ED4001 Education for Change Seminar 10 More on ideas about Learning ED4001 Education for Change

Today’s Session Today’s seminar Mini module evaluation Tutorials – must book Education news Assignment 1 Discussing marks / feedback Learning from assessment 1 for next assessment Reflections on Bronfenbrenner Assessment 2 Group tutorials in class Academic writing Mini module evaluation Module so far quiz

Assessment 2 Understanding your marks – me using MASUS What learning / action will you carry forward from this assessment to your next? Degree Classifications Below 40 - fail 40-49% 3rd 50-59% 2.2 60-69% 2.1 70 plus first All assessments from all modules need to be passed It is possible to resit fails in the summer Assignment 1

Some General feedback on assessment 1 The strengths: Taking on ‘big ideas’ Understanding module content and ideas and using them in the essay. Using the correct academic style with clarity and confidence. Maintaining a formal academic voice throughout the essay. Organising and supporting the arguments for the change/s with reading in most sections. Making use of more reading than the required items from Minerva. Correct referencing in text and bibliography The weaknesses: Incorrect referencing in text and / or bibliography Lack of confidence with academic writing Over reliance on news sources. Not using reading provided on Minerva Use of conversational language. Unsubstantiated statements / comments. Tendency towards overstatement. Factual details not always correct Not using full word length Assignment 1

Reflecting on reading and lecture Your ecological systems – where do you fit? ‘microsystem’ all the environments a learner inhabits, together with the face-to-face interactions within those environments. Examples include the home, the family and language used. ‘mesosystems’ - interaction between two or more systems which influence the learner directly. Examples include: how and whether an education setting values and builds positive home/school relationships. ‘Exosystem’ systems refer to the environments and relationships which the child does not experience first hand, but which have an indirect influence on them. Examples are: opportunities for employment in the locality or parents’ working hours. The broadest context is the ‘macrosystem’ in which all the other systems are embedded. Every person is a part of a wider political, economic, social and cultural setting which influences the world of individual learners. DRAW YOUR OWN ECOLOGY! Reflecting on reading and lecture

Assessment two - structure Ensure you use correct Harvard Referencing and Academic English – look at examples and resources we have shown you to help with this, and your feedback from essay 1. Introduction Give a brief introduction to what are you going to cover in this essay. Introduce some relevant reading. Which piece of writing are you considering and how will you analyse that piece of writing? A concise summary of the paper / learning theories Write a concise summary of the key points in your chosen piece of writing. Make use of reading to support the key points. Discuss the theories of learning which are relevant to the piece of writing.

The trustworthiness of the research Apply Lincoln and Guba’s trustworthiness structure to the piece of writing. Credibility .. Have the researchers spent sufficient time in the field to learn or understand the culture, social setting, and general context the research?  Is there evidence of rapport and trust between the researchers and the participants? Transferability .. could the findings of this inquiry transfer beyond the bounds of the project? Dependability .. are findings are consistent and could they be repeated elsewhere? Confirmability .. do the findings emerge from the data and not from the predispositions bias of the researcher?‘ Conclusion Summarise your key conclusions about the piece of writing What implications do the results have for education? 

Reflecting on Learning Assignment 2 – Peer / Group Q and A Discuss any issues you have with assessment 2 List them as a group Discuss with Jim as he comes round each table Reflecting on Learning

Useful weblinks Edstudiesbathspa – where I keep all the Ed4001 resources www.edstudiesbathspa.wikispaces.com All the weblinks for news items etc https://del.icio.us/jimcrawley A new, free study skills website https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/page/study-skills?priorityCode=E16B314 Baxter Magolda’s book .. Some of it missing, but more to read than chapter 1 https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Making_Their_Own_Way.html?id=Z90M3rlRxbgC&redir_esc=y