Leaving and learning
I come from a family of educators. My parents were both teachers, it took me two years before I packed my bags and left my past life. I made the shift to being an Art teacher. I never looked back. I must say, after going through our Module 1 in EDS 103, I find myself having a newfound respect for teachers. Being an educator entails a lot of responsibility in the life of the learners. A lot of things come into play, students bring with them their own unique personalities, conditions, learning disabilities, attitudes and beliefs. Through our different readings, I slowly internalised and digested the meaning of learning. Though not one universal definition is accepted, because of its complex nature, learning is referred to as an enduring change in behavior, which results from practice or other forms of experience (Schunk. 2011). However, some changes are not considered learning, but are instead ascribed to maturation. I came to understand its relationship with learning. W hen a rela...