We were asked to have a look at our Ways of Working and blooms revied taxonomy and find the doing words that are the same whether they be higher or lower-order thinking. Here is mine
Words form WoW/ World from Blooms/ Higher or Lower- order thinking
Identify/ Identifying/ Lower
Investigation/ Investigation/ Higher
Make/ Making/ Higher
As we can see there are not many words that match at all.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Reforms to middle schooling
Why does Qld need to reform middle schooling?
Middle schooling is a time in a students life when they start to drift away from what is happening at school and start to focus more on what is happening out in their local community, in Australia and in the world. It is a period of time in which they (the student) want to have control of their lives. they are sick of being told what to do and want to be able to structure their own learning experiences and adventures. They change the way that they learn and the way that they see the world.
We as teachers need to start implementing ways in which to give the students certain amounts of control over what they are learning. We need to make what we are teaching them blend into what is happening in the community. We need to make it lively and interesting by using teaching tools that the students are going to be comfortable with not the tools that the teacher is going to be comfortable with. As teachers we need to find a way to re engage the students as we lose them, we need to increase participation rates and we have to keep every one focused and motivated.
What aspects of middle schooling do I think are good?
I can only give my point of view from the school and subject area (Manual Arts) that I am at. It is a Private school that is very focused on providing their students with the best possible learning tools and environments. They have a middle school coordinator and you can really see the difference when you are in a middle school class. The students are a bit louder bouncing ideas off of each other, they have a bit more lead way to explore what project they wish to do or if it is set what project that they have to do then they are allowed to design a sticker or or a cut out they they can do to make their project distinct from all of the others.
They are asked to go out into the community and come back with a problem that as a class they are going to try to fix (this leads onto individual assignment). They are expected to go and talk to a professional in this area that they decide to work in. The students engage in the class very well. There are basically no behaviour management problems and the students are usually finished their set work well before the end of class and are looking for some other new and exciting challenge.
Middle schooling is a time in a students life when they start to drift away from what is happening at school and start to focus more on what is happening out in their local community, in Australia and in the world. It is a period of time in which they (the student) want to have control of their lives. they are sick of being told what to do and want to be able to structure their own learning experiences and adventures. They change the way that they learn and the way that they see the world.
We as teachers need to start implementing ways in which to give the students certain amounts of control over what they are learning. We need to make what we are teaching them blend into what is happening in the community. We need to make it lively and interesting by using teaching tools that the students are going to be comfortable with not the tools that the teacher is going to be comfortable with. As teachers we need to find a way to re engage the students as we lose them, we need to increase participation rates and we have to keep every one focused and motivated.
What aspects of middle schooling do I think are good?
I can only give my point of view from the school and subject area (Manual Arts) that I am at. It is a Private school that is very focused on providing their students with the best possible learning tools and environments. They have a middle school coordinator and you can really see the difference when you are in a middle school class. The students are a bit louder bouncing ideas off of each other, they have a bit more lead way to explore what project they wish to do or if it is set what project that they have to do then they are allowed to design a sticker or or a cut out they they can do to make their project distinct from all of the others.
They are asked to go out into the community and come back with a problem that as a class they are going to try to fix (this leads onto individual assignment). They are expected to go and talk to a professional in this area that they decide to work in. The students engage in the class very well. There are basically no behaviour management problems and the students are usually finished their set work well before the end of class and are looking for some other new and exciting challenge.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Understanding myself as a learner
The learning that i am going to tell you about is my very first attempt at surfing.
What was the reason for your learning? Did it "just happen" or was it planned?
My first attempt at surfing was not planned. It had been talked about for a while but we had not set down a date to 'give it a go'. I was just going for a run on the beach one day when I saw one of my mates and he asked if I would like to go for a surf with him. After explaining that I had never learnt to surf, he agreed to teach me and so the journey started.
Were you anticipating success? Was your motivation intrinsic or extrinsic?
AS far as success went I was happy not to think about it or failure and just concentrated wholly on taking surfing one step at a time. My motivation was both intrinsic and extrinsic. I really wanted to succeed for my self because I hate loosing and although I was not versing anybody, in my head I was versing the board and the water. I also wanted to succeed so that I did not look like a goose in front of my mate. Another motivating factor was being able to go surfing with my mates if I was able to master the art.
Was it a useful or desirable thing to learn?
There was no real use for me to learn surfing. It was something that I wanted to do for myself, for a bit of fun. I had no intentions of going into surfing competitions or teaching others how to surf, this was all about me being able to cross another sport off my list.
Was it a by heart (rote) type of learning (eg multiplication tables) or was it more about understanding and using the information?
When it came to learning we spent a few minutes on the beach where my mate gave me both verbal and visual instructions before we went out into the water and I got my first Kinaesthetic lesson. The information that I gathered had to be sorted and understood for me to be able to use the correct techniques and methods, so in a way I was understanding and using the information. Once I had the information understood and was using the correct techniques and processes it was all down to rote learning. I spent the whole day in the water paddling out, turning and waiting for a wave, paddling to pick up speed and then once on the wave trying to stand up. All throughout the day I would slip back into the understanding and using information mode as I would do something a little different that either worked or did not work.
What sort of aids did you have in learning? eg did you repeat it over and over again (like a telephone number); did you practice until you were successful; did you sit and ponder its significance?
I repeated the moves over and over again for the whole day. I changed the way that I was doing things slightly when I received new information but for the most part it was very repetitive.
Who did you learn from? Did somebody support you, model or explain the desired learning outcome?
I had my mate to learn from and to give me instructions. There were other people throughout the day who offered their advice as well.
How did you know you were successful in learning it? Did someone praise you; did you experience a feeling of success or satisfaction?
By the end of the day I could stand up on my board and although there was no one else around to tell me that I had succeeded I knew that I could now at least stand up on the board. I was not satisfied at where I was, after a full day in the water, I was thinking that I would be able to move around like all of my mates but I was happy that I could at least stand and it gave me a feeling of accomplishing something that day.
What was the reason for your learning? Did it "just happen" or was it planned?
My first attempt at surfing was not planned. It had been talked about for a while but we had not set down a date to 'give it a go'. I was just going for a run on the beach one day when I saw one of my mates and he asked if I would like to go for a surf with him. After explaining that I had never learnt to surf, he agreed to teach me and so the journey started.
Were you anticipating success? Was your motivation intrinsic or extrinsic?
AS far as success went I was happy not to think about it or failure and just concentrated wholly on taking surfing one step at a time. My motivation was both intrinsic and extrinsic. I really wanted to succeed for my self because I hate loosing and although I was not versing anybody, in my head I was versing the board and the water. I also wanted to succeed so that I did not look like a goose in front of my mate. Another motivating factor was being able to go surfing with my mates if I was able to master the art.
Was it a useful or desirable thing to learn?
There was no real use for me to learn surfing. It was something that I wanted to do for myself, for a bit of fun. I had no intentions of going into surfing competitions or teaching others how to surf, this was all about me being able to cross another sport off my list.
Was it a by heart (rote) type of learning (eg multiplication tables) or was it more about understanding and using the information?
When it came to learning we spent a few minutes on the beach where my mate gave me both verbal and visual instructions before we went out into the water and I got my first Kinaesthetic lesson. The information that I gathered had to be sorted and understood for me to be able to use the correct techniques and methods, so in a way I was understanding and using the information. Once I had the information understood and was using the correct techniques and processes it was all down to rote learning. I spent the whole day in the water paddling out, turning and waiting for a wave, paddling to pick up speed and then once on the wave trying to stand up. All throughout the day I would slip back into the understanding and using information mode as I would do something a little different that either worked or did not work.
What sort of aids did you have in learning? eg did you repeat it over and over again (like a telephone number); did you practice until you were successful; did you sit and ponder its significance?
I repeated the moves over and over again for the whole day. I changed the way that I was doing things slightly when I received new information but for the most part it was very repetitive.
Who did you learn from? Did somebody support you, model or explain the desired learning outcome?
I had my mate to learn from and to give me instructions. There were other people throughout the day who offered their advice as well.
How did you know you were successful in learning it? Did someone praise you; did you experience a feeling of success or satisfaction?
By the end of the day I could stand up on my board and although there was no one else around to tell me that I had succeeded I knew that I could now at least stand up on the board. I was not satisfied at where I was, after a full day in the water, I was thinking that I would be able to move around like all of my mates but I was happy that I could at least stand and it gave me a feeling of accomplishing something that day.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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