Transcript Strategies for Teaching and Classroom Organisation

Challenges of Liberal Studies Curriculum:
Leading your students to learn effectively
throughout the journey of
Independent Enquiry Studies (IES)
7th March 2009
Dr Hue Ming Tak
Department of Educational Psychology
Counselling, and Learning Needs
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
[email protected]
Aims
To affirm that all students are gifted.
 To understand the trend of “Shift”, and
make it start in your Liberal Studies (LS)
classroom.
 To understand the rationale of learning
underlying LS Curriculum and Independent
Enquiry Studies (IES).
 To lead your students to pass through the
journey of “learning to learn” when
engaging in the learning of IES.
 To understand basic principles of effective
learning.
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Why LS? Why IES?
Looking closely:
All students are gifted!
 Expectation and motivation
 Judging a book by it’s cover
 Students engaging the teachers
 Failing in school-passing in life
Why Liberal Studies? Why IES?
Taking a broader view:
Did You Know? Shift Happens
At: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
A new mission of education?
 The top ten jobs that will be in demand in
2010 didn’t exit in 2004.
 We are currently preparing students for jobs
that don’t yet exist; using technology that
haven’t yet been invented, in order to solve
problems we don’t even know are problems
yet .
A new identity of IT citizen?
 There are over 106 million registered users
of MySpace (as of September 2006)
 If MySpace were a country, it would be the
11th-largest in the world (between Japan and
Mexico).
A new mode of learning?
 The amount of new technical information
doubling every 2 years.
 For students starting a four-year technical or
college degree, this means that half of what
they learn in their first year of study will be
outdated by their third year of study.
Back to where we start:
Learning to Learn
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Learning to Learn: The way forward in curriculum
development
Eight Key Learning Areas
Subject curriculum Guides
Basic Education Curriculum Guide: Building on
Strengths
Student-centre learning
An issue-enquiry approach to teaching and
learning
students actively construct knowledge for
themselves
knowledge comes from everyday life.
Liberal Studies Curriculum
Ares of Study
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Self & Personal Development
– Module 1: Personal Development & Interpersonal
Relationships
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Society & Culture
– Module 2: Hong Kong Today
– Module 3: Modern China
– Module 4: Globalization
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Science, Technology & the Environment
– Module 5: Public Health
– Module 6: Energy Technology & the Environment
Independent Enquiry Study
Use of the knowledge and perspectives
gained from the three Areas of Study and
extending them to new issues or contexts.
 The themes suggested are:
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Media
Education
Religion
Sports
Art
Information and Communication Technology
The Journey of “Learning to Learn”
Action-Learning Approaches to
Effective teaching and learning
Effective teaching and learning
in LS classroom
Cycle of
Action Learning
Do
Review
Learn
Apply
Examples of Questions
Which subject am I most interested in? How much do I
know about the subject? How do others or textbooks say
about it?
What do I need to know more about this subject? What
additional learning materials do I need to enhance my
understanding of this subject?
What do I expect to learn? What have I learned?
How will I apply what I have learned to other subjects? To
my daily lives? To my next projects? What new questions
do I have following my inquiry?
Dweck (1986) identified different motivational styles and their
characteristics.
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Dweck (1986), “motivational processes affecting learning”, American Psychologist, 41: 1040-1048.
Learning Orientation
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Performance Orientation
belief that effort leads to success
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belief in one’s ability to improve
and learn
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a performance for challenging tasks
a concern to be judged as able, and a
concern to perform
satisfaction from doing better than
others or succeeding with little effort.
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derives satisfaction from personal
success at difficult tasks
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applies problem-solving and self
instructions when engaged in task
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a belief that ability leads to success
emphasis on interpersonal
competition normative standards and
public evaluation
helplessness: evaluates self
negatively when task is difficult
Some Principles of Effective Learning
The determinant of learning is internal to
the learner.
 The determinant of learning is existing
knowledge.
 Learning is an ongoing, continuous and
active process.
 Learners have responsibility for their
learning.
 Constructed meanings share common
characteristics.
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Make “Shift” Happen in Your Classroom
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Let’s start from your LS Classroom:
A new mission of education
A new identity of IT citizens
A new mode of learning