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You’re Hired…Now What?You’re Hired…Now What?Memory and Classroom ApplicationMemory and Classroom Application
TESL Ontario 2010
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Language in the Workplace Language in the Workplace
Short time frame Workplace context Realistic progression expectations Targeted goals
AGENDA Diverse learning styles Brain Compatible Context Memory Related Strategies
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“Memory is the retention of information over time.”
“Learning and thinking styles are not abilities; rather the are preferences in how people use their abilities.”
Santrock, et al., Educational Psychology, 2004
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Brain Compatible LearningBrain Compatible Learning3 Conditions for Complex Learning3 Conditions for Complex Learning
1. Relaxed alertness – low threat, high challenge state of mind
2. Orchestrated immersion – multiple, complex, authentic experience
3. Active processing – making meaning through experience processing
Cain and Cain, Mind/Brain Learning Principles,1994 .
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Marcia Tate : Adults Learn Best When…Marcia Tate : Adults Learn Best When…
They have input into content selection and development
Variety of learning strategies are used Focused group discussion and problem solving Learning is connected to background knowledge Have time to reflect Ongoing support is availableTate, M., ( 2004), Sit and Get Won’t Grow Dendrites, Corwin Press
Write
DiscussInput Reflect
Do
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Processing information in memoryProcessing information in memory
Encoding getting it into memoryStorage retaining over timeRetrieval taking it out of storage
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EncodingEncoding
Elaboration – examples – self reference – distinctive memory code
Constructing images – more detail
Organization – outlines – charts – chunking
Deep Processing – personal meaning
Rehearsal – conscious repetition – rote
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StorageStorageSensory
- quickly lost
Short Term Memory- 30 seconds
Long Term Memory- relatively permanent
Peter Walsh, Full Frontal Learning, McMaster University, Academic Skills, 2004
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RetrievalRetrieval
Serial position – primacy and recency
Recall – fill in blanks, and essay writing
Recognition – identify learned information – multiple choice
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R. Oxford – Language Learning StrategiesR. Oxford – Language Learning Strategies
Memory related: grouping, words in context, mental linkages, mental images, rehearsal elaborationOxford, R., ( 2001) Language Learning Styles and Strategies, Teaching English
as a second or foreign language, Heinle & Heinle
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Translating to the WorkplaceTranslating to the Workplace
Addressing the various stylesGiving optionsAllowing personal relevanceChunking informationLanguage patternsDialogue and elaborationYou’re Hired…Now What?
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Questions? Questions?
Beverley PayneWorkplace Lead Instructor
Terry WebbWheable Lead Instructor
Adult ESLThames Valley District School
Board
THANK YOU