Views on Learning

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Views on Learning

• What is a view?
• Why identify different ones?
• How to deal with so many?

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What are the 3 main views on learning?

• Transmission
• Constructivism
• Social constructivism

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Transmission

• Nature of reality
• How knowledge is acquired
• Emphasis on skills
• Use of resources
• Role of the teacher
• Role of the student
• Nature of evaluation

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Constructivist views

• Nature of reality
• How knowledge is acquired
• Emphasis on process
• Use of resources
• Role of the teacher
• Role of the student
• Evaluation

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Social Constructivist views

• Reality is socially constructed
• Language is central
• Emphasis on process (includes social)
• Emphasis on community
• Often political
• Use of resources
• Role of the teacher
• Role of the student
• Evaluation

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Whose view to teach from?

• Alberta Learning
• School philosophy and practices
• Teachers beliefs and practices

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Why write lesson plans?
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Can you use pre-written plans?
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What are the core parts of a lesson plan?

• 1. Objectives
• 2. Procedures
• 3. Resources
• 4. Evaluation

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How much detail do you put in a lesson plan?
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Objectives

• 1. Examples of objectives
• 2. Importance of objectives
• 3. Where do they come from?
• 4. Should you tell the students?
• 5. Doing vs. learning

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Procedures

• Amount of detail?
• Focus on teacher or children or both?

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Introducing a lesson

• Signal for attention
• Anticipatory set
• Sharing the objective

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Body of the Lesson

• Teacher models and then provides for guided and
  independent practice
• Children explore, discover and then share
• Teacher models/presents for whole group, then
  children work in groups while teacher continues
  to provide guidance
• Dealing with procedures (grouping, talk,
  turntaking,movement)
• Plan provision for ESL, students with special
  needs and children who are new to the class

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Closure of the lesson

• Purposes
• Examples

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Evaluation of the lesson

• evaluation vs. reflection
• evaluation of lesson
• observe for other signs of learning
• self-evaluation of teacher

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Use the lesson plan for additional notes of any
kind

• references to curriculum guides or other
  resources
• map out the time frame for each part of the
  lesson
• procedures for supplies and resources
• what to do if you finish early
• what to do if you need extra time
• plan for work-in-progress if lesson is to be
  continued