Learning Experience Paper How could someone become afraid of heights? Acrophobia is simply a fear of heights (Holden‚ 1995). Being afraid of heights is common and sometimes appropriate feeling. The phobia kicks in when you feel afraid in a safe environment such as the inside of a skyscraper. Acrophobia is treated with graded exposure therapy (Holden‚ 1995). Fear is an emotion produced by the brain to avoid a potentially bad situation or anxiety caused by the presence of danger. Fear caused by
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Service learning experience is an educational involvement where by aiding their community students are able to grow in knowledge as well as in personal view. It is essential to understand that by serving the community‚ it can create a positive change in The Rio Grande Valley. By doing my service learning at The Gladys Porter Zoo I view the importance of how even a simple task will make a positive difference. I can mention that what I did was out of comparison to what is done in the whole zoo. If
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[10/23/12] Chapter 5 LEARNING * BEHAVIOR CHANGES THAT ARE DUE TO OUR EXPERIENCES OR THE ENVIRONENT * Simplest form of learning involves our senses * Simplest form learning = Habituation: Adjusting to stimuli that do not change. Example: You go into a guy’s room and smell something terrible‚ after a while you get used to the environment/smell and don’t even notice it. * Humans learn similarly to animals. Patterns of responding are similar to animals. * Types of Conditioning:
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Nine Learning Experiences Science/ Sensory: When we want to stimulate the child’s senses we start them with the sensory tables. Each table consists of a tub that stimulates a different sense. When you stimulate the senses you help to stimulate the child cognitively‚ and emotionally as well. This can be achieved through science experiments such as the one we did over the holiday with a pumpkin and what does it smell like and feel like on the first day what about before it is carved vs after
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various learning styles‚ concepts‚ and techniques I’ve learned throughout this class that I will take with me as I further my education. There are 3 different types of learning styles visual‚ auditory and kinesthetic. Auditory learners learn best from seeing the material. Auditory learners do best with information they can hear. Kinesthetic learners are those who enjoy hands-on experimentation to help them fully comprehend the information in front of them. After learning what I did on learning styles
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In the wonderful article “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience”‚ the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihaly looks at several different methods at how people find enjoyment and enhance their overall quality of life. There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life‚ says Csikszentmihalyi‚ and we tend to talk about each concept interchanging from one another. Pleasure is something that we seek through expectations set by natural projects or by social molding. We tend to seek
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uncommon to walk by a lunch table and hear students fervently debating Durkheim and Marx. It is clear that UChicago is a place of constant intellectual stimulation filled with students with a deep passion for learning; as someone who continually seeks to broaden her mind‚ UChicago has the ideal learning environment for me. To me‚ the most
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Analyzing and adapting my brick and mortar practices into the online environment was one of my major challenges. As a new teacher in a virtual school‚ I feel that I successfully innovated and adapted my teaching style. I am a believer in active learning‚ and learning through play. I was eager to dive into power point to create exciting ways to introduce Spanish language to my students. I feel that I accomplished that‚ however‚ PowerPoint is very limited when executed in the LL room‚ for this reason‚ I
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UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS College of Nursing In Partial Fulfillment of our Requirements for Community Health Nursing Level III Related Learning Experience COMMUNITY ORGANIZING September 2012 Submitted by RLE 1.3 ARQUIZA‚ Andrea Noelle L. ARREOLA‚ Ava Bianca U. ARREOLA‚ Steven Claude L. ARRIOLA‚ Ann Margaret C. ARRIOLA‚ Ayesa S. ASIS‚ Verna Patricia Ann J. ASUNCION‚ Louine Aira S. AUSTRIA‚ Paulene Faye D. AVILA‚ Katherine Angela Nadine F. AWKIT‚ Geneva Mae O. BABANI‚ Michelle
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China – Opening Thoughts China surprised me in ways more than one. Going into China‚ I knew that China has come a long ways since the days of Mao when people starved‚ just to keep up to their cultural beliefs. Yet‚ the sheer scale of development and the feeling of being in highly dynamic‚ fast growth‚ “everything is possible” mentality of China was overwhelming. Beijing and Shanghai are obvious examples of what China is hoping to achieve‚ but the development in interior areas like Suzhou and Chengdu
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