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Preparation Traditionally, schools have been seen as the place where learning occurs, yet people continually learn all day, every day

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Traditionally, schools have been seen as the place where learning occurs, yet people continually learn all day, every day. In this activity, you will explore how you learn best when you are learning something of interest, and you will compare and contrast your preferences with a case study. 

Assessment Instructions

Part 1

Imagine you have inherited a ton of money and will never have to work for income for the rest of your life. Think of something you have wished you could experience or learn or figure out if only you had the time or money or energy. What would you learn, and how would you do it? Is your unique way of approaching learning this thing like other people's, or is it different? 

· Apply learning theory terminology and concepts to describe the learning situation.

. Identify what you will learn. 

. Using a learning theory of your choice from any presented in the course, explain your understanding of this topic, concept, or skill so far. 

. Describe how you will learn your new topic, concept, or skill. 

. Predict what you should be able to do or understand after your learning experience, using terms from this theory. 

· Justify which learning theory best supports your personal learning situation.

. Explain why this plan works best for you. Is it your personality, experience, knowledge, or something else that makes this the best plan? 

. Critique this theory: what could it explain well about you and your learning plan and what could it simply not?

Part 2 

Case from  Learning Theories: Case Studies . Greta

Greta is a 32-year-old single woman who has recently begun dating someone new and believes they could really have a future. There is just one problem. Greta is very afraid of dogs. Her new love has 3 enormous Leonbergers and has said that life wouldn’t be worth living without animals around. Greta knows she has to change.

When Greta was six years old, while she was walking the two blocks to school all by herself, a beautiful shiny black dog was in a yard along her path. Delighted, she opened their gate and rushed to the dog. The dog charged at her and gave warning barks but Greta just wanted to pet it and kept coming. The dog bit her on the shoulder and shook her and dragged her around the yard, not releasing her until a passer-by pulled the dog off her and called 911. Greta sustained some injuries from the bite and had a shoulder surgery to repair a ligament. Throughout the rest of her childhood, Greta developed more and more fears. First, it was anything about hospitals and dogs, other black animals, then loud noises, sirens, first responders, and she struggled with wetting accidents due to fears for quite some time as a child. In college Greta worked through some of her anxieties with a counselor, but she did not address her dog fears as she claimed “I have just become really good at avoiding dogs”.

 

· Analyze the ability of a theory to explain and predict a case.

. Identify what the person in the case was hoping to learn. 

. Explore whether your approach to learning your topic, concept, or skill from Part 1, above, would work effectively for the person in the selected case to learn their topic, concept, or skill. 

. Explain any challenges that would be involved for the person from the case study learning this way. 

. Critique the learning theory you chose in Part 1 for its ability to explain and predict learning for the person.

Note: You are asked to write from your perspective for many of the elements of this paper. When you are presenting your own theoretical orientation and learning plan, it is most appropriate to use the first person.

Additional Requirements

· Written communication: Write coherently to support central ideas, in appropriate APA format, and with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.

· Tone: Write in the first person when you are presenting your own theoretical orientation and learning plan. 

· Length of paper: 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page or reference page.

· References: At least five scholarly articles (from peer-reviewed journals). Books and other sources can be used, if needed, in addition to the journal articles.

· APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for style and formatting, as well as for citing your resources in the body of your paper and in alphabetical order on the reference page. Refer to  APA Style and Format . You may also use the  APA Paper Template [DOCX] .

· Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Note: In graduate-level writing, minimize the use of direct quotes. Lengthy quotes do not count toward assessment minimums. Your interpretation of the material is assessed, as well as its application to practice.