The 21st Century Teaching Mama

For our class virtual field trip, we went on an adventure to Canada to learn all about the life cycle of an apple and where they grow. In this 360° tour, we learned about how apples are grown, packaged, and everything in between. We also met Canadian apple growers Murray and Joel, who explained the importance of working together to keep the apple orchard thriving and how critical Seasonal Agricultural Workers are to their business (Apple Orchards Video, n.d.). To begin our discussion on apples and how and where they grow, we made predictions as to how we think an apple grows. I first made a list of student responses. I then had the students come up to the board and drag an apple to their prediction. It was interesting because some of the predictions did not match the original responses I received. Once they had their predictions down, we embarked on our virtual field trip to Canada. We later created our graphic organizer on the lifecycle of an apple. We will later complete a craft a...

  Behaviorist Learning Theory, Instructional Strategies, and Technology Tools Behaviorism is a learning concept that has been rooted in the education system for many years. The concept of behaviorism learning was developed by B.F. Skinner and John B. Watson who were strict behaviorist and they sought only to determine how behavior is caused by external forces (A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: B.F. Skinner, n.d). According to Orey, the behaviorist learning theory emphasizes the idea that behaviors are learned and can be  changed or adapted based on the stimuli-response associations made by the learner (Orey, 2010, p. 271).  Behavior is a key classroom element because of its impact on the students and the classroom (WGU, 2020).   Skinner related the behaviorist theory to education by implying that students can be conditioned to meet behaviors by being conditioned to receive a reward through positive reinforcements and will continue the desirable behavior in o...