Guy Claxton - expanding the capacity to learn epistemic culture
Split-screen thinking, Infusion, warp and weft
epistemic milieux for potentiating activities
potentiating milieux make the exercise of learning both appealing and challenging.
plenty of hard interesting things to do, and it is accepted that everyone gets confused, frustrated and stuck
zimmerman becoming a self regulated learner
forethought phase
observation phase
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reflection phase
changing the discourse / language
expanding learning capacity . power
build students disposition to do their own supporting
bright, able, average, weak,
ability is the sum total of ones habits of mind
habits can change
performance is due to some kind of structural limitation
understanding of content
develop learning capacity
wild topics
rich - much to be explored
challenging - real difficulty
extended - time and opportunity to go into depth
relevant - students interests and concerns
responsibility - students control what,why,how,when they organise their learning
real - progress on the problem genuinely matters
unknown - the teacher doesn't already know the answer
collaborative
transparency and involvement
Both useful to a school and more engaging for students, if they are involved in a knowledge-creating and not just a knowledge implementing process
transfer thinking
Students are encouraged to be continually on the lookout for other opportunities to use aspects of their expanding learning capacity
where else could you use that?
Where else might that be good for?
What burning muscles do you use in your football training that might be helpful here?
Can you imagine yourself using that at home?
How do you think Mitchell Moses / Delta Goodrem / stephen Hawking might use that learning muscle?
progression
where to next?q
ask the year 11s to think about what where the development of imagination might lead to next and what similarities and differences they might be in the uses of imagination by poets designers at leaves and scientists
Get the year sixes to think about what they could do to help the year fives to develop graded termination
modelling
how can i best model curiosity, open-mindedness empathy?
fictional, Historical or media characters who embody the qualities of resilience, playfulness, hard reasoning, good practicing or open mindfulness
School isn't about Shakespeare and the periodic table. It is about becoming a brave and skilled Explorer, a cunning detective, and imaginative creator, at tough competitor - in whatever field of life they want to work in playing
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scaffolding cognitive and medical native strategy instruction in regular class lessons
To address the development of students knowledge about how to learn, and increasing Body of Evidence points to the efficacy of explicitly teaching strategies for cognitive elaboration of subject matter in for metacognitive regulation
Teachers are unskilled and unaware
Few teachers able to connect the activity to cognitive processes that lead to learning
advance organizers
worked examples
concept mapping
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