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| ChrisNuttall | Should we 'weight' the placemat for younger students? | 0 | Jun 28 2010, 7:37 AM EDT by ChrisNuttall | ||
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Thread started: Jun 28 2010, 7:37 AM EDT
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As we've progressed through the learning element a couple of things have struck me.
One, how difficult it is for our younger students, even our higher achievers, to engage with the theorising activities that we planned on our placemat. It may be because I am teaching the learning element during our literacy block and I'm seeking well-written and well-structured information reports as the major outcome. In this case, the theorising activities tend to confuse the students, as such activities aren't directly relevant to writing information reports per se. I would never claim that those activities are not valuable. However, since one of our major assessment items is an information report, I think it is reasonable to question the value of the theorising activities in achieving this particular outcome. Two, as I struggled with this (to the point where I have ended up compressing the learning element and ditching a couple of the theorising activities) it occurred to me that perhaps our younger students need a greater emphasis on experience-based learning activities. Because they are young and relatively 'inexperienced', shouldn't we be giving them more and richer experiences so that later on they can make connections, theories and evaluations based on a broader foundation? I wonder if we should weight the learning by design placemat towards experiencing when planning for our younger students? |
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| veronicalrr | accepting diversity in the K1 classroom | 1 | May 26 2010, 2:40 AM EDT by tori_smullen | ||
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Thread started: May 22 2010, 1:36 AM EDT
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I have noticed that the children who experience a different culture at home are far more in tune with the project. It is those children who have a different perspective to culture who seem to be taking the initiative to lean more and engage in conversation with friends. I can only assume it is because they have been introduced to multiple cultures and value that diversity.
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| harwoods | Reducing, Re-using, Recycling | 0 | May 23 2010, 10:44 PM EDT by harwoods | ||
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Thread started: May 23 2010, 10:44 PM EDT
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We are hoping to achieve some knowledge, attitudinal and behavioural change in the students with regard to recycling, reducing and re-using
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