PED-131.9000 Teaching assistant as a learning instructor (2 cr) Spring 2017

Please submit your learning diary after you have completed these parts:

1. Reading the article

2. Writing at least 2 comments or questions on your groups' discussion area

3. Participating the learning circle meeting with your group

INSTRUCTIONS to the Learning diary:

What is a learning diary?
It introduces the reader to the main arguments and other important points of the given theme. It is based on the read article, discussion you had and the experience you personally have. In other words, a learning diary reflects your own thinking processes, and thus is the result of a "dialogue" between yourself as an active thinking subject and the new information that you encounter and process. You should relate this information to your pre-existing knowledge and experiences as well as make connections between issues, relating things to each other and assimilating them into your own broader understanding of the topic in question.
 

Why a learning diary?
When writing a learning diary, you can reflect your own process of absorbing and measuring information from a given theme, and thus become more conscious of your process of learning. From your learning diary, the reader will be able to see not only how the factual contents of a course have been understood by you, but also to see examples of what you have judged to be the most thought-provoking and/or important points of view. In pedagogic terms, you are given the opportunity to closely examine some of the facts presented, to draw conclusions, and to develop your reasoning. 
 

Practical guidelines and tips for preparing a learning diary
1) Do it straight after the meeting. Prepare for it by writing down notes already during reading circle meeting, and use your pre-meeting posted comments as a starting point.
 
2) Take a look at the other given material on MyCourses according to the theme.
   
3) Always make sure that your original thought and your own arguments are included in a learning diary. If the text is composed almost completely of references and/or summaries, you can expect to fail your assignment.
 
4) Follow technical requirements: The paper size A4, the font size is 12 pt, the font Times New Roman or other easy-to-read, standard-size font, and line spacing is 1.5. The length for the Learning Diary in this case is 2-4 pages.