First  thoughts  on  Learning  and  Teaching  

EV681  and  EV682  Whole  Cohort  Lecture  

What  are  the  quali&es  of  a  good  teacher?  

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First  thoughts  on  Pedagogy  

•  What  do  you  noEce?  •  What  are  the  children  learning?  •  What  similariEes  and  differences  do  you  see  between  the  sequences?  

•  What  are  the  teachers’  roles  here?  Is  this  teaching?  

•  So  what  did  we  say  on  our  text  wall?  

Learning  in  a  Digital  Age  

•  Does  the  digital  and  technological  world  we  live  in  change  learning?  

•  What  is  the  impact  of  digital  technologies  on  learning?  

•  What  makes  the  difference  between  a  posiEve/negaEve  influence  on  learning?    

What  would  the  children  say?  

•  If  we  had  some  children  in  front  of  us  now,  what  quesEons  would  you  ask  them  about  their  experience  of  ICT  and  learning?  

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Video  chat  

Plan  B  

Growing  learners;  growing  teachers  

When  do  children  start  being  learners?    

Pair-­‐share  

•  Think  back  to  an  experience  of  something  you  wanted  to  learn  

• What  enabled  you  to  succeed?  

Characteris&cs  of  Effec&ve  Learning  EYFS  (2012)  

•  Playing  and  Exploring  -­‐  engagement  –  Finding  out  and  exploring  – Using  what  they  know  in  their  play  –  Being  willing  to  have  a  go  

•  AcEve  Learning  –  moEvaEon  –  Being  involved  and  concentraEng  –  Keeping  on  trying  –  Enjoying  achieving  what  they  set  out  to  do  

•  CreaEng  and  thinking  criEcally  –  thinking  – Having  their  own  ideas  – Making  links  –  Choosing  ways  to  do  things  

Hello  Jamie    

• Watch  and  note  down  what  ‘characterisEcs  of  effecEve  learning’  you  can  spot  

•  How  was  this  learning  facilitated?    

Pedagogy      

“full  set  of  instrucEonal  techniques  and  strategies  that  enabled  learning  to  take  place  .  .  .  which  provided  opportuniEes  for  the  acquisiEon  of  knowledge,  skills  a_tudes  and  disposiEons”  Sylva  et  al  (2010)  p149  

EPPSE  research  2011  

Outstanding  teachers:    •  have  good  organisaEonal  skills  •  establish    a  posiEve  learning  environment  

•  personalise  children’s  learning    •  use  talk  (communicaEon)  between  and  with  children    

•  make  beher  use  of  plenaries    

.  .  .  .  is  you!  

How  are  you  going  to  grow  learning  in  the  children  you  will  teach?  

To  conclude  

EV681  

To  follow  today:  Read  Alexander  Ch12  ‘What’s  Primary  EducaEon  for?’  (handout)  

Scan  the  Stephen  arEcle  (pre-­‐course  reading)  if  not  already,  ‘Pedagogy.  The  silent  partner’  (Reading  List  link)  

In  preparaEon  for  the  next  session:  Blog  post  #1  and  your  responses  to  Session  one