Topic 3 Home
Have you read the Readings? Reading 3.8
says schools create a 'factory-like approach' for students which may not assist
in their learning process. What does this mean? Why has this been said?
Read the Readings!
All of them!
Resources
What is the purpose of writing an Annotated Bibliography http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html
See topic 4 as resources have not been exactly divided as per the topics
Hi Anne,
I was just wondering if you could tell me what those schools that are level
based rather than aged based are called. That could be a possible change in the
next decade and i would like to look them up but have NO idea what they are
called!! Thanks so much!
From A Student
Answer- Good Question. I have provided some links on my web site. Go to Topic 3, Grouping. They are provided here to help further research. I found these with a quick Google search and may not be the best sites available. Please share information if you find out more about this topic. 2 warnings.
Warning 1- You cannot choose one or two aspects that have persisted and discuss only these unless the question asks you to do this. If the question is general, you must discuss the range of factors that have persisted.
Warning 2- Do not spend too much time researching. You need to practise writing essays and organising your ideas. Research is wasted if it is not well thought out and expressed and unless it it used effectively to answer the topic as asked in the exam. Make sure you practise structuring answers. Generally in an exam, you will face a shortage of time and will not be able to go into great depth on very specific areas.
Cheerio, Anne
http://www.21learn.org/arch/articles/davidhood_pacific.html (David Hood is quoted in Townsend p2) http://www.edspace.school.nz/pages/propo2.html http://www.ero.govt.nz/speeches/1998/cro131198.htm
White Paper http://www.education.qld.gov.au/etrf/whitepaper/pdfs/youthwhitepaper.pdf
Employability
http://www.avetra.org.au/2002%20conference%20pages/comyn.pdf
2020 Visions for the Future of Education http://www.tcpd.org/thornburg/handouts/2020visions.html
Transforming the way we learn http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/
School culture: bridge or barrier to change http://www.sedl.org/change/school/culture.html
10 ways online learning surpasses face to face learning http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1059
Good practices http://www.ucd.ie/~teaching/good/deep.htm
Surface and deep learning http://www.curtin.edu.au/home/allen/we3/igm/030703.html
Planning for Effective Instruction http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/faculty/wenning/ptefiles/311content/effective/effective.html
A framework for teaching http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/teaching/TutorTraining/deepSurface.html
Structure of learning http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SER/Diversity/sec-i5.html
Structuring learning http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed370881.html
Learning styles http://www.algonquinc.on.ca/lrc/teaching/theories.html
Conceptions of curriculum http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre/index.asp?id=17542
learning styles
http://www.austcolled.com.au/archives/unicorn/unicorn-1200/8Atkin01.html
ICT in the curriculum. This article is by one of the tutors for this course. http://www.andrewseaton.com.au/wine.htm
Resources below not so good
Australian Primary Principal's Association http://www.icponline.org/feature_articles/f17_01.htm
Innovative teaching http://www.avetra.org.au/2001%20conference%20pages/PAPERS%202001/Cummings%20Owen.pdf
History Vic Education http://www.det.vic.gov.au/det/schooled/history.htm
QLD govt- sounds good or is it just politics? http://www.thepremier.qld.gov.au/smartstate/education_training/
Adelaide Paper http://www.curriculum.edu.au/mceetya/public/pub322.htm
Teaching in a learning Age
http://www.tlrp.org/pub/acadpub/Ainley2000.pdf
Topic ideas
"What will teaching and schools be like in 2007?...I think schools will be pretty much like now, only more so. Some schools and classrooms, and some teachers, will have changed a great deal. Some will have changed hardly at all." (Boston , reading 2.4, p12)
Discuss.
"There is nothing natural or given about the way schools are organised. The "rules" were not etched in stone brought down from Mount Sinai. Schools are the historical product of particular groups with particular interests and values at particular times. They are, in other words, political in origin. If we are to understand schooling as it is we need to understand the key influences of the industrial age - the modern era- on education. If we are to understand what schooling can and should become we need to understand the essential features of the information age, or the post-modern world. " http://www.21learn.org/arch/articles/davidhood_pacific.html
Discuss
"Structurally the curriculum is much the same as it has been for the last 50 years as is how teachers approach the curriculum. Students are still divided into classes of about the same number, primarily based on age. The day is rigidly fixed within specific timeframes and divided by inflexible timetables. Teachers teach subjects, and front up each hour to a different group of students. Classrooms are designed and used as they were 50 years ago, even though the decor might have changed. Assessment of learning is still dominated by national external examinations.:" Hood, David from Townsend Reading 1.1.p2
Do you agree or not? Why?
Consider the large changes that need to be explored in Australian schools and describe how these changes, if implemented, would impact upon your professional career.
Explain how technological advancement and globalisation may bring about large changes in regards to the teaching and learning methods used within Australian schools. Compare this to current methods employed within schools.