ED2090 Lecture 10: tutorial 10
Introduction to Learning Difficulties
Video – FAT
FAT
- Frustration
- Anxiety
- Tension
What would you do differently?
- Focus on what they are not
- Focus on who the child is
- Problem ownership
o Students who are disabled have no choice
- First reaction of anxiety is to look away
o The first thing teachers do when telling student off, they want eye contact
Experiencing Frustration, Anxiety and Tension
- Creating this feeling
- If students know they will get the answer wrong, why would they try?
What can the session do differently?
- Loose the sarcasm
- Slow down
- Instead of accepting ‘I don’t know’, say okay we will come back, so it doesn’t excuse the other
students
- Praise
- Pause, wait time
- Purpose for their learning, clear goals
o Explicit instruction
Section one of the assignment
- Build relationships!!!!!!!
Strategies
- Stand near a student when you are going to ask them a question
- Raise your right hand if you know the answer
- Raise your left hand if you don’t know the answer
- Students don’t like surprises
- Overview of lesson
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Document Summary
Problem ownership: students who are disabled have no choice. First reaction of anxiety is to look away: the first thing teachers do when telling student off, they want eye contact. Instead of accepting i don"t know", say okay we will come back, so it doesn"t excuse the other students. Purpose for their learning, clear goals: explicit instruction. Stand near a student when you are going to ask them a question. Raise your right hand if you know the answer. Raise your left hand if you don"t know the answer.
