Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2 3
2 3
Learning
Course 1: Introduction
Week 2: Thinking About Learning
Lecture 2.3: Teaching for Learning
A simple equation?
misconception
lack of prior peer norms
knowledge
Do your students ever doubt their ability
or intelligence?
CONNECT
EXTEND
CHALLENGE
Three key principles
3 Simple Principles
CONNECT
How does this new information connect
with what you already know, think, can
do?
EXTEND
How does this new information extend,
build on, what you already know, think,
can do?
CHALLENGE
How does this new information challenge
what you already know, think, can do?
Teaching for learning
Connect, extend, challenge
What makes you say that?
What do you think you know?
What puzzles you?
What do you wonder about?
Think Pair Share
I used to think…now I think
All learning is social,
emotional and
intellectual
There is always one moment
in childhood when the
door opens and lets the
future in.”
Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory
The teachable moment
ALERT 1 2 3 DROW SY
RELAXED 1 2 3 A N X IO U S
W IS H IN G T O B E H E R E 1 2 3 W IS H IN G T O B E S O M E W H E R E E L S E
HAPPY 1 2 3 S AD
A C T IV E 1 2 3 P A S S IV E
E X C IT E D 1 2 3 B ORED
T IM E P A S S IN G Q U IC K L Y 1 2 3 T IM E P A S S IN G S L O W L Y
FULL O F ENERG Y 1 2 3 V E R Y L IT T L E E N E R G Y
S O M E T H IN G A T S T A K E 1 2 3 N O T H IN G A T S T A K E
S O C IA B L E 1 2 3 LO NELY
CHEERFUL 1 2 3 IR R IT A B L E
E A S Y T O B E C R E A T IV E 1 2 3 D IF F IC U L T T O B E C R E A T IV E
Foundations of Teaching and
Learning
Course 1: Introduction
Week 2: Thinking About Learning
Lecture 2.3: Teaching for Learning