Learning and Learners

Yes or No…….
….“ I learn best when….”
Learning and Learners….
……from theory to practice
Active Learning Strategies

 Jigsaw Reading
 Running Definition
 Piano Reading
 Pop corn Reading
Jigsaw Reading
Piano Reading
Popcorn Reading
Austin’s Butterfly
The present
•Why doesn’t the boy want to go outside at the
beginning of the story? Discuss your ideas with a
partner.
•Pause the video at different points (e.g. 0.09, 0.44,
1.05, 2.40 and 3.10) and describe how each character is
feeling. How do you know?
•What does it mean to be disabled? What types of
disabilities are there, and how do they affect different
people?
What’s wrong with the teacher?
‘Write a short story about this teacher.”
What is classroom management?

A set of strategies that a teacher

creates and maintains in order to
establish effective learning
environment and promote students
behavior in classroom.
Strategy (1): Create a motivational
environment
 Show your students that you believe all of them can learn.

 Use motivational words, positive words to praise good work and behaviour.
(great idea, good job, fantastic …..etc.)

 Use actions to praise students ( high five – clap your hands up to 10)
 Use attention-getters (teacher: 1,2,3 eyes on me. Students: 1,2, eyes on you)
( teacher: hands up. Students: everybody stop)
(1 clap -2 clap) (don’t clap this one back)

 Decorate the classroom with students’ work and projects whenever possible.
Set rules, boundaries and expectations.

Sample classroom rules

Elementary Level classroom rules Preparatory level classroom rules

• Raise your hand to speak.
• Only one person speaks at a time.
• Ask for permission before you leave
the classroom.
• Keep your hands for yourself (don’t
fight)
• Ask for help when you need it
• Do your own work
• Respect your friends and teachers
• Respect the property of others.
Remember…….

Teaching is not shouting

Strategy (2): Make every minute count

Plan each lesson in advance. Well-designed lesson plans have clear learning
objectives and provide meaningful activities for students to reach the objective.

Keep everyone engaged

Use Active learning strategies

There are different types of learners

“You hear and you forget, you see and you
remember, you do and you understand.”
Remember……….

A minute without work is a

moment for talk.
There is a strong relationship between
classroom management and student
achievement, and the most important
factors which affect student learning
are classroom management and
teacher’s behaviour.
Now you are the classroom management
expert…give an advice to this teacher
Lesson Planning
Enabling objectives:

 They are stepping stones (supporting objectives) to terminal objectives.

Enabling objectives should be SMART

Specific measurable Achievable Relevant Timed
 Specific
 Specifies precisely what the learner will know or be able to do.

Measurable
 Can be evaluated

Achievable
 Students are academically ready for the objective.

Relevant
 Builds on prior knowledge- related to the topic

Timed
 Students can achieve the objective within the specified time
Examples:

 By the end of the lesson, students will be able to categorise words by using
the prefixes re, in and un.
 By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write to explain cause and
effect by employing connectors such as consequently, therefore and as a
result.
 By the end of the lesson, students will be able to identify and accurately
pronounce the short i, o, and long ou (as in found) vowel sounds.
 By the end of the lesson, students will be able to enjoy and respond to the
creative use of metaphor in a song.
 By the end of the lesson, students will be able to distinguish similarity and
difference through the use of comparative and superlative adverbs in an
article.
Examples:

 By the end of the lesson SWBAT:

 Answer questions related to an article about historical sites in Jordan within

10 minutes.

 Use past tense verbs correctly to talk about historical places.

 Predict the meaning of new words from the context.

 Language

Pre-learning while learning

(vocabulary, structure, phonics)

It’s your time to plan
Thank you for attending

Safa’ Obeid