The key to advancing the learning of individuals, small groups and whole classes is motivation. Our goal is to motivate the children to complete tasks to reach a satisfactory outcome. To be able to do this you need to know your pupil or pupils and their range of abilities. It is also important to prepare thoroughly. When planning lessons for a whole class or a small group it is helpful if the lesson includes an input which could include direct teaching via the interactive smart board – very helpful for visual learners, or alternatively you can plan activities so that the children can either pair up or work in small groups. This allows them time to share ideas and ask questions. This is beneficial for less confident children who do not like …show more content…
It is really important that tasks are differentiated in advance for both gifted and talented children and pupils with SEN. This may involve referring to the child’s IEP for specific guidance. It is important to plan realistic and achievable activities for lower ability pupils so that they do not feel a failure which in turn can lead to disruption and disaffection. Likewise more able children like to be challenged. If they experience success they will become motivated to move on to the next challenge and will gain a high level of satisfaction. Less able pupils should be rewarded for effort and not necessarily content. This will prevent them from being excluded from rewards. Unwilling students can be motivated if they are set small achievable goals with specified rewards. During the plenary children should be given time to discuss with their peers any facts or information learnt during the lesson. As concentration and enthusiasm can wane towards the end of the lesson it is important to keep this part of the lesson â€oelighter―. One way of doing this is games or activities on the smart board. Peer assessment can also be a nice way to finish off the
Effective communication with children is important to make sure that they understand the language of learning so that they can grasp concepts and ideas, actively take part in problem solving and successfully develop their own ideas and opinions. It is important for children to be able to feel welcome in the classroom environment and valued within the school. Encouraging children to ask questions, give their own answers and contribute to class activities will help to develop a positive working relationship with the children. It is
It is important when planning and co-ordinating an activity your expectations are of the right level to encourage the child to achievement. If you do not expect enough, children rarely complain. However, they underperform and lose
It is important to give older children the opportunity to talk and express their views and opinions and it is vital that you make them feel that you are interested in what they are saying. An older child needs to understand boundaries and the correct behaviour expected from them.
All the research and work that I did for this project is going to help me with edTPA because it gave me an opportunity to learn about this principle that I will need to know to help children make goals for themselves. In rubric one of edTPA elementary handbook, it talks about how the candidate’s plan for instruction should have clear and consistent connections to the child’s related skills. The candidate should also use learning tasks to lead the students to independently apply the strategy and related skills. My project relates to this because I learned the importance of children setting moderately difficult goals and not goals that are too easy or too hard. To set a moderately difficult goal for a child I would have to know their skills they
Reinforces important lesson concepts and prepares students for the next lesson. Loops back to the objective and involves students.
Engaging students in the classroom can be a difficult task. Understanding the process of how students learn can help a teacher adapt the lesson to meet the needs of all students. I will encounter students that are not intrinsically motivated so I will need to find different ways to motivate each and every student. Understanding how my students learn can provide me with insights as to how to help each student learn which will minimize classroom management problems.
Task 4: give attention to individual children and young people in a way that is fair to them and the group as a whole.
The setting has Special Educational Need Co-ordinator (SENCO) involved in supporting the teacher and /or parents. The SENCO organises further assessment of the child’s needs if required.
In a classroom setting, it may be clear that most students are more extrinsically motivated to undertake their academic work, even though for some, it could be inherent extrinsic motivation, an example being, a student who understands that studying hard and doing assignments has a bigger reward in the long-term, as they will pass exams and attain good grades. In the same class could be another student who does assignments to avoid sanctions by teachers or parents (Lepper, Corpus and Iyengar, 2005). Both of these examples showcase students who are extrinsically motivated to study even though one appears to be more inherently thoughtful of their own benefit, while the other is doing it just to avoid punishment and is more dependent on the teacher’s or parent’s reaction. Children mostly do things that are
Children generally respond positively to the opportunity to be involved and share their ideas, suggestions and concerns. Giving children a chance to share their ideas and suggestions gives them a feeling of being involved and encourages participation within the guidelines set by the teaching staff. It builds confidence in children and young people to know that when they share these ideas with staff, they will be listened to and their contributions valued. Younger children may need to be prompted in the right direction with some of their suggestions and ideas as they are still developing. An example of this would be when writing a story and asking the children for possible endings – younger children may suggest unrealistic endings. Is this
Challenge student with challenging task to make them understand the subject, without given any extrinsic reward but with intrinsic reward such as, experience that they will get when they perform the task. Give the student a big support when they perform some task, to make they feel appreciate and sense of pleasure of learning something new. Eliminate grade as much as possible, to make the student more satisfy with the experience they get when they perform the task.
“It has been said: not all learning takes place in classroom. Compare and contrast knowledge gained from personal experience with knowledge gained from classroom instruction. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?“
Builds trust and honest where they will be able to ask for help on tasks.
The introduction of the SMART board would revolutionize the classroom and how students would learn as soon school systems all over would integrate them into their classrooms.
Keep them enthusiastic about learning, make them energetic. Give a shape to their daily work that they can see the result of their own work.