Sunday, August 25, 2013

The first EDPY Post - Travis Eckert


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         After the first class session of Ed Psych 401, the feat of completing this class seems quite daunting. While not impossible, the five questions that were asked of all of us (do we know how we learn, how we reflect after projects, &c), was quite the wakeup call for me. I perform well, sure, but I do not have an understanding of even how I learn. Hopefully I can learn how to make some of the answers to those questions true. With that, all subjects this class covers seem like they will be interesting, but the development and behavioral theories seem like particularly interesting subjects we'll be covering.

            Upon finishing Ed Psych 401, I hope to become more comfortable with the concepts behind education, how we learn, in order to become a better teacher in the end. Becoming a Deaf Education teacher may not be the easiest choice when it comes to education, especially with a more recent focus of person's with multiple disabilities, not just deafness. Despite this, it is a career move I look forward to have in the near future and this class should help me achieve that goal.