& Tell. Student during the idea week and each other between about… subjects 5 5 mins Next steps Students Students collate Students activities such as need to be evidence in a personal personal 1: SMART target able to portfolio (digital or portfolios setting articulate their physical). should 2: Recording of progress contain what to do for across the examples of personal portfolio curriculum. journaling e.g. bring in a high and excellent quality piece of work. They work are working 3: Follow up towards a questions and final research to presentation discussion of learning (POL) that highlights progress across the year. Philosophy for Children: This approach allows students to ask and discuss philosophical questions. Students are sat in a circle and using a stimuli, ask students to design their own philosophical questions. Facilitators will need to help students understand what makes a good philosophical question. Students then vote on the questions they are most interested in and discuss in a circle. Facilitators must help students to listen and take turns to speak and encourage dialogue. More can be found at Harkness table: Harkness teaching can improve student discussion. Small groups of usually 12 sit around a table and share, discuss and discover based on prepared material. E.g. an interesting article. Read more at Socratic seminar: This is another approach to discussion where students sit in a ‘goldfish bowl’ and discuss a complex and deep piece of text. This should be linked to their learning in one of their academic disciplines. The inner circle discuss the text, the middle circle note down the content of the discussion and the outer circle monitor and feedback on the quality of the discussion. This video explains how Socratic Seminars work Show and tell: The method is in the name. Students bring in work or something they have been learning both at home and school, show and tell about it to the class. This could take on a metacognitive element where students have to talk through the thinking process.
& Tell. Student each other about… during the week and between subjects idea 5 5 mins Next steps activities such as 1: SMART target setting 2: Recording of what to do for personal portfolio e.g. bring in a high quality piece of work 3: Follow up questions and research to discussion Students need to be able to articulate their progress across the curriculum. Students collate evidence in a personal portfolio (digital or physical). Students personal portfolios should contain examples of journaling and excellent work. They are working towards a final presentation of learning (POL) that highlights progress across the year. Philosophy for Children: This approach allows students to ask and discuss philosophical questions. Students are sat in a circle and using a stimuli, ask students to design their own philosophical questions. Facilitators will need to help students understand what makes a good philosophical question. Students then vote on the questions they are most interested in and discuss in a circle. Facilitators must help students to listen and take turns to speak and encourage dialogue. More can be found at Harkness table: Harkness teaching can improve student discussion. Small groups of usually 12 sit around a table and share, discuss and discover based on prepared material. E.g. an interesting article. Read more at Socratic seminar: This is another approach to discussion where students sit in a ‘goldfish bowl’ and discuss a complex and deep piece of text. This should be linked to their learning in one of their academic disciplines. The inner circle discuss the text, the middle circle note down the content of the discussion and the outer circle monitor and feedback on the quality of the discussion. This video explains how Socratic Seminars work Show and tell: The method is in the name. Students bring in work or something they have been learning both at home and school, show and tell about it to the class. This could take on a metacognitive element where students have to talk through the thinking process.
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