MindLab Week 4

Well another week down, and things are starting to make sense. 🙌🙌🙌🙌


Our first assignment is due next week and as usual, I was over thinking it and getting too ahead of myself. I had started to implement the new teaching approach in my class programme already, only to find out that, that is in the second assignment. Oh well, it was good to see that it will be successful when implemented on a regular basis.
I carried out a student voice survey using a Google Doc. The students were told that it was completely anonymous, so they could be honest and tell me how they really felt. It was a great activity to do, so that I can start to get a clearer picture on why they don't always engage with certain activities. The findings showed that they like to work with students who motivate them to keep going, students who like to learn and work to a high standard. They like to have hands on tasks as well as online opportunities, the reasoning for that is that they find it easier and faster to write online. They like to have hands on tasks so that they work with peers and they take the learning in more, it just seems to make sense to them. So keeping that in mind, Sarah and I decided that we would trial the flipped classroom approach, where students watch the learning online at one of the stations and then rotate around all the tables. This allows the teacher to have time to work more with students. It also caters to the need for hands on tasks as the other stations have a range of activities to be completed around whatever the topic is.











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