1. Theory and Practice of Learning and Teaching
Week 1
Wednesday 1st March 2017

2. Circle Time Activity Rules: Right to pass, One person speaks at a time
No put downs
Uses specific strategies that are safe, inclusive and fun
Has a facilitator
Activities: welcoming and name games using a ball, silent statements, mixing group – birth months in order, memory game, think/pair/share- two foods you both like, reflection-clearing the mind.

3. Amendment
Victorian Curriculum is used for assessment task 3 not Australian Curriculum.

4. A Teacher’s Practical Theory
Looking at Figure 14.1 Churchill (2013)
This theory is built of different pieces or frames of understanding:
Craft knowledge – critically informed classroom experiences during practicums and then as a classroom teacher
Personal practical knowledge – tacit knowledge built from past experiences in the classroom, knowledge of yourself, your students, how to teach content and the context, also parental models of teaching when you were young
Personal and life experiences that may present a contradictory or complementary lens through which you view current events and context
Formal education and experiences on your journey to becoming a teacher.

5. Assessment Task 1
EDFGC 5807: Theory and practice of learning and teaching (Primary)
Assessment Task :
Title: Peer Teaching & Reflection
Word limit: 2000 words or equivalent.
Weighting/value: 25%
Due Date: Friday 7th April, 2017 at 11.55pm (week 6)

6. Assessment Task 1 (Part 1)
Prepare a plan (Plan A) for a 10 minute lesson that you will teach to a small group of your peers.
Teach the lesson and receive feedback from two of your fellow students/peers
The lesson must be a teaching session based on an educational theorist and NOT a presentation or teacher-centred ‘telling event’. The lesson must involve some degree of interaction aimed at enhancing your learners’ understanding of your lesson’s content. The lesson should include the use of at least one teaching aid (e.g. poster, piece of equipment, handout/activity for your learners to complete).

7. Ideas for engaging students in the Peer teaching Activity
Drawing Movement
Writing words Mirror activity
Video Note taking
Balloons Small group/collaborative activity
Partner activity Putting pictures into categories
Guitar Music
Think pair share Brainstorm ideas
One minute sentence Images of people/categorizing
Sharing information Grouping objects

8. Assessment Task 1 (Part 2)
Use peer feedback
Use of your teaching to prepare a second amended version of the lesson plan (Plan B) that clearly identifies the changes you have made to Plan A, justifies the changes you have made and reflects what you have learned from the lesson planning and peer teaching experience (Self-evaluation);
Submit Plans A & B for assessment including a summary in which your Self- evaluation and Justification of Changes are clearly presented. The Summary must include descriptions of the peer feedback you received.
The submitted assessment includes the original lesson plan (Plan A), a revised lesson plan (Plan B) as APPENDICES and a 2000 word summary outlining your reflections of how the lesson went, the feedback you received, and a statement of justification for the amendments you made to your first plan.

9. Microteaching Practice Lesson Plan Proforma
Microteaching Feedback Form
Assessment Rubrics

10. Educational Theorists
Using electronic devises find an educational theorist
Write name on Peer Teaching Activity sheet

11. List of Educational Theorists
Jean Piaget
Jerome Bruner
Erik Erickson
Lawrence Kohlberg
John D Bransford
Alfred Binet
John Dewey
Friedrich Froebel
Rudolf Steiner
Maria Montessori
Ivan Pavlov
Carl Rogers
Sir Ken Robinson
John Hattie
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Lev Vygotsky
David Kolb
John Locke
Emilia Reggio
Charles Spearman
Abraham Maslow
Jack Mezitow
Seymour Papert
Benjamin Bloom
Howard Gardner
Albert Bandura
B F Skinner
Robert Gagne
Edward De Bono
Paulo Freire
Anthony Gregorc
Malcolm Knowles
Martin
Luther King
Nel Noddings
Plato
Donald Schon
David Merrill
Edward Thorndike

12. Educational Theorists
Readings:
1. Comparison of theorists

13. The 4Rs Model of Reflective Thinking
Reporting and responding
Relating
Reasoning
Reconstructing
Each group member takes one part and reads the nominated article. Next week join together as a group and present findings to class.

14. Readings for Week 2 Using the 4Rs Model of Reflective Thinking
In groups of 4, choose one reading, report back
1. Groundwater-Smith et al Chapter 5 The learning environment
2. Korthagen & Vasalos Levels in Reflection: core reflection as a means to enhance professional growth
3. Moore What makes a good teacher?
4. Hirst & Cooper Choreographing the classroom spaces