I love a good teaching model and am guilty of fully embracing most that come along: Learning styles, Multiple Intelligences, Accelerated learning, Quantum learning, right or left brain, Bloom’s taxonomy, N.L.P and the list carries on. I have always looked at myself as a bit of a magpie, so it hasn’t surprised me that I have used lots of snippets, tips and ideas from most of the mentioned theories and models and lots more from other sources, to create the GO LOCO model.
Whilst teaching on a teacher training course, I am often challenged, or should I say, the theories and models are challenged, by the cohort of teachers I have in the lessons and lectures. Many believed we need to look afresh at how technology may have altered the way we think and potentially learn. I’ve noticed the pace at which learners interact and communicate is a lot faster than I remember (Though I am getting older).There has been some interesting recent studies that show changes in brain pattern behaviour that have occurred through use of computers or gaming devices. I’m not about to go into an academic essay on teaching and learning and the effects of technology in the 21st Century. That would take far too long! However I will throw my two pennies worth in and say it may well be changing the way we think and it is changing education and the way learners want to learn. Let’s try to give them a bit of what they want and a model to teach from that allows them to know the format and gives teachers a guide to ensuring all learners are engaged, challenged and learning.
I want this to be a practical and easy to use guide to the model. I guess what I have done, like so many before, is link several ideas together to create a new model or approach for teachers to work from. I’ve given suggestions on activities to use and also highlight where and when to use stretch and challenge, assessment for learning and differentiation.
So how can I create a new and engaging way to approach teaching and learning in the 21st century that allows the learners of today some affordance to the structure and process of their learning whilst also keeping the traditional pedagogy of teaching and learning fully embedded within the model?
GO LOCO!!!
Whilst teaching on a teacher training course, I am often challenged, or should I say, the theories and models are challenged, by the cohort of teachers I have in the lessons and lectures. Many believed we need to look afresh at how technology may have altered the way we think and potentially learn. I’ve noticed the pace at which learners interact and communicate is a lot faster than I remember (Though I am getting older).There has been some interesting recent studies that show changes in brain pattern behaviour that have occurred through use of computers or gaming devices. I’m not about to go into an academic essay on teaching and learning and the effects of technology in the 21st Century. That would take far too long! However I will throw my two pennies worth in and say it may well be changing the way we think and it is changing education and the way learners want to learn. Let’s try to give them a bit of what they want and a model to teach from that allows them to know the format and gives teachers a guide to ensuring all learners are engaged, challenged and learning.
I want this to be a practical and easy to use guide to the model. I guess what I have done, like so many before, is link several ideas together to create a new model or approach for teachers to work from. I’ve given suggestions on activities to use and also highlight where and when to use stretch and challenge, assessment for learning and differentiation.
So how can I create a new and engaging way to approach teaching and learning in the 21st century that allows the learners of today some affordance to the structure and process of their learning whilst also keeping the traditional pedagogy of teaching and learning fully embedded within the model?
GO LOCO!!!
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