JOSEP M CALUCHO

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Open Your Fridge Food Technology

• JOSEP M CALUCHO
• University of Aberdeen 2009

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Contents

• The school
• The CLIL Project in my school
• Theory supporting CLIL
• My CLIL project
• Final thoughts

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SITUATION CataloniaLleida
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The City
small expanding
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The school. Escola del Treball

• historic striving

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Studies

• Compulsory secondary school ESO 12-16 year old
• 150 students
• No compulsory studies 16-18 year old
• 60 students
• Vocational training
• 400 students

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CLIL experience

• Two year experience
• ESO 2 and ESO 3
• Subjects
• Food technology Open your Fridge
• Social studies European Community Big Ideas

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The CLIL project in my school

• Motivation and aims
• personal challenge
• reinforcing foreign language learning
• reinforcing the knowledge of several subjects
• How
• teaching through English
• optional subjects
• When
• 2008-2009 Open your fridge. ESO 2
• 2009-2010 Europe. Big ideas. ESO 3
• 2010-2011 Alternative energies. ESO 4

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Theory CLIL is based on
Vision Context
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The 4 Cs Framework
Culture
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Communication
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Thinking Skills Blooms Taxonomy

• Evaluation
• Synthesis
• Analysis
• Application
• Comprehension
• Knowledge

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Thinking
Cummins matrix
High cognitive

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4
12
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8
11
4
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Low linguistic
High linguistic
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3
2
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3
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Low cognitive
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My project

• Mind map
• Lesson plans
• PowerPoint
• Activities
• Assessment
• Teaching notes

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My Unit Mindmap
Global vision students must have a global
knowledge on food properties, preservation
methods, dairies and bakery. The subject must be
engaging and motivating, which can be achieved
through an accurate design of the activities.
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Content and Cognition
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Communication and Culture
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Activities

1. Germometer
2. The necessary conditions for the growth of
   microbes
3. Methods of food preservation 1
4. Methods of food preservation 2
5. Jam making. Project. Design a label(F)
6. Investigating preservation methods
7. Finding out mistakes
8. Sauerkraut making
9. Food poisoning
10. A recipe for disaster
11. Campaign for Safe Homes
12. Investigating food poisoning

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Assessment

• Aims
• To improve teaching
• To improve learning
• when, how, why, who
• Formative assessment
• Activity 6

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Teaching notes

• Instructions
• Scaffolding
• Key answers

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Scaffoldingthe necessary the appropriate
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Summarizing

• Context
• Situation of CLIL in my school
• Theoretical approach
• Project

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Final thoughts

• Basic motivation of students
• The 4 Cs is THE framework is a useful tool
• Importance of balancing language and content
• High levels of knowledge are achievable if there
  is a correct scaffolding
• Future of CLIL,
• optimism and pessimism