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Session 12Session 12Session 12Session 12Learning and teaching styles Learning and teaching styles

andandCognitive development.Cognitive development.

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Read out (at normal pace) the colour of each word, not the word itself, without making a mistake.

 Red Yellow Blue Green Yellow Red Green Blue Green Red Blue Yellow Yellow Green Red Blue Yellow Blue Red Green Yellow Green Red Blue Red Green Blue Green Green Yellow

If you want to beat the trick, squint your eyes to blur the words

Confusing colours

Impossible 3D Cube Optical Illusion

Mystery black dotsCan you see them?

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Objectives• Appreciating that learning styles

should be identified and addressed (whose?)

• Understand the work of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky -stages of cognitive development/peer influences and their implications for you as ‘lead learner’.

• To learn about the value of matching learning activities to pupil preferences.

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Outcomes…• Bringing together the

past weeks of work since the start of the course, into workable and enjoyable resources

• You will identify KV(R)A learning styles in yourself and your pupils.

• Incorporate CASE ideas into your lessons.

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• ‘People like me are aware of their so-called genius at eight, nine, ten… I always wondered “Why has nobody discovered me? In school, didn’t they see that I’m more clever than anyone in this school? That the teachers are stupid, too? That all they had was information I didn’t need.” It was obvious to me. Why didn’t they train me; put me into art school? I was different, why didn’t anyone notice me?

John Lennon

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1. Cognitive development

• Piaget and Vygotsky

• CASE and KCL• Thinking skills• http://curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/key-s

tages-3-and-4/skills/plts/index.aspx

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"Zone of proximal development" (ZPD) is Vygotsky’s term for the range

of tasks that are too difficult for the child to master alone but that can be learned with guidance and assistance of adults or more-skilled children. The lower limit of ZPD is the level of skill

reached by the child working independently. The upper limit is the level of additional responsibility the

child can accept with the assistance of an able instructor.

His theory of cognitive development can be used as a tool in the early childhood

classroom. According to Piaget, children developed

best in a classroom with interaction.

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CASE activities....• Pipes• Marble run• Gears• Sand prints• Switch box etc.....

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What is intelligence?• “A human intellectual

competence that ‘enables one to solve problems encountered in society and to create effective products.”

• Gardner’s view…multiple intelligences;menu

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Gardner’s multiple/7 intelligences:

• Linguistic – language, patterning and systems• Mathematical- logical, abstract and structured thinker• Visual and spatial-thinks in images and uses

movement• Musical – mood and emotion…• Interpersonal – relates well to others, mediator, good

communicator• Intrapersonal – self motivated, strong sense of values• Kinaesthetic – good timing, skilled with hands, touch

feely!

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VA(R)K• http://people.usd.edu/~bwjames/t

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How to cater for VKA…• Visual• Kinaesthetic• Auditory• Reading.

display posterskey word displays/word wallsvideo, demonstrations, OHT’s, PowerPoint.concept mapping, collage, posters, flow charts, story-boardslively and engaging textsuse of symbols

design and make activitiescontinuity linesphysical modellingpractical workvisits, field tripsbody sculpture, mimeregular breaks-states and brain gym.

teacher instructionpaired and group discussionactive listening rolesdebate and presentationsmusic for relaxing, energising and reviewraps, rhyme, chants, verse, dramatic readings

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Resources for your lessons

• Worried that you don’t have time to make ‘professional’ looking worksheets?, snazzy PowerPoint presentations? Musical games?

• Not creative enough to make quizzes, games…?

• Need some help?

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Examples….

• Mini mind maps• Silent video• Role play…SATIS revisited; Joan

Soloman• Concept cartoons• Poetry• Jokes• Pupil modelling e.g

Food chains and webs• Presentations• Resources packs-RDLU• Booster pack • Millionaire, Blockbusters, Hot

Potatoes….• Etc…

http://www.sycd.co.uk/resource-contents.htm

"Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eatingfireworks ...........They charged one and let the other one off."

Science teacher: "Gary, do you know what copper nitrate is? "Gary: "Yes sir, it's what they pay policemen on nightshift ! "

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Summary of the activities in workshops• Blockbusters

• Loop card game• Bingo• Word dominoes• modelling activity…. Marshmallow babies• Traffic lights• DARTS activity• Taboo• Top Trumps• C.A.S.E. activities• And loads more that YOU are going to make

today

And finally, there is always scope for a song!

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Workshop sessions• Circus• Steve 1, Sarah 2,

Malcolm 3, Alison 4

• Then ….your task…..

• Using SYCD, Sciencescope, Planet science or any other web site with useful resource ideas;

• Make a resource for a specific lesson, aimed at specific learning style(s).

• ‘Present’ it to your SD group, using them as your class, +/- 5 mins each

• You will be recorded on video for feedback.

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References There is a website where you can assess your style of information

processing, and get tips on making best use of your strengths, at: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Skills/Pack/iolp.html

Short bibliography on learning styles• http://oufcnt5.open.ac.uk/~Hilary_Atkins/edmedia.htm • http://www.vega.co.uk/VEGA/News/Feature%20Articles/Test.htm • http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html • http://cyg.net/~jblackmo/diglib/styl_a.html#Adult%20Learning

%20Styles• http://www.vaknlp.com/ (which suggests exercises for changing your

VAK style)Resources*• http://www.planet-science.com/home.html • http://www.sycd.co.uk/ (*resources content)

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