer mediation or good relations between teachers/parents these things can be resolved; otherwise it can be problematic
Bullying and social competition/comparisons can be a problem, but these also lead to learning valuable lessons.
So this goes both ways. I would say if the school is capable of resolving conflicts that come up it is healthy, but if the setting is not open but imposes standards without negotiation it can cause problems to get worse and unhealthy

Independent studies
+ students must develop initiative and learn to cultivate their own interests and ways of studying, learning, and achieving goals. They may gain more self-confidence at an earlier age this way and achieve more than what the average expectations are since they are allowed to develop on their own and not in comparison or at the rate of other classmates
- students may need more structure or peer support for some areas, so it depends on the student which way works. Some students benefit more from having the structured environment to fall back on while exploring on their own; others benefit more from working on their own, at their own rate on their own interest, and develop the confidence this way to work in groups later on. So I have seen both patterns and it depends.

Life experiences
+ learning by direct example and experience can have the most solid connection where it is a real concept learned and applied, and makes it easy to teach others as well through that experience
- sometimes it is harder to learn by direct mistake if this could have been prevented by getting formal training in advance. this can be remedied by being mentored or sharing experiences where mistakes can be avoided instead of making the same ones someone else made before learning
Also if you learn something based on one experience it may be limited or biased and may not work for all situations or all people who may have or need different experiences instead

Employment
+ advantage is that you are paid while you learn on the job. Instead of taking time out from work to go to school which some people cannot afford easily. you are motivated to learn because your job depends on it, it is real-life experience at a real job so you get real satisfaction and learn the skills you know you need, not just ones you think you need. you can share and learn from more experienced co-workers directly in the environment and with the specific skills or task required
- disadvantage, again you don't want to make mistakes and learn by trial and error when it can cost you, the company or the people you are paid to serve. there can be pressure on the workplace that interfere with your ability to focus and learn if you are too afraid of making mistakes. So this goes both ways - it can be good if you have support to learn from others or from your own mistakes and experience or it can be disastrous if there is no room or support for learning

voluntary activities
+ advantages is there is freedom where you are learning because you want to be there and it is not required. Again the students learn to take initiative and may discover new skills or ideas since there was no agenda or requirements set
- disadvantages is if there is no professional support it may be learning bad habits or learning the hard way if the work is not efficient or organized. this could be good or bad, where the student learns the difference and learns how to get in help for better organization or resources needed. Also if there is no documentation and no set objectives achieved, the students may have to define their own work experience from what they gained if they want credit for this later on a resume.
Again that can be either good or bad if the student can take the initiative to create a positive experience out of opportunity

Just some ideas. Hope this helps.
If this is for some psychology of education course,
I think as long as you put your own thoughts and ideas
down in your own words, and answer each question with
something of substance, you should receive credit.
Just don't skip any questions or repeat yourself.
Try to write a different idea down, or more than one
to show you did put thought into it. Good luck!

Answer 7

life experience can be bad cuz if some1 died, you would probably be upset and not pay attention at class.

Answer 8

some can help you and some can't

Answer 9

because