{"id":138,"date":"2018-10-05T21:14:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-educationalplanning\/?post_type=chapter&p=138"},"modified":"2018-12-11T15:29:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:29:26","slug":"design-a-capstone-project","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-esc-educationalplanning\/chapter\/design-a-capstone-project\/","title":{"raw":"Designing Your Learning","rendered":"Designing Your Learning"},"content":{"raw":"Think about a time when you\u00a0consciously decided to learn something. How did you go about it?\u00a0 Did you research, read, view, talk to others, and\/or physically do something?\u00a0 Most likely the methods of learning depended on both what you wanted to learn and your own proclivities for learning.\u00a0 As you plan your degree, you will think about what you want to learn and how to go about it.\u00a0 And thinking in this way can result in new learning in itself.\r\n\r\nThe way in which a situation for learning is established and then facilitated is called\u00a0\"pedagogy.\"\u00a0 According to Wikipedia,\r\n
Pedagogy<\/strong>\u00a0(\/\u02c8<\/span>p<\/span>\u025b<\/span>d<\/span>\u0259<\/span>\u0261<\/span>\u0252<\/span>d\u0292<\/span>i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0\/\u02c8<\/span>p<\/span>\u025b<\/span>d<\/span>\u0259<\/span>\u0261<\/span>o\u028a<\/span>d\u0292<\/span>i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>, or\u00a0\/\u02c8<\/span>p<\/span>\u025b<\/span>d<\/span>\u0259<\/span>\u0261<\/span>\u0252<\/span>\u0261<\/span>i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>) (most commonly understood as the approach to teaching) refers more broadly to the theory and practice of education, and how this influences the growth of learners. Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are exchanged in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning. Pedagogies vary greatly, as they reflect the different social, political, cultural contexts from which they emerge.\u00a0Theories of pedagogy increasingly identify the student as an agent, and the teacher as a facilitator....Student-centered learning, also known as learner-centered education, broadly encompasses methods of\u00a0teaching\u00a0that shift the focus of instruction from the\u00a0teacher\u00a0to the\u00a0student. In original usage, student-centered learning aims to develop learner autonomy and independence\u00a0by putting responsibility for the learning path in the hands of students.\u00a0Student-centered instruction focuses on skills and practices that enable\u00a0lifelong learning\u00a0and independent problem-solving.(https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedagogy<\/a>)<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\n\r\nContinue reading about Lifelong Learning<\/a> in Wikipedia, which offers an interesting brief overview of this concept and practice.\r\n\r\nNote the paragraph on Metacognition, which is the act of thinking about your own thinking, or learning about your own learning.\u00a0 Metacognition is an important learning skill, one that student-centered pedagogy supports, and one that in itself supports lifelong learning.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\"Cognition<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor an expanded description of metacognition, see Teaching for Effective Learning: Metacognition<\/a> from Queen's\u00a0 University\r\n\r\nEmpire State College's pedagogy, from its inception, centered on student-centered learning with the goal of fostering metacognition and lifelong learning, as you can see in the College's Learning Goals<\/a>, which include characteristics such as active learning and problem-solving. Students always had - and still have - the opportunity to work with a faculty mentor to develop a learning contract, or a student-directed syllabus for learning in a field or topic of importance to the student.\u00a0 Learning contracts state the purpose of the learning, activities that foster the learning, timing of those activities, and criteria for evaluating whether and how well learning occurred.\u00a0 You may already have participated in designing some aspect of your learning, or you may be considering doing so.\u00a0 The activities on this page give you a chance to consciously approach something that you want to learn, and further develop competence in learning engagement.\r\n
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initial learning activity<\/h3>\r\nIdentify something that you want to learn or learn more fully:\r\n