Friday, February 3, 2012
Journalism and News Club: School Report - March 15th 2012
Journalism and News Club: School Report - March 15th 2012: On 15 March 2012, schools take part in an annual News Day, simultaneously creating video, audio and text-based news reports, and publishin...
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
7B - a breakthrough?
Just had the lesson with 7B which was observed by Alan Howe, and still trying to come to terms with a new side of the students I have not seen before. For the first time, the students were wanting to answer questions instead of waiting to be picked. They were also listening to each other and were starting to ask questions.
This is not something I have seen in many classes, let alone with a Year 7 class. They knew enough about the topic to ask me questions and it seems what they have done in humanities is working - the knew so much about renewable energy before we even taught it!
By today's lesson the groundwork for the constructive controversy debates have been put in place, but it is obvious that the topic needs to be introduced a bit more robustly.
7B shocked me, and reminded me of why I went into teaching. A positive outcome already, and we're not even talking about the students!
Abdulla
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Alan's 3 research Questions
Alan Howe Presents the
following research questions:
Qualitative action research will investigate the following research
questions:
·
How does participation in disciplined discussion and debate impact on
overall attainment?
§ What degree of repeat
exposure to organised discussion and debate is needed to make a difference to
student proficiency?
·
Does increased proficiency in discussion and debate of ideas result in
improved writing?
§ What is involved in
supporting students in making the move from spoken argument to effective
written argument?
·
What kinds of explicit instruction and coaching in discussion and debate
skills make the most difference?
§ In particular, what is
involved in introducing organised discussion and debate to younger students
(e.g. year 7, and even younger in the case of the partner primary school and
nursery), given that most evidence of debating activity is with older (and
often more academically inclined) students?
A reflective
commentary by participating teachers will track their developing use of
specific classroom strategies and approaches, and their increased understanding
of what has the most impact on student progress and learning.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Burkina Faso's energy problems
Hi all,
Science's contribution to the Talking school project during this half term is based on the uses of energy and how to become more sustainable as a society. To that end, I present an article I read in The Independent which I will simplify for the students. The article reports on Burkina Faso's over-dependence on cutting their forests down for its' energy needs.
A significant statistic from the article is that about 85% of Burkina Faso's forests have been cut down. With the students working towards making an "eco-city" in the next few lessons, this is a sobering fact that needs to be considered.
Abdulla
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Year 7 Humanities
Click on this link in order to see all of the resources for the upcoming term (Term 3 - Jan 2012...)
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