LEARNING THROUGH INNOVATION

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LEARNING THROUGH INNOVATION

• INSET 16th JUNE 2003

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bell work

• Write down 2 things you know about learning
• Find a partner a share your ideas. Write down 2
  further ideas.
• In your pair, write down your 6 things about
  learning to make a quick poster to display.

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AIMS FOR TODAY

• To give everyone an understanding of the
  Accelerated Learning Cycle
• To relate the Accelerated Learning Cycle to
  classroom practice
• To explore effective learning
• To have some more ideas on how to make our
  classrooms buzz.

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Principles of learning

• Learning makes sense of information
• Learning involves building on existing
  understanding
• Learning takes place at a level just beyond
  current understanding

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Effective Learning

• Low stress, high challenge.
• Age 2 minutes.
• BEM principle
• People learn in different ways
• Learning is greatly enhanced when the whole brain
  is engaged
• People remember context much better than they
  remember content
• Recall is dramatically improved when information
  is reviewed.

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Activity Human Bingo.

• Find a signature for each box on the diagram.
• You have 3 minutes to complete the task.

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The accelerated learning cycle.

• Pre-stage Create the supportive learning
  environment
• Stage one Connect the learning
• Stage two Big picture
• Stage three Describe the outcomes
• Stage four Input
• Stage five Activity
• Stage six Demonstrate
• Stage seven Review and retention.

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Create the learning environment.
The best learners in the world pass through
these doors

• Read suggestions on learning mat.
• Think of one more idea to help create the right
  atmosphere in your classroom.
• Share on your table.
• Elect a spokesperson to give feedback on your
  ideas.

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Creating the learning environment.

• Create the learning environment by
• Smiling
• Using we language
• Affirmation posters on the wall
• Making your room a No Put Down Zone
• Having colourful and stimulating display on the
  walls
• Arranging the furniture to facilitate the
  learning
• Playing music to set a particular mood

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Connect the learning

• Use bell work
• Individual, pair and share
• Anagrams
• Clip/picture to discuss/write about
• Gallery

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The Big Picture

• Where does todays learning fit in?
• Access right brain learners
• Alleviate anxiety over accessibility and
  relevance

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Describe the outcomes.

• By the end of this lesson you will be able
  to/will all know/understand
• Needs to be specific.
• Being positive establishes high expectations.
• Saying them out loud reaches auditory learners.
  Writing them on the board reaches visual
  learners. Children writing them down reaches
  kinaesthetic learners
• Refer to them, both during the lesson and during
  the review phase.

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Activity

• Find your preferred learning style
• Complete questionnaire
• Work out total scores
• Write the type with the highest total on a
  post-it. This is your preferred learning style.
  Place the post-it on the chart so that we can see
  the range as a staff

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Input

• New information should be introduced through as
  many of the senses as possible.
• VAK
• Make it multisensory, and 10 minutes MAX

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Activity stage

• Allow children to process new information through
  multiple intelligences
• Over time provide a balanced diet of activities
• Quality interaction
• Tasks that engage children and challenge them to
  think
• Individual, pairs, groups

Its not how smart you are, its how you are
smart
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Demonstrate new understanding

• Children show they understand by
• Each one, teach one
• Presentations
• Hot seating
• Tape it
• Video voice over
• Role-play
• Interactive display
• Mini whiteboards
• Paired shares with mind maps, posters, booklets
• Demonstrations, tests, quizzes, talks, mock
  lessons

If you understand it, you can explain it
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Review

• Active involvement of children
• Refer to the learning objectives
• Children reflect on what they have learned
• Never finish with a full stop always ask a
  question
• End with a smile

Learning without reviewing is like trying to
fill the bath without putting the plug in
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Activity.

• Review this mornings learning!
• On one sheet write down a key learning point from
  the epic presentation
• On the second sheet, write down something that
  you feel will need addressing either by yourself
  or as a school, in order to be able to use an
  accelerated learning approach
• Display both in relevant places
• Walk around the gallery created start moving
  sheets around, matching like with like,
  discussing reasons.

thankyou!