planning my learning

Some slides based on a presentation to a church-group

Gateshead, June 2008

by Ray Tolley

How do children learn? Do they all have the same skills? Do they all start from the same position? Do they all learn in the same order? …

Lesson Objectives

Homework

Resources

Work Guides

Groupwork

Plenary

For too long teachers have always been in control of learning.

“This is what we are going to do and this is how we will do it. You have 55 minutes left to complete the task!”

But no more, things are changing.

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We might begin to say to our students,

“Here is a map, decide where you are on the map and choose the target that you want to get to. Decide how you will get there and the tools and methods you will use for success.”


and Assessmentand Assessment

LinguisticLinguisticLogical-Logical-

MathematicalMathematicalBodily-Bodily-

KinestheticKinesthetic

Visual-Visual-SpatialSpatial MusicalMusical NaturalisticNaturalistic

InterpersonalInterpersonal IntrapersonalIntrapersonalEthical-Ethical-SpiritualSpiritual

Problem-Problem-IdentificationIdentification

Problem-Problem-SolvingSolving

Communicating Communicating SolutionsSolutions

Idea from ‘Multiple Intelligences & Portfolios’ by Evangeline Stefanakis

How many Learning Styles do we attempt to address in our delivery and support?

Is it possible that children can work from different starting points and yet eventually cover many of the same experiences?

Should there be any weighting as to the value of the outcomes?

How many Learning Styles do we attempt to address in our delivery and support?

Is it possible that children can work from different starting points and yet eventually cover many of the same experiences?

Should there be any weighting as to the value of the outcomes?

For too long we have expected the same standards of behaviour from everyone. We have expected them all to work at the same speed, use the same resources and accept our opinions as the only opinions.


More often we might hope that an inspector would walk into our room to see this….

Every child or small group, doing their own thing but all busily involved, all knowing what they are doing and to what purpose.


In many schools teachers would ask rhetorical questions, knowing which pupils will have their hands up first.

Many schools are now using a ‘no-hands’ policy – it certainly puts the whole class into a state of alertness.


Not only teachers, but ‘Other Adults’ such as Learning Assistants, Librarians, Technicians, SEN staff, and visiting adults all have an input.

Students, equally, have opportunity to pop out of lessons in order to see such staff or access resources not in their own classroom.


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