Competencies and consequences … choices to make April

Key questions profession competency profile curriculum What does a teacher need? What goals to achieve? What plan to achieve these goals?

Curriculum as a process Starting situationCompetency profile Content -what -how -sequence Methods Activities - students - teachers Educational media Evaluation individualprofessional

Starting situation How do students learn? How get students motivated? Learning by doing Activating methods

Competency based learning A competency is the ability to use knowledge, skills and attitudes in a real situation in an adequate way Focus is not alone on knowledge, but on integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes

Competency based education process Competencies Assessment methods Educational arrangements

A selection of teaching methods TEACHER CENTERED STUDENT CENTERED COOPERATIVE DIRECTFrontal instruction Multimedia interactive Interaction COACHEDModelling Monitoring SimulationRoleplay PROBLEM BASED DemonstrationProblem solving Case study INTEGRATIVEIndependent task Project

Learning environment Dimensions: who / where / when? Who is in control? - teacher - student - group Where? - class room environment - open facilities - outside world When? - time - location

Learning environment Teacher guided Class room Teacher is the determinig, supervising person Teacher functions as an expert and source of knowledge Student depends on the information the teacher passes on student TEACHER student

Learning environment Student guided (self instruction) Student motivation is the keyword Teacher is present in a non supervising way Student acquires knowledge by making use of several tools Student is responsible for his own learning Student is responsible Instructor colleagues coach STUDENT multimedia library internet

Learning environment Cooperative learning Group work Assignments Problemsolving Learning with and from each other This can be done with or without a teacher student instructor internet library media coach communication

Class room environment Class room learning Same place Same time Same speed Same subject

Open facilities environment Open facilities learning Same place Variable time Variable speed Variable subject coach

Outside world learning environment Variable place Variable time Variable speed Variable subject School Tutoring juniors Community Tourist guide Hotel staff

New ways of assessment ProcessProduct Coaching Diary Reflection report Intervision Personal development plan Progress test Curriculum test Personality test Exercise test 360 degrees feedback Assessment Peer assessment Self assessment Knowledge test Essay Skills test Overall test Oral test (presentation) Simulation FORMATIVE, DIAGNOSTIC SUMMATIVE, SELECTIVE COACHING, GUIDANCE ASSESSMENT

Curriculum as a process Starting situationCompetency profile Content -what -how -sequence Methods Activities - students - teachers Educational media Evaluation RECOMMENDATIONS Motivation Previous knowledge Professional context K+S+A = Integration Learning by doing Mix better than pure! - project, problem, play, simulation Student centered Cooperative learning Independent learning Open facilities Internet, library, outside world Process + product Diagnostic + selective

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