Teaching for Effective LearningHow to get students to learn

Teaching for Effective Learning

Teach students how to learn The teacher helps students develop

metacognitive understandings, language and skills

(Metacognition means you know how and when to use which strategies for learning and how to go about problem solving – you know how to learn)

Foster deep understanding and skilful action The teacher helps students build

conceptual knowledge around big ideas and make rich connections to their application in a range of contexts

Explore the construction of knowledge The teacher shows that knowledge is

open to question, serves particular purposes and explores differences respectfully

Promote dialogue as a means of learning The teacher provides opportunities for

students to learn through interaction and conversation with others

Learning models for 21st century learners the collaborator: for whom networks of knowledge,

skills and ideas are the source of learning the free agent: utilising flexible, continuous, open-

ended and life-long styles and systems of learning to the full

the wise analyser: able to gather, scrutinise and use evidence of effective activity and apply conclusions to new problems

the creative synthesiser: able to connect across themes and disciplines, cross-fertilise ideas, integrate disparate concepts and create new vision and practice.

Mike Lambert , School of Education, University of Wolverhampton UK

Knows facts - procedures Learns knowledge efficiently Understands theory Understands concepts Grasps facts and figures Knows how to do something Knows how things work

Knows why - connects Can apply the knowledge to different

situations Can apply the knowledge in other areas Can find other help to further develop

own knowledge Can develop a learning network Can explain knowledge to others Can participate in peer review

Knows what – context Can put the knowledge to use in a

limited way Can manipulate the knowledge in a

more creative way Can demonstrate the reason for having

the knowledge Can use the knowledge to develop own

approaches and ideas Can easily use what has been learnt

Knows how come - relevance Makes connections with other

information Makes connections and develops the

knowledge for a specific purpose Can recreate the knowledge in a

different way Can use the knowledge to communicate

with specific groups Can discuss the knowledge with others

The brain is a wonderful thing

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Brain based learning Teachers must immerse learners in complex, interactive

experiences that are both rich and real. One excellent example is immersing students in a foreign culture to teach them a second language. Educators must take advantage of the brain’s ability to parallel process.

Students must have a personally meaningful challenge. Such challenges stimulate a student’s mind to the desired state of alertness.

In order for a student to gain insight about a problem, there must be intensive analysis of the different ways to approach it, and about learning in general. This is what’s known as the “active processing of experience.”

Funderstanding – Renate Caine Making Connections

BBL Techniques Orchestrated immersion–Creating

learning environments that fully immerse students in an educational experience

Relaxed alertness–Trying to eliminate fear in learners, while maintaining a highly challenging environment

Active processing–Allowing the learner to consolidate and internalize information by actively processing it

Brain friendly teaching Feedback is best when it comes from a real

person, rather than from an authority figure. People learn best when solving realistic

problems. The big picture can’t be separated from the

details. Because every brain is different, educators

should allow learners to customize their own environments.

The best problem solvers are often those who laugh!

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