Teaching students who are gifted in the natural sciences and mathematics to study literature: a practitioner research project Dr. David Holloway School.

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Teaching students who are gifted in the natural sciences and mathematics to study literature: a practitioner research project Dr. David Holloway School of Education and Continuing Studies University of Portsmouth Mi Nguyen Da Nang City Vietnam

Outline of the Presentation Introduction Research question Context: Vietnamese Education Research site Research Design: Methodology Data collection Analysis and Findings Conclusions

Research question How can we improve the teaching and learning for students who are gifted in the natural sciences and mathematics in the study of literature ?

Vietnamese Learners (Vietnamese learners) are very traditional in their learning styles: they are quiet and attentive, good at memorizing and following directions, reluctant to participate (though knowing the answers), shy away from oral skills and from group interaction; they are meticulous in note-taking; they go “by the book” and rely on pointed information, and regard the teacher as the complete source of knowledge. Nguyen 2002

Characteristics of Vietnamese education: Memorisation of factual information in preparation for examinations Uncritical acceptance of knowledge transmitted from the teacher Teachers role is didactic, to impart knowledge Students are required to internalize what is taught regardless of its usefulness Students show little interest in group work or teamwork, critical thinking and problem-solving activities Students are diligent and adaptive but lack flexibility Students tend to look for perfection and are therefore fearful of failure Qualifications are more important than the quality of education (Adapted from Saito and Tsukui (2008) and and Tuong Lai (2000))

The School Mission and Aims Currently there are no written aims or statement of mission. However, there is widespread informal knowledge about the school. Thus, the school’s implicit goals include: Its most important function is to prepare high quality human resources for the city. To educate and train students for international and national academic contests; To prepare students for entry to prestigious international and national universities; To nurture and preserve the moral qualities of each student.

The School Intake The high school educates students age 16 to 18. Every year, the school enrols approximately 300 students to the following subjects (2013 – 2014): Gifted in mathematics: 70 Gifted in literature: 25 Gifted in physics : 50 Gifted in history : 10 Gifted in chemistry : 35 Gifted in geography: 10 Gifted in informatics :20 Gifted in English: 40 Gifted in biology: 35 Gifted in French : 05 Students gifted in natural science subjects are, therefore, 57% of the total number of students.

Students in the study ( ) Class 10A1 (Gifted in maths, 16 years old): total 35 students, 24 boys and 11 girls. Class 10A2 (Gifted in maths, 16 years old): total 34 students, 16 boys and 18 girls. Class 10A3 (Gifted in physics, 16 years old): total 25 students, 17 boys, 8 girls. Class 10A5 (Gifted in informatics, 16 years old): total 20 students, 16 boys, 4 girls.

Research Design Methodology - practitioner enquiry qualitative 2 Phases Phase 1 : The teacher asked students in 2 classes of mathematics, 1 class of physics and 1 class of informatics a set of questions about their reading activities.

Research Design 2 Phase 2: The teacher made changes in classroom assessment and teaching approaches. -Classroom assessment: assessing reading and writing skills rather than memorised knowledge; based on the use of new material. -Teaching approaches: worked with the students to identify and clarify the purpose, relevance and methods of the lesson before covering content. => An experiment: the use of the comparative method in reading an important literature material.

Findings PHASE 1: STUDENTS’ READING ACTIVITIES -The students were very aware of reading reference books on their main subjects. -Most of them read literature books, and tend to go for easy reading ones. -Most of them read comics and teenage newspapers, except a large number of students from class 10A1. =>Perhaps none of these findings are surprising. But Phase 1 of the enquiry was important in order to identify the students reading activities and, arguably, to provide evidence and insight to underpin the teacher researcher’s own beliefs about her students and to provide the basis for Phase 2 activities.

Phase 2: ASSESSMENT AND TEACHING APPROACHES ASSESSMENT: -Students responded positively to the new test during interviews. However, two classes (10A3, 10A5) appeared to be reluctant and perplexed at the beginning. -Students were aware of the pressure of achieving high grades.

TEACHING APPROACHES’S CASE STUDY: -Students responded positively to the lesson during interviews. -2/3 teachers expressed very positive views about the lesson. Furthermore, they claimed that the teacher – researcher could spend more time preparing students in advance.

CONCLUSIONS Overall it is difficult to provide a full assessment of the initiative at this stage. Nevertheless some tentative conclusions can be drawn. The students on the whole were positive because they appreciated the new pedagogic approach and they were interested in the new elements, both the materials and the approach to assessment. For them a major shortcoming was a lack of consistency between teaching and assessment. In addition the students are under considerable pressure to achieve high grades and as a consequence are reluctant to adopt new approaches. Teachers were only engaged in the final stages of Phase 2. Overall they too were positive but one was critical preferring the traditional approach. However the teachers were more critical of the comparative approach, not the actual teaching. All of them were agreed that the teacher should have spent more time preparing the students in advance.