Being a student of EDS 100 (Psychological Foundations of Education) for the past couple of months has been really mind-extending to me. Well, who wouldn’t have a wider perspective on life and how people grow and develop after tackling so many beautiful theories, ranging from Piaget’s very cognitive schema building, to Vygotsky’s scaffolding, alongside Erikson’s crises and how to resolve them. Throw in Maslow’s needs hierarchy paired with biocultural, and biophysical ways of looking at human development.
I have enjoyed this course so far. I myself have been immersed in an awesome kind of diversity. Diverse ideas from classmates, different opinions, different views, different experiences related to topics discussed in class.
Wow! In the eyes of Bronfenbrenner, whose ecological model happens to be my favorite already, I have been in such a great microsystem that number one, I have interacted well with classmates and groupmates over tasks that at first seemed daunting but eventually materialized by the power of group work. My professor has been very motivating, understanding, and very keen on how we as students who may be coming from different walks of life, and works in life, could apply our lessons in our respective settings- crystallizing intelligence, it is!
To top it all, I so loved the way the final examination was given. It was given as some kind of an applied exam. I had to write proposed solutions to certain educational issues in the Philippines, using the theories I had learned in class. Just perfect! Theory should always go hand in hand with practice.
So glad to have belonged in this class so far.
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