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Lets Talk A bout T alking !. Learning through social constructivism GSSD Coaches Andrea Hnatiuk & Cindy Smith . We start and end on time We are a community of professionals, we participate fully, encourage participation from others, and allow ourselves to be learners - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Learning through social constructivismGSSD CoachesAndrea Hnatiuk & Cindy Smith
*Lets Talk About Talking!
*Our Professional Growth
Commitment
*We start and end on time*We are a community of professionals, we
participate fully, encourage participation from others, and allow ourselves to be learners *We create a safe place to be heard, we can
take risks*We respect everyone’s point of view*We use technology appropriately in the spirit
of professional learning
What will I be able to do when I am done here today?
I can identify and implement instructional strategies that promote collaborative learning in order to increase student learning outcomes
What is important for me to learn and understand so that I can hit the target?
I must learn and understand various forms of communication and its role in helping students construct meaning for themselves
What will I do to show that I understand?
I can implement effective instructional strategies that meet and assist student learning outcomes.
Moss, C., & Brookhart, M. (2012). Learning targets: Helping students aim for understanding in today’s lesson. Alexandria: ASCD.
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*Research-Based Practice
*“Human thinking is inherently social in its origins…”*There is a “fundamental link between instructional practice and student outcomes”
* -Marilyn Goos, Journal of Research in Mathematical Education, 2004
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*Connections*Recognize and use connections among ideas*Understand how ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole*Recognize and apply learnings in contexts outside of school
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*Communication*Organize and consolidate their ideas thinking
through communication *Communicate their learning coherently and
clearly to peers, teachers, and others*Analyze and evaluate the thinking and
strategies of others
* Important Reasons to Promote Communicating
*Students construct meaning for themselves*Students clarify their ideas *Students speak to each other and write about
learning to reflect on their learning, self-monitor, and set goals*We can assess students by listening and reading
their ideas and understandings. We inform our practice based on what we learn about student understanding
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*Piaget
*knowledge is constructed as the learner strives to organize his or her experiences in terms of pre-existing mental structures or schemas
*For today’s young adolescents, success in school and, later in college or the workplace will demand critical thinking skills and the ability to function as a team member within highly complex social systems….Students who frequently learn within well-structured cooperative environments will be better prepared for the challenges of today’s world.
* Igel & Urquhart, 2012
*Positive outcomes of three seconds of undisturbed wait time (when questioning) *Length and correctness of responses
increases*Number of “I don’t know” and “no answer”
responses decreases*Number of volunteered appropriate
answers increases*Student achievement increases*Teacher questioning quality, strategies and
flexibility improve*Teachers ask higher level questions that
require greater complexity of response
*The secret to successful teaching is being able to determine what students are thinking and then using that information as the basis for instruction. *Teachers learn what students are thinking
through student communication.*When students communicate…either orally or
in writing, they make their thinking and understanding clear to others as well as to themselves.
* -Ontario Ministry of Education
*How can we create a classroom environment that fosters an atmosphere of safe contribution and values communication?
*Class Norms
*How do we allow students to freely participate?*Take ownership of their ideas*Honour each others contributions?*Understand that we need to make mistakes in
order to learn?*Respect each others’ opinions and ideas?*Listen and dialogue with respect?*Persist?
*Give One Get One
*Inside-Outside Circle
*Talking Probes