January 2012
2 posts
“Anyone in education knows there is a fast-growing community of teachers online...”
– Opinion: Why Apple’s iBooks Initiatives Won’t Revolutionize Education | GeekDad | Wired.com
December 2011
1 post
“But experts do differ in how they organize and use this content knowledge....”
– John Hattie - http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/RC2003_Hattie_TeachersMakeADifference.pdf
Something to consider in light of the current review of digital content being conducted by WAG
September 2011
3 posts
“I always felt weird about the flow of : Work on Project, Submit Project,...”
– f(t): Geometry Project Follow-Up
Recently my focus as a teachers has shifted toward getting the environment for learning right, and then letting the children take control of the learning.
“People are talking about the ‘flipped classroom’ and authentic learning in a...”
– 8am disaster, 9am Salvation – an hour in Massively Minecraft. «
August 2011
5 posts
“The mistake I was making was seeing feedback as something teachers provided to...”
– What works and what doesn’t
“Problem-solving teaching” has an effect-size of 0.61 (2009 figures), and...”
– What works and what doesn’t
Feuerstein developed a programme of great complexity called Instrumental Enrichment, which requires special training for a teacher to use. However it is worth looking closely at his general strategy. This was not to teach the metacognitive skills directly by explaining ‘how to do it’. This is a common approach in teaching thinking skills and study skills, used for example by Edward de Bono. Instead, he used a guided discovery approach where students had to construct for themselves the higher level thinking required. A similar process is used in Graham Gibbs' study skills programme described elsewhere. Roughly speaking his procedure was:
Set Real Tasks: He asked students to do something real, that required information, planning, doing, and explaining your solution etc.
Require Reflection on Metacognitive Strategies. When the task was done, he asked his students to reflect on how they did it. What had made them successful? What hindered them or caused difficulty?
Establish Learning Points in the Students' Own Language. He asked students for very general advice on how to succeed with such tasks. This includes asking the students to name the strategies they used. The teacher then used the students’ names for these strategies.
Bridging: Students are then asked to ‘bridge’ from this learning to other applications. That is, they were asked ‘where else might you be able to apply this principle?’ The learners are encouraged to see the application of the thinking processes that they have just described and named, in other contexts.
This is called ‘mediation’. Learners often lack the ability to ‘see the wood for the trees’, they are swamped by the detail of the immediate experience, and need help to extract general principles from concrete experience. Then they need to be encouraged to see where else these same principles apply. The four part cycle above follows Kolb’s learning cycle: do, review, learn, apply.
“According to Ron Berger, the twin pillars of great project-based learning are...”
– Stephen Sondheim & Project-Based Learning - etc : education, technology and culture
“to be successful children have to learn how to ‘do school’ rather than learn...”
– What would a post-test era look like for our schools? | dougbelshaw.com/blog
April 2011
1 post
How do you know they're learning? →
How do you know they are learning? You will know by listening to them speak, by watching them play, just by being with them. You will know they are leaning at 8 the same way you knew they were learning at 18 months. You will see them use their skills and knowledge. T
March 2011
1 post
“A student that gets an E grade can be considered a success, if they have learned...”
– Too much « I Should Be Marking
November 2010
1 post
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come...”
– Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: Come Alive
October 2010
1 post
“We cannot restructure a structure that is splintered at its roots. Adding wings...”
– [ #msief ]: John West-Burnham’s Seven Questions for Leaders of Learning - Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & Education
September 2010
1 post
“We all know that a seven hour day doesn’t cut it in teaching, particularly in...”
– You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It #4: What is a Professional, Anyway? | The Line
June 2010
1 post
“At a collection of school leaders and IT people, one of the participants told...”
– Weblogg-ed » Nervous Writing / Well-Trained Teachers
May 2010
1 post
Rant
How dare Mike Day, the cabinet member for education in the only county in Wales that is not passing on it’s buget increase for education to schools, but instead cutting them by 0.9%, put a leaflet through my door saying that he would camapign for better funding for schools if elected as MP. Sorry Lib Dems, you made a mistake making him your candidate - it’ll be a cold day in hell...
April 2010
1 post
“Learning involves doing new things. Sometimes the new things are called...”
– “it’s not normal” | gapingvoid
February 2010
1 post
“Learning is not a process of acquiring absolute knowledge – it is a series of...”
– dy/dan » Blog Archive » What I Used To Know Isn’t Good Enough
September 2009
2 posts
“And the most interesting thing to me about this internet thing is that we all...”
– Neil Gaiman’s Journal: On banning books and escaping from the attic…
“‘When the winds of change come, some build walls, others build windmills” -...”
– The winds of change @ whereisab
August 2009
1 post
“And that’s the problem with schools. They can’t motivate kids to learn, because...”
– Education Needs to Be Turned on Its Head
June 2009
2 posts
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.”
– Douglas Adams quotes
Mobile Learning Institute →
March 2009
2 posts
“All too often education actually acts as a form of aversion therapy, that what...”
– Alan Moore Salon.com Books | The wizard of “Watchmen”
“Conservatives say teaching sex education in the public schools will promote...”
– Education - Change.org: Reality-Based Sex Education: What a Concept
February 2009
4 posts
“If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on...”
– Douglas Adams - Wikiquote
“The Element flourishes when one finds his “tribe” of others with similar...”
– Fathers, children and The Element - Home - Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog
“Ask anyone over 25 what digit they use to ring a doorbell and most people will...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Texting a signal of wider trends
“Unicef said that when they set up public computer kiosks with educational...”
– This much I know: Clay Shirky, Technology guru, 44, London | Life and style | The Observer
January 2009
2 posts
“# There is some pretty good research indicating that setting college as a goal...”
– Tuttle SVC: Weird KIPP Op-Ed
“…I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream...”
– Neil Gaiman’s Journal: Another Year
December 2008
3 posts
“here in NZ we have a large component of internal assessment and a brand new...”
– I’m 28, I’m not *old*… at dougbelshaw.com
Scientists extract images directly from brain :::... →
“The Two Lies of Teaching, According to Dr. Tom Sallee: (1) If I say it then they...”
– dy/dan » Blog Archive » Asilomar #7: A Complete, Balanced Curriculum
November 2008
4 posts
“Try to master something you suck at but like to do anyway. Now imagine trying to...”
– Science teacher: Clamming and competency
“I think it really does not matter what content we trim. The value is in process,...”
– Science teacher: High school and “real life”
WatchVoting Machines Elect One Of Their Own As President - Genius (Thanks @ianusher and @ digitalmaverick for original Tweet!
October 2008
1 post
First Post
I’m figuring one of these might turn out to be useful. Let’s see!!!