Hence the need to engage in detail with the underpinnings and implications of ‘child-centred’ education. This requires a fundamental change in how we think of learners and the process of learning. Our current concern in curriculum development and reform is to make it an inclusive and meaningful experience for children, along with the effort to move away from a textbook culture. Sir Ken is an eminent educationalist and in his talks he expresses his personal position regarding the role of teachers, drawing on explicit moral values that embrace principles of truth, justice, fairness, equity, inclusion and ethical actions.

Watch the short videos of Sir Ken Robinson speaking. (Guidance on using your study notebook can be found in the document ‘ Your study notebook’.)

What characterises teacher–student relationships? How do teachers treat students?.

What would you observe teachers and students doing?.

The following questions might help you to think about your ideal classroom: Note in your study notebook some key words or phrases to describe your vision for quality classroom teaching and learning. It will also help you to judge the effectiveness of your actions as a teacher educator. Of course, I am extremely partial to the play itself as well.Articulating your vision for teaching and learning is useful because it helps you to make your goals and ambitions explicit, and enables you to share them. I think this would be good to use with any play that they have available, I particularly liked the A Streetcar Named Desire handout.

They incorporate suggested activities for before, during, and after reading the play. The handouts give tips about teaching about the play and how to implement staging directions into the teaching. I personally liked the English Language Learners portion of that section which gave some great strategies and methods on incorporating these students' learning into your lesson plans.įor use in my classroom, I would probably most often use the handouts within the drama section of the literature lesson plans. What I also found interesting was that the website also provides a special needs resources section that you can use when taking into account appropriate modifications and accommodations within your lesson plan for you students with special needs. There is also a large section of Assessment Resources as well to take into consideration when writing a lesson plan. You can browse the lesson by grade, subject, or theme. For the Literature category, there are 3,116 different lesson plan ideas and templates. For the Reading and Language Arts category, there are 7,565 lesson plan resources available. So many lesson plans in one place, it is amazing.

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