EDUC105 Lecture 6: Contemporary Teaching and Learning Terminology
1 Jun 2018
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Contemporary Teaching and Learning Terminology
Differentiation → catering for individual needs of each student rather than a whole
class basis (individual instruction)
• Tendency to teach to the whole class – but you cannot do that as this is not
contemporary teaching
• Individual programs for every classroom and every student
• Differentiation is expected from BOS, private and systematic schools
• E.g. a year 6 child cannot read and is illiterate – you need to use
differentiation i order to ater for this hilds eeds
Prior knowledge (or domain knowledge) → past knowledge - how much a learner
knows in a specific area (e.g. subjects from high school)
o Important as it activates our schema network of a domain
o Without prior knowledge, we do not know or cannot learn anything
o We have an automated schema network – what you know is
instantiated
o Schemas are instantiated → in our memory and consciousness
o Instruction should start at the prior knowledge of the learner
▪ Ideal but very difficult
The way to start teaching is the CORE GROUP:
• Core tasks = middle of class/group
• The best way to teach something in the first instance is EXPLICIT TEACHING
(direct instruction)
• Secondly, groups in the class can be behind in some areas
o This is called the MODIFIED GROUP → proide the ith less
itese tasks i the sae topi areas – they may have learning
difficulties, sight impairments etc. → this is our duty of care to teach
all students
• Groups that are in front of the class are alled the extended’ group →
proide the ith ore itese tasks
Three aspects when teaching and from the learner:
1. Readiness to learn – children can start earlier or later than they need to due
to readiness to learning, depending on the child and their abilities
2. Learning needs
3. Interest – motivation is essential for learning, it will be very difficult for
students otherwise
• Scaffolding = teacher/instructor/more knowledgeable peer, assist the less
able person in a situation to learn
• Mediation = dialogue/learning new ideas between one another/assistance
for learning a concept or procedure
• Dyads = where learning occurs in pairs (elbow partner)
• Triads = where learning occurs in threes → this increases confidence
• Schema = a hypothetical construct in our memory system
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