This blog began as a requirement for a course I took in pursuit of my Masters in Instructional Design & Technology, hence the earlier learning theory posts. But, just the other day, I was thinking about all the other ways we learn aside from formal education; how we learn, who we learn from, and what learning shapes us into the individuals we are today. A lot of who we are as adults is shaped through our experiences when we were younger. Most of the time, we don't even recognize the skills and traits we are being taught or even appreciate them until it is much too late to thank our instructors.
As I turn another year older this week, I began reminiscing about my father and all he taught me during our time together. Honestly, I didn't realize the impact he had on me until now, 13 years after he passed away. And there are others, too, who I might not have known very well or remember their names, but who have had a huge impact on who I've become. The sad thing is, I lost the person I once was and everything I once knew and am just now letting this person re-emerge.
Over the following weeks, I hope to post snippets about each of the lessons I learned throughout the years from all the wonderful individuals who taught me skills, ethics, leadership, and values that I learned along the way. Some of these items are not things someone can hand you a book or lecture you on. The learning occurs through constructivism, sometimes social, most of the time individual, but is a combination of cognitive development and social context.
Some posts will be short, others may ramble, but the link to them all is love. Think about what values you would like to live by and how you share those with others as you read the posts to follow. How would you demonstrate to your children or family the importance of loyalty, family, great friends, compassion, empathy, leadership, pursuing your dreams, and the value of hard work?
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