Geography unit planning framework
17/06/10 | No comments
The Geography networked learning community have designed this unit outline as a framework to develop units of work. Click through to find the units.
All blog posts tagged "teaching and learning"
This blog contains many ideas and resources for talking about the curriculum in your school. Click on the find more link to see the full blog posts.
Flexibility in the new curriculum
18/02/08 | No comments
"The programmes we design need to have sufficient in-built flexibility that students can each bring their own personal response to the learning experience in a manner that is shared and out in the open. In that way, their personal experience and perspectives become a resource for the learning of all, and diversity is valued rather than suppressed or ignored." Graham Foster, teacher
Try this strategy, suggested by Rachel Bolstad:
Student engagement in school
21/11/08 | No comments
Michael Wesch discusses a common statement made by teachers that 'some children are not cut out for school'. He then makes the point that School is Learning and therefore is it fair to say that 'some children are not cut out for learning'?
Classrooms that develop learning power
15/11/08 | 1 comment
Dispositions are powerful predictors of how people will do in life and it is our job to protect them and help them to develop. What does developing mean?
Final word strategy - Robert Garmston PLOT PD
26/08/08 | No comments
This strategy can be used for any readings relating to curriculum. We used it to examine a key competency from The nature of key competencies, a background paper by Rosemary Hipkins.
Walk and talk
26/06/08 | No comments
Here are two online resources you could use to spark ideas and discussion on the importance of visiting other classrooms, sharing ideas and learning from each other.
Time 4 innovation online conference
27/05/08 | No comments
The time 4 innovation online conference facilitated by the ICTPD team runs from 26th May to 13th June. The resources are still available online once the conference is finished and well worth having a look.