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Teaching, Learning and Development
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Teaching, Learning and Development
Planning for the Upcoming School Year
- Reflective Practitioners
- purposeful, intentional
- don't just use the same lesson plans because they're done, reflect on what worked and what could be improved
- Effective Planning
- shift from uniformity to customization in teaching
- focus on process, not product
- process expectations in lesson plans
- Teacher vs. Student-Centered Approaches
- Student led learning
- greater engagement, motivation, enhanced problem solving
- planning, monitoring, reflecting
- discussion , collaborative problem solving
- what they have learned outside of school
- probably takes experience to plan this well, but definitely worth it
- Student led learning
- Reflective Practitioners
Considering Developmental Differences
- Developmental Appropriateness
- Five Guiding Principles 1) Development follows an orderly and logical progression 2) Development is a gradually progressive process, but it does not necessarily occur at a constant rate 3) Development involves quantitative and qualitative changes 4) Individuals develop at different rates 5) Development results from the combinational influences of genetics and the environment
- How to keep on top of developmental differences: 1. become familiar with what is known about developmental differences in school age children 2. determine how these developmental differences will likely relate to your students 3. when a student is having difficulty with a task, review your notes and consider any developmental issues that may be contributing to the problem
- Piaget's Stages of Development
- how do you gauge their developmental level, is it easier than it sounds?
- Instructional Approaches
- Growth Mindset = intelligence can be developed
- "not yet"
- something that can be constantly reinforced in different subjects
- Children aren't limited by harsh realities, help cultivate their self-confidence. imagination and optimism
- Growth Mindset = intelligence can be developed
- psychology undergrad will come in handy for this, always try to keep development salient
- Developmental Appropriateness
Views of Learning
- Cognitive
- 1) sensorimotor 2) preoperational 3) concrete operations 4) formal operations
- mental equilibrium
- Behavioural
- our conscience can choose to do, or not do, certain things
- "kids will do well if they can"
- DISMISSED as a theory
- Dr. Greene still has some quality ideas and perspectives though
- "when the demands of the environment exceed a kid's capacity to respond adatively, they will exhibit challenging behaviour"
- our conscience can choose to do, or not do, certain things
- Sociocultural/Constructivist
- students actively construct their knowledge
- emphasis on knowledge construction, instead of knowledge reproduction
- best alignment with my own beliefs and practices
- social interactions and social activities create individuals' cognitive structures
- "What a child can do today with assistance, she will be able to do by herself tomorrow."
- students actively construct their knowledge
- Cognitive
Establishing a Positive Learning Environment
- Classroom Management
- facilitate student-learning
- knowledge is now a commodity, help them learn other important skills necessary for life
- 5 Global Principles: 1. develop caring, supportive relationships among students 2. organize and implement instruction in ways that optimize students access to learning 3. use group management methods that encourage students engagement in academic tasks 4. promote the development of students social skills and self-regulation 5. use appropriate interventions to assist students with behaviour problems
- still something I lack confidence in, but I'm sure it comes with time
- facilitate student-learning
- Environment
- effective instructional strategies
- good planning
- must take students with exceptionalities into account
- assistive technologies can help students become successful in all subjects
- professional development opportunities
- assistive technologies can help students become successful in all subjects
- flexible room environment, different sizes, spots, etc
- budget??
- Community
- student-centered
- nobody fits the average, everyone has jagged learning profiles
- collaborative
- student-centered
- Classroom Management
Making Instructional Decisions
- Constructivism
- support and challenge
- Developmentally Appropriate Schools
- Socioemotional
- Academic
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- students hack their own learning - room for students to be creative and choose what interests them
- comes up a lot in courses, but I feel like it deserves more explicit instruction and examples
- Problem-Based Learning
- Learner-Centered
- UDL
- Multiple Means of Representation
- Multiple Means of Action and Expression
- Multiple Means of Engagement
- method most commonly used/biggest focus in curriculum courses
- UDL
- Knowledge-Centered
- Community-Centered
- Assessmed-Centered
- Constructivism
Knowing that the Students Know
- Enduring Understandings
- Assessment serves different purposes at different times
- diagnostic, formative, summative
- Backward Design
- learning objective + assessment question
- Assessment serves different purposes at different times
- The Agricultural Model
- if a student isn't succeeding, we look for reasons why instead of blaming them
- big part of education, also relates to classroom management
- Differentiated Learning
- teacher as the designer of student learning
- UDL
- should be well-versed with this before starting career... but also remember that not every student can have whats perfect for them
- How People Learn Framework
- Learner Centered
- Knowledge Centered
- Assessment Centered
- Community Centered
- Enduring Understandings
Individual Differences
- Inclusion
- person-first language
- trifecta of support = medical + social + cultural
- class and school-wide positive attitudes are very important
- differentiated instruction
- most influential role = classroom educators
- Exceptionalities
- high vs. low-incidence
- different exceptionalities = different needs
- how do you help those who struggle, while also challenging those who are bored?
- behaviour, communication, intellectual, physical disability, multiple
- Assessments/Plans
- IEP
- Psycho-Educational Assessment
- Intelligence
- ability to learn from experience and adapt to environment
- standardized and tested
- hierarchy of subjects minimizes intelligence in the arts
- how can we incorporate the arts more into subjects? STEAM?
- Inclusion
Socio-Cultural Considerations
- Universal Design for Learning
- “It is time for compulsory schooling to be transformed into compulsory learning. This simple shift - from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning - has profound implications for schools.”
- comes up more than any other government document; is discussed in every class... deserves its own class
- Culture
- Culturally-Responsive Practice
- important now more than ever, also depends on school
- Individualism vs. Collectivism
- Multicultural Education
- danger of a single story - perpetuates stereotypes
- must seek diverse perspectives
- Culturally-Responsive Practice
- Socioeconomic Status
- greatest impact on scholastic achievement
- most likely to affect development
- benefit from Socioemotioanl learning/development as well
- Universal Design for Learning
Standardized Tests
- Criticisms
- biased
- stressful for teachers and students
- doesn't enhance student learning
- Value
- assess effectiveness of instruction
- improve curricular design
- link to 21st century skills
- still important but can be incorporated in different ways
- Ministry vs. EQAO
- should students even receive their EQAO results?
- Criticisms
Yellow = Lecture
Blue = Textbook
Green = Supplemental readings and videos
Purple = My own thoughts, feelings and ideas
