Literature Review

Matthews 2009 states he is not ready to judge if a teenager will feel the urge to go on a shooting rampage after playing Call of Duty, but does say he thinks parents need to be aware of the relationship between violence in gaming and brain function,however Ley 2009 notes that from his funded study “There’s enough data that clearly indicates that game violence is a problem,” he also says “And it’s not just a problem for kids with behaviour disorders.”

Kalning 2009 states Several studies cited by the ESA point to games’ potential benefits for developing decision-making skills or bettering reaction times as where Dr Byron 2007 notes "Video gaming and the internet themselves are a very positive and important part of children's and young children's growing up and learning and development. Jackson 2007 however states the industry was "too often blamed for everything from obesity to youth violence but it is just not true and it's not appropriate.”
Dr Anderson 2000 states that violent video games provide a forum for learning and practicing aggressive solutions and notes "In the short run, playing a violent video game appears to affect aggression by priming aggressive thoughts. Longer-term effects are likely to be longer lasting as well, as the player learns and practices new aggression-related scripts that can become more and more accessible for use when real-life conflict situations arise."
 
The Telegraph Newspaper 2008 editor states that an Ofcom study found that Two thirds of children aged 12-15 said that violence in games had more of an impact on behaviour than violence in television or films however Dr Rowell Huesmann 2009 notes, The findings of the survey are "pretty good evidence" that violent video games do indeed cause aggressive behavior, Imitation is first, children who watch violence in the media can internalize the message that the world is a hostile place and that acting aggressively is an OK way to deal with it.
Dr Olson 2009 states citing past research that she isn't convinced, "It's not the violence per se that's the problem, it's the context and goals of the violence," although Dr.Walsh, argues that the wide spread presence of violence in media has led to a "culture of disrespect in which children get the message that it's acceptable to treat one another rudely and even aggressively".

General Schwarzkopf 1991 states The Battle 72 Easting was reconstructed as a high resolution video game So that tank driving trainees at Fort Knox can now train in SIMNET cockpits and play the battle again helping to teach them the affects of using technology in battle along with Herz 1997 who states According to the Defence Department, training soldiers to fight on sun workstations and power Macs which are networked is extremely effective since most modern warfare takes place behind the screen via satellite surveillance, radar and infrared sights along with spook-proofed computer monitors.

VARK Questionnaire results and reflection

VARK questionnaire provided me with an indication of my preferences to learning .

My Results: Visual:2, Aural:3, Read/Write:2, Kinesthetic:9.

This shows that i have a kinesthetic learning preference, Kinesthetic learning is a teaching and learning style in which learning takes place by actually carrying out an activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration, people with this predominant learning style are thought to be natural discovery learners; they have realizations through doing, as opposed to having thought first before initiating action.


It is said that the kinesthetic learner usually does well in things such as chemistry experiments, sporting activities, and acting. They also may listen to music while learning or studying. It is common for kinesthetic learners to focus on two different things at the same time. They will remember things by going back in their minds to what their body was doing. They also have very high hand-eye coordination and very quick receptors.

Overall, I'd agree with the varied learning style result I got, I think it is farely acurate as i have often listened to music while studying or I tend to be doing 2 things at once most of the time.  For improving my learning I don't think I need to change too much, Reading/Writing and Visual is the lowest score from my questionnaire but all methods are needed to be a kinesthetic learner, therefore i think it a necessary part of  my life and work that i carry on as i am as i will eventually improve with everything i do, continuing using all 4 methods will help improve my intake and output as a kinesthetic learner but in doing this will also improve the other 3 methods.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

Strengths:

• Organised, I keep a timetable and diary so I am aware of my deadlines
• Confident
• Enthusiastic
• Team Player
• Goal Orientated / Set realistic goals, This I learnt throughout secondary school and college it enabled me to perform to the best of my ability.
• Caring
• Hard Working

Weaknesses:

• Keeping my problems to myself
• Sometimes Pessimistic
• Easily Frustrated
• Inpatient
• Low self esteem, makes me often over criticise myself and my work

Opportunities:

• To obtain a degree for a better pathway to the future, so i can obtain a PGCE to teach or possibly just be a programmer im undecided at the moment.
• New Software
• Meet new people with varied backgrounds
• I get to learn more about myself and what i can achieve.

Threats:

• My M.E, affects me at times of illness as i get more affected by the illness than other people without M.E.

Learning Line with reflection

Learning Line

Infant School    

Primary School    

Secondary School   

Martial Arts    

Football 

College --------- Part-time Job

Looking after Mum --------- Full-time Job         

Anglia Ruskin University

Reflection
At the beginning of course is infant school then primary school onto secondary school by going to school I have achieved many things but this would not have been possible without the help and patience of many people.

I have learnt many skills over time but there is still much to learn as I feel you can never have too much knowledge, I joined martial arts with my elder sister as a hobby and also to bond with her. In starting this it helped me work as a team and be self disciplined. Football also began as a hobby but I became committed and it showed me how to be competitive and push myself to achieve my goals and ambitions.

Upon starting college I felt like and adult, I got given more responsibility and independence which I liked but it was also challenging, I started my first proper job at college although part time I felt like I was doing my bit to help mum.

I have put time looking after mum on my learning line as I feel this has influenced my life in a massive way, I wasn’t only feeling like an adult but being treated like one as well, this is because I was given adult responsibilities (looking after siblings and mum as well as running a household) this is when I got a full time job to be able to provide as well as try to interact with people and lead as normal life I could outside of home.

My mum had her heart operation and recovered really well allowing me to be where I am today and start university.