Reflective review of knowledge and understanding.

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REFLECTIVE REVIEW OF KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING

To human beings, learning is an instinctive and intricate process. It is in essence, an assiduous journey which starts the very second we enter this world. The role of education therefore is to augment and consolidate this learning process thereby equipping the learner with knowledge and understanding of the world around her/him. However, there are underlying factors, which contribute to positive or contrary learning experiences. In this review, I shall discuss and analyse the factors that contribute to my competence in English and also evaluate the hindrances that I have faced in establishing a similar proficiency in Science. I shall also outline strategies for further development in Science by including an action plan to assist and contemplate the identified subject knowledge requirements.

In addition, this action plan will also incorporate ideas to expand and promote further capability in English.

I was home schooled until the age of eight. I was taught to read and write Urdu and English by my mother and a well-meaning aunt. I recollect those experiences with great fondness because the aunt who taught me English had no children of her own and so showered me with constant praise and approval.

School however, came as a shock to me since I found it arduous to sit hour after hour through facile exercises in grammar, spelling and punctuation. Also, by that time, I had evolved at home into a prolific reader and had gone through the textbooks for both Urdu and English with great relish over the summer, therefore the daily recital of individual lessons and chapters held little interest for me. Recollecting this, I realise that during those four years, my literary growth was somewhat stunted with the start of school because the teachers followed a rigid Behaviourist approach.

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“This teaching may not easily connect with the child’s learning, existing knowledge or understanding of the world. One criticism of behaviourist approaches is that learning may be fragmented or superficial.”(PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN PRIMARY PRACTICE: ASPREY, HAMILTON, and HAYWOOD pg.9, ch2)

The beginning of secondary school however was the start of a whole new era for me because I came across teachers with a passion for language, whether it was Urdu or English. The syllabus as well had improved in leaps and bounds and poetry in those days held a particular intrigue for me. I had started to write ...

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