WEEK5

 **WEEK5**

Summary of the Lecture -- Week 5 Author: Zhao Wei Peng (Bon) 

In this week's lecture, we focused on the models of teaching and learning. We discussed the models of teaching which are based on Metacognition, Learning Theorists, Academic Disciplines and Developmental studies of the Human Intellect. The nine guiding principles also light our sparkle of understanding education and what learning atmosphere could be applied to. We considered the role of teaching as well. Teaching as a performance aimed at making learning happened and also can be regarded as facilitation of learning. What impressed me deeply is the 5 Es of teaching which involves engage, explore,explain,elaborate and evaluate. The 5 Es allow learners and instructors to experience common activities and build the prior knowledge and experience on individuals knowledge construction and to continually assess their understanding of concept. A question was left as the ending, that is " What models of Teaching and Learning are relevant for 21st Century?" It is a significant question to all the educators because the era we face changes so fast and the development of technology is far beyond what we expected before. We need to have a clear view as educators ourselves and an evolving concept of our own education philosophy so that we can catch the dramatic pacing development of education.

**Reflection on the week5's workshop Author: Akie Yoshida Useful Link. Check this out!!** [Tube|Teacher Tube]

The lecture ended up the question which was " what models of teaching and learning are relevant for 21st century?". In the workshop, we did a brainsorming to find answers of this question. There are so many elements to be taought and none of them are wrong. The following are some ideas that came up in the workshop. Discussion**
 * Critical thinking**, to choose and process massive information
 * Creativity**, to be adaptable
 * Innovation** for new technology
 * Fundamental knowledge**, literacy and numeracy
 * Collaboration

All the things around the world, community and yourself are connected to each other, and therefore I personally believe in teaching and learning models such as collaboration and cooperation. As Greg said in the lecture that learning is a part of social activity, it can be said social activity is a part of learning.

Three handouts about Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardenr's Multiple Intelligences can be introduced into classroom as a tool of evaluation, which would allow teachers to measure that depth of student's understanding. One of the handouts is for the evaluation combining both ideas of Bloom's Taxonomy and Gardner's theory. As they say there are various levels in student's learning, it is important to see their understanding at the different points of view. However, looking at the reality in a classroom with a number of students, it seems to be difficult for me to apply this worksheet. In addition, as my study goes deeper I realize the importance of catering the small number of students in a classroom so that teacher can take well care of them.

__ Author: Eileen Gomes __ This week’s readings were mostly composed about the learning of the multiple intelligences and the different types of learning styles. There are 8 different multiple intelligences. ** Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence: ** This area has to do with words, spoken or written There are many different learning styles suitable for each person’s learning ability. There are many theories and facts leading to a person’s learning knowledge. I focused on two Learning cycles, one from David Kolb’s perspective and the other Honey’s and Mumford’s perspectives. David Kolb observes four categories of learning—learning experience (what we know about prior knowledge), observe and reflect (what we see and important facts we need to reflect on), generalize and conceptualize (the general facts we already know) and experiment and integrate (what are find were and how we’ll discuss them).  Learning is mainly portrayed from the experiences we have already had, seen or done. That is how we expand our knowledge. Honey’s and Mumford’s cycle consists for having experience, reviewing the experience, concluding from the experience and planning the next step.  Both cycles have the same model structure and their points of views are very similar. Different experiences are what matter in the learning process. From any prior experiences we’ve had we just build our learning abilities from them.
 * __ Summary of the Readings—Week # 5 __**
 * Logical/Mathematical Intelligence ** : This area has to do with logic, abstractions, reasoning, and numbers
 * Visual/ Spatial Intelligence ** : This area has to do with vision and spatial judgment
 * Bodily/ Kinaesthetic Intelligence ** : This area has to do with bodily movement
 * Musical/ Rhythmical Intelligence ** : This area has to do with rhythm, music, and hearing
 * Interpersonal Intelligence ** : This area has to do with interaction with others
 * Intrapersonal Intelligence ** : This area has to do with introspective and self-reflective capacities
 * Naturalist Intelligence ** : This area has to do with nature, nurturing and relating information to one's natural surroundings

Image: [] ** General Comments Author: Haining Lu **

In this week’s lecture and workshop, we had some discussions about models of teaching and learning. Apparently, this topic has been debated for a long long time and there have been a lot of innovations and changes in the model and teaching and learning.

There is top-down teaching model, which is direct teaching form teacher to students. There is social teaching model, which is student-teacher shared/negotiated teaching and learning. Now, bottom-up teaching model is advocated, which is much more student-centered. Apart from that, there is cooperative learning and constructive approach etc.

Facing with this wide range of model, it is really up to us teacher to choose what the most suitable model is to use in our own classroom. I hope to create a classroom where teachers and students are co-learners; where every individual’s idea is valued; where everybody feels safe and comfortable and ready to absorb new information from the outside world; where learning is not merely information transmission but a process of creation and transformation; where learning doesn’t become a daily chore that students needs to do but a engaging and interesting life experience.

I understand there is a long way to go in order to achieve the ideal model of learning and teaching. A spirit of never-give-up and a passion of teaching is required to do this job.

P.S. I found a informative website for different types of teaching models that I want to share with you. []