End of Week Two

Transfer Theory Reflection:
Transfer theory of learning is a critical component in education.  One of the ways you can truly know if someone has learned something is to watch them transfer that knowledge or skill to another person or to another situation.  Your prior knowledge and skills help aid in this process.  If you have a vast background in a particular skill it will be easy to adapt to a new, yet different situation because you have much of the prior knowledge and skills needed to accomplish the task.  An example of transfer theory of learning is like when you learned to ride a bike.  You may have spent days or weeks mastering the art of balance and propulsion, but eventually you got it.  Years later when it was time to get a bigger bike, you didn’t have to relearn the whole process because you already understood the mechanics behind riding a bike.  In education, this could be shown by taking a look at successful teachers or administrators who had prior practice before taking on that role.  Most teacher certification programs, as well as principal certification programs, involve a large number of hours in the trenches.  This helps provide a foundation and background for you to grow and build upon; which in turn, will make your first job much easier because you’ve experienced many of the obstacles in your training.  For our superintendent certification program, the same applies.  Without the experiences through our coursework, activities, logs, and administrative experience we would be far less prepared for such an important role.  Having one year experience is a minimum in my opinion.  Three to five years would be more of a target area for a higher success rate. 


If you visit my wiki, I have changed things up a bit and you can see a copy of my VITA & Superintendent Interview Reflection.  http://knightseducationroundtable.wikispaces.com/