You may recall that several weeks ago I posted an overview of the workshops we held for the students regarding brains, learning, and learning environments. Overall, they seemed to go well, though we have not managed to do more than an informal evaluation of them.
The purpose of the workshops was to give the students some basic information about how they learn. Next- tomorrow- we discuss in small groups four basic questions:
What skills do you need for the immediate future? What knowledge do you need? What do we need to emphasize more? What is lacking here at TAS?
The format is several small, teacher facilitated groups. The teacher merely keeps the discussion focused and takes lots of notes.
Next, we will collate the responses and post them here and on one of the bulletin boards at school. Hopefully this will provoke some discussion. Perhaps by the end of the school year we will have some consensus on what to tweak, what to change, and what to change completely.
The overall goal is increasing each students' awareness of and involvement in their own education.
(BTW, the gender neutral "their" is deliberate!)
The purpose of the workshops was to give the students some basic information about how they learn. Next- tomorrow- we discuss in small groups four basic questions:
What skills do you need for the immediate future? What knowledge do you need? What do we need to emphasize more? What is lacking here at TAS?
The format is several small, teacher facilitated groups. The teacher merely keeps the discussion focused and takes lots of notes.
Next, we will collate the responses and post them here and on one of the bulletin boards at school. Hopefully this will provoke some discussion. Perhaps by the end of the school year we will have some consensus on what to tweak, what to change, and what to change completely.
The overall goal is increasing each students' awareness of and involvement in their own education.
(BTW, the gender neutral "their" is deliberate!)
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