Teacher's Role
At all levels teachers play a very active role throughout the learning in :
Helping learners to authenticate learning – making links to curriculum learning, interests, existing knowledge; to harness curiosity, love of learning.
Helping learners to own the learning; to frame goals, purpose, audience, roles, plans, deadlines, checkpoints, criteria; to identify and apply optimum LEARNING STRATEGIES for the learning process.
Helping learners to establish/ build ‘big picture’ foundation knowledge.
Helping students to define info needs; to establish topic overview, knowledge gaps and Key Filters.
Coaching learners to determine and use best info sources/ info resources/ info technologies/ search strategies; to select and reject info; to frame info claims.
Coaching learners to ‘interview’ and analyse info; to understand and ‘process’ this info; to synthesise best info to match need, record info selectively, organise it effectively.
Coaching learners to construct knowledge claims from analysed, synthesised info; to represent facts, own ideas, opinions and understandings, and support knowledge claims with evidence.
Coaching learners to communicate knowledge – translate knowledge into clearly framed messages related to learning purpose and audience, meeting assessment requirements, and using the potential of medium and technology effectively.
Helping learners to authenticate learning – making links to curriculum learning, interests, existing knowledge; to harness curiosity, love of learning.
Helping learners to own the learning; to frame goals, purpose, audience, roles, plans, deadlines, checkpoints, criteria; to identify and apply optimum LEARNING STRATEGIES for the learning process.
Helping learners to establish/ build ‘big picture’ foundation knowledge.
Helping students to define info needs; to establish topic overview, knowledge gaps and Key Filters.
Coaching learners to determine and use best info sources/ info resources/ info technologies/ search strategies; to select and reject info; to frame info claims.
Coaching learners to ‘interview’ and analyse info; to understand and ‘process’ this info; to synthesise best info to match need, record info selectively, organise it effectively.
Coaching learners to construct knowledge claims from analysed, synthesised info; to represent facts, own ideas, opinions and understandings, and support knowledge claims with evidence.
Coaching learners to communicate knowledge – translate knowledge into clearly framed messages related to learning purpose and audience, meeting assessment requirements, and using the potential of medium and technology effectively.
