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Self-Activity
1
Do Reading 1.1, and summarise
the main points of the reading into one page of
notes. The following questions will help you make
your summary
- Whitaker
draws our attention to the "traditional"
view of learning. Try to identify four ideas
contained in the "traditional" view.
- Re-phrase each of Day and
Baskett’s 10 guidelines in a sentence
of your own words.
- What are some of the factors
which contribute to learning from experience?
- Eight
factors influence the process of learning –
list these and next to each write a brief sentence,
in your own words, which describes the factor.
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| Group
Activity 1
- Reflect on the questions:
- Think about how you have
developed as a teacher.
- Have you only developed
in terms of gaining new knowledge in the subject
that you teach, or, expanding your teaching
skills?
- How have your social relations
with other people helped you develop as a person?
- Has this had any effect
on your teaching practices or on your attitude
to your job and your learners?
- What motivates you as a
teacher / in your job as a teacher?
- Click on this link to write
a message
to your group (using the heading "Reading1"). Discuss this reading with
your group by focussing on the following topic
of discussion:
What single moment has been
most influential in your development as a teacher?
How can you make yourself more receptive to
influences that can help you develop as a teacher?
- Use your e-diary to capture
the most powerful lessons that you learnt during
this activity, especially from comments from
your group. Click
here to open the blank e-diary, then save
it in your personal folder for future use.
Note: Your tutor will have indicated to you which format to use for your e-diary. The Word document linked above gives you the basic template for a reflective journal, but your tutor may require you to use another tool such as a blog to capture your reflections. If you are unsure, consult your tutor.
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Taylor and Vijevold (Getting Learning
Right, 1999) present the goals of teaching and learning
as follows:
Schooling should equip learners to exhibit independence
and initiative in directing their own learning. They
should be able to ask questions, evaluate evidence,
defend arguments, and apply their knowledge to new situations.
In short, learners should acquire higher order thinking
skills that go beyond recall, recognition and reproduction
of information....
If we are to improve the quality of
education, we need to change our view of the process
of learning. We can begin by:
- recognizing the vast potential
learners have to learn and make sense of the world
around them.
- recognizing that the resources
for learning are within us.
- acknowledging the role of the educator
to be that of ‘stimulating and encouraging this
awesome potential and provide the conditions and resources
for its healthy growth and development.’ (Whitaker,
1995)
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