My Learning Experience
I have many goals that I have set for myself over the course of my life. Most of these goals I have set for myself, I have achieved with hard work and dedication. One of my many goals I had set for myself before coming into the military was to further my education. I probably would have never made it through the first semester of college, lacking the proper discipline and being immature I decided to join the United States Air Force. I thought it was a good idea to get the Air Force to pay for my education and I would be able to see the world. Though I joined the Military to further my education it took my 10 long years to start on my goal. I would always put college off till next year or later. With the help of a couple of friends I decided to return to school this year and chose the University of Phoenix as my decision.
Despite all of the accolades and all the technical training I received from the military, I didn’t really feel that the transfer of learning would benefit me. Through out my career, there has always been someone physically there to explain the applications of my skill trade. I felt really challenged and not to mention scared knowing that I was going to learn how to meet all the course objectives via a virtual class room. I had enough trouble in grade school even though I was in a physical learning environment. I had my work cut out for me. The added pressure of having to get a degree within an allotted time in order to maintain my instruction in K9 School was ironic. It also placed me in an automatic learning style of operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is learning in which the consequences of behavior can lead to changes in the probability of its occurrence (Benjamin B. Lahey, 1998). Teaching future K9 Handlers the principles of conditioning involving classical conditioning and the types of learning is a taste of my day. Just knowing how the contingency square works in behavior modification was enough to help me get my foot
Despite all of the accolades and all the technical training I received from the military, I didn’t really feel that the transfer of learning would benefit me. Through out my career, there has always been someone physically there to explain the applications of my skill trade. I felt really challenged and not to mention scared knowing that I was going to learn how to meet all the course objectives via a virtual class room. I had enough trouble in grade school even though I was in a physical learning environment. I had my work cut out for me. The added pressure of having to get a degree within an allotted time in order to maintain my instruction in K9 School was ironic. It also placed me in an automatic learning style of operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is learning in which the consequences of behavior can lead to changes in the probability of its occurrence (Benjamin B. Lahey, 1998). Teaching future K9 Handlers the principles of conditioning involving classical conditioning and the types of learning is a taste of my day. Just knowing how the contingency square works in behavior modification was enough to help me get my foot