exploring and evidencing mastery learning children as the best advocates of their own learning!...
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Exploring and Evidencing Mastery Learning
Children as the best advocates of their own
learning!
Association for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment
Wednesday 11th March 2015
Di Pardoe
Children as the best advocates of their own
What do you understand by
the term motivation?
What encourages you to make an effort?
What motivates you as a learner?
How do you motivate yourself when learning is a struggle?
“Motivation is the most important factor in determining whether you succeed in the long run. What I mean by motivation is not only the desire to achieve, but also the love of learning, the love of challenge and the ability to thrive on obstacles.
Carol Dweck 2006
All learners need:
Alan McLean
Affiliation
Agency
Autonomy
how much you feel you belong in any group, team or organisation
how much you believe you can achieve your goals
how much you are able to make your own decisions
Learner autonomy can be defined as ‘the ability to take control of one’s learning’
Characteristics of autonomous learners:
Taking greater responsibility for behaviour and learning
An active approach to the task in hand
Applying skills which have been learned in self directed learning
A willingness to take risks and have a go
Initiating learning from independent ideas and thinking
To develop autonomy and promote motivation we need to consider
mindsets…..
Diana Pardoe Training and Consultancy 2015
Growth (‘Mastery’) Mindset...
..leads to a desire to learn and therefore a tendency to...
Fixed Mindset...
...leads to a desire to look ‘clever’ and therefore a tendency to...
embrace challenges avoid challenges
persist in the face of obstacles and difficulty
give up easily
see effort as key to success
see effort as pointless
learn from all feedback ignore useful or critical feedback
be inspired by the success of others
feel threatened by the success of others
Dweck 2006
A growth or ‘mastery’ mindset requires an
orientation on learning...
where the focus is upon improving competence
A fixed mindset results from an orientation on performance...
where the focus is upon proving competence
Chris Watkins Institute of Education
Diana Pardoe Training and Consultancy 2015
Praise effort to develop a ‘mastery’ mindsetPraise effort to develop a ‘mastery’ mindset
You’ve worked really hard on that – well done for keeping You’ve worked really hard on that – well done for keeping going even when it got difficultgoing even when it got difficult
Wow - look at how you’ve improved since last weekWow - look at how you’ve improved since last week
How would you like to show what you have learned? How would you like to show what you have learned?
Well done - you’re really pushing yourself todayWell done - you’re really pushing yourself today......
Every time you practice, you’re making connections in your Every time you practice, you’re making connections in your brain strongerbrain stronger
Good - it’s making you think - that’s how your brain is growing! Good - it’s making you think - that’s how your brain is growing!
This is a really valuable mistake. Let’s think about why it didn’t This is a really valuable mistake. Let’s think about why it didn’t work and learn from it.work and learn from it.
The language we use tells our learners what we believe and what
we value
All learners need a sense of autonomy in order to become
advocates of their own learning.
When learners are motivated and actively involved in their learning; when they talk meaningfully about how they learn; when they take more responsibility
for themselves and their learning and understand that effort is the key to success….then they are more likely to make better progress, develop
greater confidence and independence and become higher achievers.
