Carly Crone's Blog

  What I Have Learned as an Adult Learner Something that surprised me through this course is the theoretical frameworks. As an undergraduate, we discussed the frameworks at length in their imprint in elementary classrooms, but had not considered frameworks that would support adult learners. I was surprised that the classical frameworks for adults and children are the same. But what was most surprising is the lack of  additional theories or forms of learning research for adult learners. I appreciated that in this course, we were challenged to develop activities that included the various classical frameworks. In the future, I would like to learn more about how you would support an adult learner that did not have a full or satisfactory productive learning experience to make progress as a young learner, how would you support them. For example, if you are supporting an adult learner who is reading at a third grade level, what would be the steps in supporting them? As we wrap up the...

 Experiences and thinking... my brain hurts! There have been times where I have been wrong. I used to think that the science of reading was only phonics. That is until I took a course and my masters about the science of reading and I found that I was very much mistaken. Phonics is one of the essential parts of the science of reading, but it was not the entirety of the science of reading. Phonics is only one part of a larger framework including. vocabulary, fluency, phonemic awareness, and comprehension.  You may be wondering why I am talking about this error. My misconception about the science of reading was rooted in my experiences. As a first year teacher a few years ago, I was searching google all the time. The search for science of reading lessons populated very specific lessons, and they were all phonics lessons. So, as it goes, my searching created the experience and assumed that the science of reading was phonics instruction.  When I started the science of reading ...

   The Adult Learner… Wait, I Can Support Adult Learners?  Adult learning is something we are all engaging in during this course. We have all had some form of motivation to continue learning, although that motivation may be different for each person. As for myself, I am taking this course as I would like to be a literacy specialist, and I have recently accepted the position of first grade team leader. As I work towards becoming a literacy specialist and take on this leadership role, I will be responsible for teaching, mentoring, and supporting other adult educators. As I prepare for these roles, I have reflected on my learning experiences as a learner, and I have thought deeply about a course I took early in my career called, Champion the Whole Teacher . In this course, we embarked on a learning journey about taking care of ourselves while being educators. One aspect I recall was the emphasis on identifying our motivation and self-directedness, which I would use to suppo...

Behaviorism, humanism, connectivism, and constructivism, oh my!  (Image created using Chatgpt: prompt - make a visual for the learning theories) While engaging in the readings, videos and active reflection on my own experiences, I’ve  identified two theories that resonate most with me as both an adult learner and a teacher, constructivism and humanism. As a learner, I have gone through some phases in my life. Growing up as the daughter of a teacher, I always took my education seriously, as I knew how hard my own mother worked to support her students. This always provided me with a drive to do my best academically. As I continued my own educational journey, I noticed that my own learning needs evolved through the years, that's where my connection to constructivism and humanism began. Constructivism is the idea that learners create meaning through their experiences. This means that the learner must be engaged and active in the learning experience, they must construct meaning fro...