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self-motivated
interested
self-managed
adventurous
self-directed
courageous
self-regulated
good skills
autonomous
good learners?
independent
lifelong learners?
intellectual temptation
- Jerome Bruner
Great teaching involves putting children
into difficult situations out of which they
can only get by thinking
John Heron
Even when they have good notes many students still have
coherent sense
Learning Skills
Are a combination of
cognitive
metacognitive and
affective
processes, skills, techniques and strategies
Independent inquirers
Creative thinkers
Reflective learners
Team workers
Self-managers
Effective participators
Poland
Belgium
Italy
Korea
Singapore
Mexico
The Slovak Republic
Spain
and Turkey
- have all developed curricula of essential
learning skills for students
Approaches To Learning
- 7 Learning Skill clusters
(potential)
Communication &
Collaboration
Self Management
Information & Media
Literacies
Critical Thinking
Creativity & Innovation
Reflection
Transfer
Some facts:
What if .....
every piece of subject matter was available to
your students on the internet, and
they all had access to internet linked tablets,
and
they all had access to high speed broadband
all day....
What could teaching look like then?
POSBGIL
Developing Self-Regulated Learners through
Process Oriented
Skills Based
Guided Inquiry
Learning
SRL Exercise 1
1) Divide into subject groups
2) Form intra-subject groups of 3 people per group with
one internet connected device per group
3) Connect to www.taolearn.com/students.php
4) Find a link to a website in your subject that none of you
are familiar with
5) Evaluate that site for:
structure how is the information presented?
breadth what range of topics are presented?
depth what levels of schooling are covered?
6) Move on to another site
7) Evaluate 3 new sites
But of course:
Students differ in the degree of self-regulation
they have the skills for
Teachers differ in the degree of self-regulation
Strong
Shared
Loose
High
Destructive
friction
Constructive
friction
Congruence
Intermediate
Destructive
friction
Congruence
Constructive
friction
Low
Congruence
Constructive
friction
Destructive
Friction
learning experiences?
Are you aware of all the websites that have resources for
your subject?
Take a look at: www.taolearn.com/resources.php
www.marktreadwell.com/Digital_Resources
www.marktreadwell.com/Image_Libraries
Self initiated
task statements
high
low
22 per hour
11 per hour
Task directed
statements
from teacher
2
17
- encouraging the - doing the thinking
childs own thinking and planning for
and planning
the child
Using Think-Alouds
Student must keep talking:
I see ......
I imagine ....
I think .......
I feel ........
I know ......
I am trying to ........
Teacher must focus on the process not the solution:
- listening for learning and thinking strategies
- asking process focused questions
- what are your assumptions?
- what are you thinking?
- how are you feeling?
- what could you try to get past this block?
- not providing answers
Logic Puzzle
You have 12 cannon balls, all the same weight except
one. You know one is a different weight but you
dont know if it is heavier or lighter than the rest. You
have a balance big enough to hold all the cannon
balls if necessary.
Your task is to find the odd-ball by using the balance a
maximum of 4 times.
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Novice
Learner
Practitioner
Expert
- observation
- emulation
- demonstration - self-regulation
High levels of
scaffolding from
teacher needed
Medium level of
scaffolding
needed
teaching
2) Good PD not available to support teachers in
developing self-regulated learners
inquiry learning
how to help students to self-assess their content,
skills and strategy use through reflection