REET Level 1 study notes
Learning at the Primary Stage for REET Level 1
At the Classes 1 to 5 primary stage, learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour or capacity that comes from experience or practice, not from age-driven maturation, instinct or reflex. It unfolds through attention, encoding, storage and retrieval, and is strengthened by practice and feedback. Internal factors include motivation, readiness, prior knowledge and attention, while external factors include home and school environment, language background, peer interaction and the teacher's role. A REET Level 1 candidate uses this definition, four-stage process and factor list to choose the most respectful and evidence-based teacher response in a short classroom situation.
Key points
- Learning at the primary stage is a relatively permanent change in behaviour or capacity that comes from experience or practice, not from age-driven maturation, instinct or simple reflex.
- The process of learning unfolds in four stages — attention, encoding, storage and retrieval — strengthened by practice and feedback over many small lesson sessions.
- Internal factors of learning include motivation, readiness, prior knowledge and attention, all of which the teacher can read and support during a daily Class one to five lesson.
- External factors include the home and school environment, language of instruction, teacher's role and peer interaction, all of which can either open or block the four-stage process.
- REET Level 1 covers Classes one to five as the primary stage; the candidate must apply the definition, the four-stage process and the factor list to short classroom situations.
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At the Classes 1 to 5 primary stage, learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour or capacity that comes from experience or practice, not from age-driven maturation, instinct or reflex. It unfolds through attention, encoding, storage and retrieval, and is strengthened by practice and feedback. Internal factors include motivation, readiness, prior knowledge and attention, while external factors include home and...