Learning? Well this week I think it is about discovery. Based upon Bruner's theory of spiraled curriculum, learners can learn any subject at any level of development as long as you can bring it to their level of understanding.
Teachers/trainers can better do this by picking and choosing things in their curriculum that really matter and that they will need to know as adults and be better contributors to society. One thing that I am going to is really think about what I teach each day and determine what in that lesson is important enough to really focus on and make sure they learn.
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Camille I appreciate your learning comments. It is so true that to help students learn we need to bring what is being taught to their level. I rememeber classes where I tuned out the teacher because he/she was teaching over my head so I didn't care to listen. The more we teach by what they are interested in the more we can reach our students and help them to learn.
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ReplyDeleteI also thought that spiral learning was the most significant part of Buner's theory. I teach Career and Technical Education Introduction. Introduction is the operative word here. Most of what we teach is introductory. The primary objective of the year long class is to introduce students to skills that could lead to future careers.
Pulling from your post the phrase "picking and choosing things in their curriculum that really matter", I am curious if that can really be done. I thought everything in the curriculum had to be taught and opposed to teachers choosing that which they think is relevant. Not being a teacher, am I misguided in my understanding?
ReplyDeleteI think that maybe what she meant was picking and choosing certain parts of the curriculum to emphasize more. Depending on your administrator's management style, you can do that. You still have to cover the whole curriculum but maybe the time you spend or methods you use on each part of the curriculum may vary.
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