Tags: Classroom Teacher | Continuing Professional Development | Teaching Tips
13 Lucky Steps to a Personal Learner-Centred Classroom.
Help protect your pupils from boredom, apathy and under-achievement.
Do your teaching methods measure up to your pupils’ learning criteria?
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Is it clear to your pupils what value will be created for them as a result of learning the subject you teach? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Are you following the four-phase learning cycle? • Interest • Instruction • Integration • Interpretation Yes No My thoughts… |
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Will you provide activities that stimulate pupils’ imagination so that they are aroused and want to learn? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Does your classroom environment create an atmosphere of enjoyment (colour, music, visuals, collaborative seating and novelty)? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Will you address possible negative feelings certain pupils might have towards a subject? Do you give them a positive feeling from the start? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Are pupils able to get involved in the learning process right from the beginning? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Is each lesson you teach centred around pupils, creating meaning and understanding rather than just absorbing information? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Do pupils have the opportunity to alternate between being physically active and passively listening? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Will pupils be able to enjoy rich collaboration during lessons with partnered work, teamwork and whole class discussions? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Is your teaching learner-centred with lots of learning activities? Is there more learning or more teaching in your classroom? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Do you provide adequate opportunities for: • Auditory learning • Visual learning • Physical learning • Teaching learning (teaching another pupil what you know) • Intellectual learning Yes No My thoughts… |
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Do your lessons have good momentum, flow and variety so that pupils move quickly from one task to the next? Yes No My thoughts… |
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Is there a strong review phase with activities that enhance and reinforce what has been learnt? Yes No My thoughts… |
This article first appeared in Teaching Expertise, July 2005.
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