keynote e.korol
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DEVELOPING LEARNER AUTONOMY WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Olena Korol Kyiv National Economic University
2. Why ?
• long-life learning
• safe haven for learners
• a way of changing the pace and style of training sessions
3. Outline
• What? Where? How?• Autonomous learners• “Discover Yourself Journey” project• Teacher roles in autonomy learning• Evaluation• Benefits and concerns• Action plan
4. What ? “You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself”
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AUTONOMOUS
“Autonomy, like freedom, needs a frame work to nurture and support it.”
Little, D, 1995 .
6. How?
Introduction (1)(Teambuilding, Leadership, Appraisal, Conflict)
Teamwork (4) Independent work (4)
Joint presentations (2) Feedback (2)
Roundtable (1)“Free Microphone”
Report (1)Let’s Take Action
“DISCOVER YOURSELF JOURNEY”
7. Teacher’s Roles
• Facilitator
• Counselor
• Resource
8. Facilitating
• back a particular opinion voice in the group
• offer your own opinion
• let the group unconsciously shy away from a difficult area
• lead the group towards you think is the right decision
Don’t:
“Failure is success: learning what doesn’t work is on the same path as learning what does work”
• Entry stage
• Reactive stage
• Proactive stage
• Integrative stage
10. Resources
• Must and Optional authentic literature
• Must and Optional Self-reflection questionnaires
• Common European Framework Reference for languages: Learning, teaching, assessment
• Must and Optional Websites
11. Teamwork
• jigsaw reading
• report back
• joint presentation planning
• presentation draft negotiating
• rehearsal
• proofreading
12. Independent work
• personal “TO-DO PLAN”
• self-assessment according of CERF
• monitoring progress (self-reflection)
• IT skills
• search of materials on subject matter
• presentation preparing
“They know enough who know how to learn” Henry Brooks Adams
13. Skills
• Language (proofreading, delivering presentation, giving feedback)
• Professional (planning, communicating, discussing in groups, giving presentations)
• Learning skills (setting the goal, self-awareness of learner type, choice of learning strategies).
• IT skills (Power Point presentation)
14. Learning strategies
• Cognitive
• Meta-cognitive
• Social/affective
A strategy is only right in the right situation when used appropriately
15. Evaluation
• Self-evaluation
• Peer evaluation
• Teacher evaluation
16. Benefits
• Unlimited space for creativity• Authenticity: learning through doing• Higher level of thinking• Breaking the conventional “teacher-student” hierarchy• Few disciplinary problems• More spontaneous students• Visible achievement - outcome• Language for follow-up activities
“The greatest threat to teaching is satisfaction, because the good is the enemy of the better, and the
better is the enemy of the best”
Howard G. Hendricks
18.Concerns
Lack of experience in teamwork
• Hard preparatory teacher’s work
• Resistance of dependent learners
19. Implications for teaching
“if you stop growing today, you stop teaching tomorrow”
