Presenters: Karen T. Boyes
Venue: SKYCITY Convention Centre, Auckland
Teachers will leave with practical ways to develop independent thinkers and learners, with ideas and strategies you can use the next day.
Notes:
My task today = translate and transfer all the content within my own context
You don't go to the gym to study the equipment! - 2 Sins... Activities & coverage
1. The necessity of experience
- Understanding the learning process (Open the door and show you the world) - We are now so more aware of what is going on around us!
2. Learning experiences - the difficult stuff is more beneficial for us - true learning takes place - mistakes = learning experience!
The line of life
Below the line = blame, excuse, deny
Above the line = ownership, accountable, responsible
- Understanding the learning process (Open the door and show you the world) - We are now so more aware of what is going on around us!
2. Learning experiences - the difficult stuff is more beneficial for us - true learning takes place - mistakes = learning experience!
The line of life
Below the line = blame, excuse, deny
Above the line = ownership, accountable, responsible
Live above the line! - Be prepared to be called out on your behaviour!
3. Be the bridge into the real world - show them what life is all about in an authentic way! - we live in this fear! - Walk to the front gate supervised! i.e. public transport system - we love to rescue! - they need to go through a process for true learning to take place!
4. Long term memory
- must make sense
- must have meaning
Learning is like a maze - 1 end point - multiple pathways!
You have to suck at something before you can be good at something!
5. Planning for deep understanding
- Teach and assess for understanding - what is understanding? - can they explain it accurately? give their interpretation? take another's perspective?
- Identify the desired results
- Determine acceptable evidence
- Plan learning experiences and instruction
Never work harder than your students!
Strive for accuracy! - C3B4ME
Do you write the tests? - Change your role! 7 closed questions and 3 open ended questions
Fist list - pencil is your finger - sharpen it in your mouth, human whiteboard - then the teacher draws a hand on the board (palm = concept) fingers = thoughts
Authentic tasks / Rich tasks = How many buses are required for 1128 people, if each bus can hold 36 people? 1/3 of students answered 31 remainder 12
Teachers Matter - http://www.teachersmatter.co.nz/
6. Aim for independence!
Thinking Buddies - 1 per person - Gazza the Brainy Bear
- create / acquire your own thinking buddy (a stuffed toy)
- Talk aloud to your buddy (and it talks back)
- Think to your buddy (and it thinks back to you
- Get rid of your buddy and do the work
We like to be needed as teachers!
What would Richie do? What would Dan do?
7. Assess for learning!
- Drivers licence - is the written test enough? We want to know they can drive!
- Criteria are KING! - They need to know what success will be!
- Title pages - what are the criteria?
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