FPPTI WORKSHOP 16 April, 2008

THE INNOVATIVE TEACHER

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND INITIATIVE (NCLB)

Teachers are required to

• teach different learners with different styles and abilities in the same classroom

• adapt abilities

• maintain balance

• juggle lists of national, state standards

• incorporate their own objectives

DIFFERENTIATING LEARNING STYLES

Students mislabelled as

• unintelligent

• slow learners

• problem children

had a difficult time grasping not what, but how they

were taught

VISUAL LEARNERS

• learn best by seeing

• absorb written information easier

• prefer textbooks, diagrams, displays

• feel secure when seeing facial expressions, body language

AUDITORY LEARNERS

• learn best by hearing

• prefer oral presentations by teachers / fellow students

• grasps the most from verbal discussions

TACTILE LEARNERS

• learn by hands-on doing

• enjoy putting projects together

• learn best by being shown how to do something

• doing things themselves

Teachers need to

• understand that students respond differently to these types of instruction

• create a teaching-and-learning atmosphere which will provide for the needs of all students

• let go of their bias about their own preferred method of instruction

• provide a wide enough range of teaching methods from which learners in all three categories have an equal chance

TRADITIONAL TEACHING METHODS

• one-way communication

• teacher deposits information, concepts

• students are passive receptors

• students get distracted easily

• (students with good short term memories and reading skills may profit)

‘I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.’ (Confucius)

ACTIVE LEARNING STYLES

•students listenstudents listen talk talk actively, meaningfully actively, meaningfully readread writewrite

•students’ relationship with subject matter is more students’ relationship with subject matter is more interactiveinteractive•students students contributecontribute rather than receive knowledge rather than receive knowledge•students learn students learn moremore, retain information for , retain information for longer periodslonger periods

RENEWAL OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

• Supplementing theoretical studies with direct and authentic experiencing

• Adjusting teaching methods to students’ different needs

• Applying student-centered assessment

• Bridging the gaps between professional and non-professional training

• Developing career orientation counselling

• Improving infrastucture in schools

• Supporting life long learning environment

• Encouraging extra-curricular activities

• Including local and regional community

INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS

THE TEACHER• gives up some control

over the class

• role changes : acts as facilitator (pairing-up students, monitoring / assisting during group work, guiding)

• may find it difficult to surrender a part of his role

THE STUDENT• takes responsibility for

what and how he learns

• acts rather than listens passively

• active learning= active listening, writing, group problem solving, role playing etc.

• may find it difficult to take more responsibility

USING THE INTERNET IN THE CLASSROOM

• multimedia stimulation is rich and colorful

• message is in context

• foster easy understanding

• reduces verbal stimulation

• teachers pay more attention to individual needs

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

Mrs. Judit Mrs. Judit CsathCsath • EFL TeacherEFL Teacher

Fazekas Mihály GymnasiumFazekas Mihály Gymnasium

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