What Future Education Journal 1

Based on my experiences as a learner, I think there are several things I will be able to get out of this course. I am especially looking forward to learning more about a variety of educational theories. In the reading for this week of the course several broad theoretical areas are mentioned – behaviorist, cognitive, humanistic, and social/situational. I am very much anticipating diving in to these areas and finding out more about the way they conceptualize education. I have been a student in a variety of different settings – an undergraduate student and a postgraduate student in Britain (as well as primary school and high school) and as a foreign language learner in Korea. I am hoping that the course will deepen my understanding of the educational experiences I have already had. Furthermore, I am interested in life-long learning. I want to reap the cognitive benefits of life-long learning. As such I am hoping that the What Future Education course will give me some insights into improving my own approach to learning. How can I learn better? How can I concentrate better? How can I acquire more information? Hopefully this course will help me answer these questions. Finally, as a teacher myself (I teach English as a second language at a university in Korea) I am hoping to gain insights that will improve my teaching practice.

Kim In suk 'Sea and Butterfly'

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Break time!

Dogs need our help in Korea it is obvious that there is a problem when you look at the streets and see many stray dogs. It is not the animals at fault, but the people. We need to help them. Lee Hyo Lee has started a fund raiser and awareness program, we should support this.

New Zealand Christmas

Christmas is coming and it is evident by the music, items on sale, and the advertisements that can be seen everywhere you go on the street. This ruins the spirit of Christmas I feel. It has turned Christmas into a commercial holiday and that in turn puts pressure on families to spend more money than they may have. Don't get me wrong, I think Christmas is great to spend with families on the beach with a BBQ, but enough with the advertisements trying to cash in already!

Hi! Every IBLTian!

I want to share this music with all you guys.