Scaffolding

Manel Piñeiro and Carme Florit

Departament d’Ensenyament

Adapted from Mary Chopey-Paquet

Part 1

Observations on scaffolding…

While you watch the

“scaffolding” slideshow,

think about aspects of the

metaphor which have

parallels with teaching-

learning in general, and in a

CLIL context in particular.

Observations on Scaffolding in

construction: BUILDING

Parallels in a CLIL context: TEACHING

You may use a similar table to take notes:

Part 2

Observations on scaffolding…

Now you may compare

your ideas with the ones

offered in the “Scaffolding

Slideshow” part 2.

This scaffold seems to be

a bit chaotic. Is it safe and

strong enough?

This scaffold is an

individual one.

This scaffold

surrounds the whole

building.

Big, well organized

and safe scaffold.

Building a scaffolding

takes time.

Strong and solid links

(joints) are important.

Sometimes we only

need to scaffold a part

of the building.

Do we

provide

safety

tools?

Scaffolding is

an art.

We remove ground levels but

we can build upper levels.

This scaffold hasn’t got

solid foundations.

Do we

provide

safety

tools?

We build a scaffolding

together.

Planning is important.

Scaffolding can be done in

different ways.

Some scaffolds seem to last forever…

Scaffolding helps to

renew (an old building).

What do we scaffold? Ideas,

concepts, language…

Look at what we have built

together!

Variety, diversity, possibilities…

The same scaffold for

everybody but everyone

on a different floor.

Pair work tightens links

First let’s build some solid

foundations/ toeholds.

Sometimes a scaffolding goes down.

Sometimes you can not see

where the scaffolding is, but it

is there (teacher fades)

Scaffolding helps connecting.

We need to have an overview of the

scaffolding we are going to use

during a unit.

I can benefit of having people

on different floors.

Does this scaffolding allow us to

see the building?

I feel good myself when using scaffolding

After watching part 1 and part 2…

You may be able to

write your own

definition of

Scaffolding in CLIL.