Learning to Unlearn

After reading Chapter 3 in our book titled,  The Connected Educator Learning and Leading in a Digital Age, I realized there is a lot of good information that students could take from the text to help them become better teachers. Some of the definitions that people define learning as are;
"Being able to take the knowledge you acquire and apply it to new situations." (47)
"Learning is personal growth." (47)
"A transformation from not knowing, to knowing, to doing." (47)

"An ongoing process that changes and builds." (47)
"Being able to do something you couldn't do before." (47)
These are just a few quotes that stuck out to me when a person was asked  to define learning, or how they personally define learning. For me, I define learning as the willingness to adapt to a new concept and practice what has been taught. If you are not eager to learn, then you will not learn and have to concept stay with you long term. Atittude also plays a big part in learning. With the right attitude anything can be learned.

What do you have to unlearn and relearn about education, teaching, the classroom, or learning?
For me, what I need to unlearn and relearn about teaching is that the students are not always the ones learning and the teacher is not always the one teaching. Yes, a teacher is always teaching the material to the students, but a teacher can also learn from their students. Learning about the students abilities and disabilities, background, and what helps them achieve goals will all around make for a better classroom environment and what will make the classroom more successful. Another topic that is hard to take what we have learned and now have to unlearn it to learn better is technology. Teachers, especially the older generations are having trouble even learning the new technology. What seems to be is by the time they have just mastered the technology, new technology comes out and they have to start all over again. In this article it talks about learning, unlearning, and relearning technology and all things digital. When I become a teacher one day, I can't wait to start teaching students and helping them grow, but I can't wait to learn from my students as well.