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Week 4 Learning Activity 1
Weatherby-Fell
Teaching strategies that were used by teachers when we were in school may not be the most useful or effective in today's classrooms.
The way that teachers respond to behaviour is reflective of the way teacher behave towards students
Rules;
One for safety
One for talking
One for moving
One for learning
Should be realistic and reinforcable
Be consistent
Routines. Remain calm and polite
Attempt to have student peers dissuade negative behaviour e.g. not paying attention.
Seating plans; Don't implement straight away as observing the way students are seated organically will convey a lot of information about their learning habits
Chorus Questions; ineffective, who can hear?, who cant hear?, does everyone agree?
Try not to entertain call out answers; lose control of who answers an when.
A plan for fast finishers may prevent them distracting the other learners from valuable learning time
Fear often lies beneath misbehaviour
Must be paying attention to what is going on in the classroom/ the playground so that you can help.
A positive learning environment means;
That you, the teacher is a role model, for behaviour, attitude. You are not more important than the students because you are the teacher.
Building good communicative relationships with students and parents
Show genuine interest and concern; get to know them, what they like, what scares them.
Praise and incentive systems
Behaviours
Primary;
Off task, not following agreed rules. Manage with verbal or non verbal cues.
Secondary;
Used by students to demonstrate defiance after being told off for primary behaviours. E.g. sighing rolling eyes. used to regain pride in front of others,
Masters
Australian high schools are growing to look very different from each other the causes being linked to the socioeconomic backgrounds of the students.
22% of first-year Australian students are vulnerable in one way or another e.g. physical, emotional maturity, social competency, communication skills, etc.
Meaning that as of 2012 there were 60,000 vulnerable first-year students
Difficulties facing to improve the Quality and Equity of Australian school education.
Equipping students for 21s century
Students are having continuous problems applying their knowledge to every day problems. To address this, the curriculum will need to be altered
Reducing disparities between schools
The challenge is to assure that all students are receiving high quality education regardless of their socio-economic status. Many ways to address this; maximising access to teachers, minimising student residualisation, and promote effective school improvement practices
Reducing 'long-tail' of under achieving students
Students are continuously failing to meet the year-level standards. in Mathematics 57,000 15 year-olds (1 in 5) are not meeting baseline level. Strategies; Recognising where students are with their learning rather than assuming, personalise teaching and approaches, monitor learning overtime, and share progress with families.
Getting all children off to a good start
Students upon entry at a low level run the risk of long-term achievement. To address this, quality early education must be ensured, smooth transitions to school are also beneficial,
Raising the professional status of teachers
Teaching should be a career choice. Teaching must be developed as a knowledge-based profession, rather than a bad ATAR profession. Make teaching programs highly selective, pay good starting salaries, rigorous and continuous professional development