Week 4 Mindlab

Here we go - reading notes below - a bit rough - hard to read off computer;

Something done creates a result - reward/feedback to - positive reinforcement

Teacher - as facilitator

Connectionism - 

Dewey: Progressive - self governing - teacher guides, OE, hands on - something to do not something to learn

Vygotsky: social ZPD, help from others - 

Piaget: COnsturctivism - 4stages

Educational environments - promote discovery - new things not repeating - knowledge constructon social concept

Bandar: SCT

Teachers - models - media effects

Seely Brown: performance in situations - instead of knowledge

Papert: Constructionism - learning by doing - electronic media

Lave, Wenger: Community of practice - collaborative

Siemens: Connectivism - share learn information

Aware of what is happening - unable to keep up

Research informed teaching - shaped by research

Do not make any conclusions based on one piece - you need evidence

Meta analysis - more evidence = better theory

Leadership article

1. Research -led,  where  the curriculum content is  based on the research  interests of teachers
2. Research-oriented, where the process of

learning content is seen as important as the content itself and hence, an

emphasis on learning inquiry skills

    3. Research-based teaching, where the curriculum  is based on inquiry-based  activities rather than acquisition of content

4. Research-informed teaching, which consciously draws on systematic inquiry into the teaching and learning process itself.

The fourth point is the most important point of the article. Practice is research informed, research shapes our practice. In class notes

• Article acknowledges that teaching is a private affair what we know about how people teach comes from self description.
• Despite wanting to student driven classrooms are often teacher-led
• Teachers often teach not on their beliefs but how they were taught.
• Our teaching techniques do not relate well to current research
• There is  commonality across teaching of key important things to do as a teacher - managing relationships etc
• We need to ask what research we need to base our teaching on? Best available research, using qualitative and quantitative data
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In class  notes

What is the relationship between leadership and research?

Why might a leader need to be research-informed?

• We rely on the leader to know best, don’t want to be in a time warp, be informed in our teaching. We need to be aware with technology changes and changes that impact on teaching.
• Teaching practice is informed by the best thinking available, best thing we can do.
• Article talks about how we are not familiarity with majority of thinkers in the education thinking, this is unusual in other area such as medicine.
• Do not make any conclusions based on a single study - in research everything works in regards to the preponderance of the study. Reflect on the research, see if it is confirmed by other research or relates to your context.
• Visible learning, blended learning - key meta research
• Better to base teaching on research rather than on the way we were taught.
• The Dr Fox lecture - good example of not questioning and being critical, otherwise can be fooled.

Knowledge is Adaptive

“Francesco Sizi ridiculed Galileo’s findings. There must be seven planets, Sizi said. After all, there are seven windows in the head - two nostrils, two ears, two eyes, and a mouth. There a seven known metals. There are seven days in a week, and they are already named after the seven known planets. “ If we increase” the number of planets, he said, the whole system falls a part.

“What is self-evident today is tomorrow’s fallacy or tale of ridicule.”

Top ten learning theories for digital and collaborative teaching

Assessment - real world problem solving - maths students struggle to connect and retain their learning because they can’t see real world context

Introduce self, then problem look at what the literature says about it, make sure you introduce the proposed outcomes, then outline the solutions and say which one you are doing due to your context what solution you will choose.

Look at 21st century skills and the rubric.

Meme -

APA - referencing - do it as writing - quick notes

Word - APA reference option.

Reference - manager - record

Searched the library

kotahitanga - Greater together - 
Maori - ideals of collaboration - 

Coding in electronics - starting with the problem
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