This slideshare covers a variety of teaching methods and theories. Some of these I have added extra information below as per relevance to the classroom. This blog will be added to in the coming weeks:
- Knowledge is specific content: Traditionally teachers felt that all students needed was the transmittal of knowledge from the teacher to the student. Today, it is recognised that students arrive at school a wide range of experiences and knowledge that can be created and expanded into valuable life-long learning experiences.
- Blooms Taxonomy: TBA
- Cognitivism: It is now recognised that valuable learning experiences develop a form of schema to help students in making connections to their prior knowledge.
Paradigm Shift: Today teachers encourage social interractions both in and outside the classroom. This is demonstrated through supportive and guided teaching rather than the traditional methods of a chalkboard and rows of individual desks. Grouping desks is a fine example of collaborative learning.- Connectivism: This theory devised by George Siemens is the application of network principles to define both knowledge and the process of learning. Knowledge is defined as a particular pattern of relationships and learning is defined as the creation of new connections and patterns as well as the ability to maneuver around existing networks/patterns. The "more" of information and technology today, and the need to stay current, forms the climate that gives roots to connectivism."
References:
(http://connectivism.ca/blog/2008/08/what_is_the_unique_idea_in_con.html)
How do you think ICT will support the collaborative learning you find so important? And the student-centredness you discuss here?
ReplyDeleteValuable learning can be maximised through drawing on student experiences and the values they bring to the classroom.Collaborative learning does not just take place within the classroom but also in the playground, at home, at sporting clubs etc. It is this student-centredness that has merged teachers from the traditional forms of teaching to todays socially interractive classroom. By recognising student interests (eg.ICT'S), and adapting our planning to incorporate a range of technologies and collaborative learning, we are moving forward and not hiding behind such changes of society. By adapting todays technologies and staying 'ahead' new connections can be made which contributes to the development of life-long learners'.
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