Continuing from last Thursday....
What a fun day, a class trip woohoo. We were driven downtown to Open School BC and learned about various projects they have completed and are working on. Then the fun part! I am reminded of the song by the famous band when I was a child The Village People and their "In the Navy" song. We went to the DND's naval base and training facility and were greeted by Lt. Col. Legassie and his staff. He discussed the training model for the military.....finally something I can relate to or rather he's speaking my language! He discussed the ADDIE model as their training model, which Bates (2015) explains the acronym as being Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate. This type of model has them moving away from a very behaviorist model of instruction and move towards a connectivist way of delivery in that rather than have personnel displace themselves and travel to Victoria, the individual can train where they live with this training system.
Next we toured the old and new simulators. Even after 20 years, the old model was very technical and made for a real life feel to the simulations. It almost made me want to go down to the recruiting office!
Here is an image of the older model simulator. If I didn't tell you, you'd think it was the deck of a ship.
Friday was another fun day, with the World Café. Below are some pictures of the brainstorming that took place. A great experience with amazing people and of course a delicious FREE lunch! I've included some photos the graphic artist clearly is an expert in her domain.
Friday night was pub night but I decided to stay in, do some reading and assignment work and get to the gym after two days of missing it. As you all know Aug. 8th I have provincials so am trying to stick to plan to be the best I can be with that as well. Many things on my plate and (here's my deep reflective piece...) not sure if it's the lack of sleep, no carbs, the ebb and flow of starting a major academic journey, trying to keep, fear of failure....all of these make for a tough balancing act. There is a saying on the wall at the gym and it resonated with me because I think it can apply to more than just physical training. I've included it as well below.
Dogged determination and self-discipline ....that's what I have.
Saturday was a tough day as friends and family sent pictured of Kirsten from the theatre of her Musical debut. Tired, stress and just being a mom missing her kids....tears came while I sat doing research and reading the text messages coming. I had a good cry, and nice walk with the person I call my rock this week Lori-Anne and then settled back down to finish tackling my outline of my learning theory. I think the hardest part or the longest part is researching articles or rather the right articles to back your thesis. The librarian was a god send and gave me a few tips when I got stuck of how to search and next thing I knew it was 6pm and the library was closed! Time flies when you're having fun.....yes I know I live a VERY exciting life :-)
As you all probably guessed I relate to behaviorism BUT I did touch on cognitivism as not everything to do with police work has to do with stimulus/response scenarios as there is a component of critical thinking, problem solving skills and communication. Anyway without giving away all my details I will leave that alone.
Before I knew it, Monday morning was here and that means 5 more sleeps until I get to fly home. Don't get me wrong being here is amazing, the school, the experience, the alone time allows for much reflection but I miss my family and well with a household of 4 children it is very loud and very animated with our discussions. My kids take after my husband....like him they ALL like the sound of their own voice and love to talk.
Today was very insightful, we learned the ins and outs of research, grants and ethics. So much to think about but very informative and I will finish off with a quote from Colleen who I thought did an amazing job presenting her Ethics topic. Anyway she referenced the saying "it takes a village to raise a child" well here at RRU the saying is "it takes a village to convocate a student."
Looking forward to tomorrow as Tony Bates in the flesh will be here to speak to us .....until next time as I have an article or two to read.
What a fun day, a class trip woohoo. We were driven downtown to Open School BC and learned about various projects they have completed and are working on. Then the fun part! I am reminded of the song by the famous band when I was a child The Village People and their "In the Navy" song. We went to the DND's naval base and training facility and were greeted by Lt. Col. Legassie and his staff. He discussed the training model for the military.....finally something I can relate to or rather he's speaking my language! He discussed the ADDIE model as their training model, which Bates (2015) explains the acronym as being Analyse, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate. This type of model has them moving away from a very behaviorist model of instruction and move towards a connectivist way of delivery in that rather than have personnel displace themselves and travel to Victoria, the individual can train where they live with this training system.
Next we toured the old and new simulators. Even after 20 years, the old model was very technical and made for a real life feel to the simulations. It almost made me want to go down to the recruiting office!
Here is an image of the older model simulator. If I didn't tell you, you'd think it was the deck of a ship.
Friday was another fun day, with the World Café. Below are some pictures of the brainstorming that took place. A great experience with amazing people and of course a delicious FREE lunch! I've included some photos the graphic artist clearly is an expert in her domain.
Friday night was pub night but I decided to stay in, do some reading and assignment work and get to the gym after two days of missing it. As you all know Aug. 8th I have provincials so am trying to stick to plan to be the best I can be with that as well. Many things on my plate and (here's my deep reflective piece...) not sure if it's the lack of sleep, no carbs, the ebb and flow of starting a major academic journey, trying to keep, fear of failure....all of these make for a tough balancing act. There is a saying on the wall at the gym and it resonated with me because I think it can apply to more than just physical training. I've included it as well below.
Dogged determination and self-discipline ....that's what I have.
Saturday was a tough day as friends and family sent pictured of Kirsten from the theatre of her Musical debut. Tired, stress and just being a mom missing her kids....tears came while I sat doing research and reading the text messages coming. I had a good cry, and nice walk with the person I call my rock this week Lori-Anne and then settled back down to finish tackling my outline of my learning theory. I think the hardest part or the longest part is researching articles or rather the right articles to back your thesis. The librarian was a god send and gave me a few tips when I got stuck of how to search and next thing I knew it was 6pm and the library was closed! Time flies when you're having fun.....yes I know I live a VERY exciting life :-)
As you all probably guessed I relate to behaviorism BUT I did touch on cognitivism as not everything to do with police work has to do with stimulus/response scenarios as there is a component of critical thinking, problem solving skills and communication. Anyway without giving away all my details I will leave that alone.
Before I knew it, Monday morning was here and that means 5 more sleeps until I get to fly home. Don't get me wrong being here is amazing, the school, the experience, the alone time allows for much reflection but I miss my family and well with a household of 4 children it is very loud and very animated with our discussions. My kids take after my husband....like him they ALL like the sound of their own voice and love to talk.
Today was very insightful, we learned the ins and outs of research, grants and ethics. So much to think about but very informative and I will finish off with a quote from Colleen who I thought did an amazing job presenting her Ethics topic. Anyway she referenced the saying "it takes a village to raise a child" well here at RRU the saying is "it takes a village to convocate a student."
Looking forward to tomorrow as Tony Bates in the flesh will be here to speak to us .....until next time as I have an article or two to read.