intellectual temptation
- Jerome Bruner
Teaching involves putting children into
difficult situations out of which they can
only get by thinking
John Heron
self-motivated
interested
self-managed
adventurous
self-directed
courageous
self-regulated
good skills
autonomous
good learners?
independent
lifelong learners?
stay in school
- the less curious they are?
- the less questions they ask?
Richard Bawden
Write down three things that you know
Now write down for each one, how you know
that you know
What we know for sure is really trivial
What we know is what we experience, all else
is belief
Even when they have good notes many students still have
coherent sense
Learning Skills
Are a combination of
cognitive
metacognitive and
affective
processes, skills, techniques and strategies
Independent enquirers
Creative thinkers
Reflective learners
Team workers
Self-managers
Effective participators
Approaches To Learning
- 7 Learning Skill clusters
(potential)
Communication &
Collaboration
Self Management
Information & Media
Literacies
Critical Thinking
Creativity & Innovation
Reflection
Transfer
ATL Skills
Cog groupings
Affect Groupings
Some facts:
websites
The ubiquity of internet accessible devices
digital world
What if .....
every piece of subject matter was available to
your students on the internet, and
they all had access to internet linked tablets,
and
they all had access to high speed broadband
all day....
What would teaching look like then?
SRL Exercise 1
1) Divide into subject groups
2) Form intra-subject groups of 3 people per group with
one internet connected device per group
3) Connect to www.taolearn.com/students.php
4) Find a link to a website in your subject that none of you
are familiar with
5) Evaluate that site for:
structure how is the information presented?
breadth what range of topics are presented?
depth what levels of schooling are covered?
6) Move on to another site
7) Evaluate 3 new sites
But of course:
Students differ in the degree of self-regulation
they have the skills for
Teachers differ in the degree of self-regulation
Strong
Shared
Loose
High
Destructive
friction
Intermediate
Destructive
friction
Congruence
Constructive
friction
Low
Congruence
Constructive
friction
Destructive friction
Self initiated
task statements
high
low
22 per hour
11 per hour
Task directed
statements
from teacher
2
17
- encouraging the - doing the thinking
childs own thinking and planning for
and planning
the child
Using Think-Alouds
A)
I see ......
I think .......
I know ......
I imagine ....
I feel ........
I am trying to ........
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Novice
Learner
Practitioner
Expert
- observation
- emulation
- demonstration - self-regulation
High levels of
scaffolding from
teacher needed
Medium level of
scaffolding
needed
developing SRL
2) Teachers found it very difficult to stop
teaching
inquiry learning
how to help students to self-assess their content,
skills and strategy use through reflection