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Nigel Coutts

Why build a Personal Learning Network? - 11 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 20 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 20 Sep 15
     
    'Inside the Black Box' was written by Black and William in 1998 and in it they describe the classroom as a black box with inputs and outputs but what occurred inside was a mystery. For many teachers the reality has been that what occurs in their classroom has been both private and isolating, a matter between the teacher and his or her students but a task largely tackled alone. But this isolationist view is, in the age of the social media and networking increasingly challenged and more and more teachers are finding their voice, sharing their ideas and gaining valuable insights from a global community of connected educators.
Nigel Coutts

Visual Literacy - Metalanguage & Learning - 24 views

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learning teaching visual literacy

shared by Nigel Coutts on 04 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 04 Oct 15
     
    An increasingly significant aspect of literacy is an awareness of the visual elements that fall beyond the traditional components of written text. Termed 'Visual Literacy' this is the ability to read and create communications that use visual elements. It combines the skills of traditional literacy with knowledge of design, art, graphic arts, media and human perception. It takes literacy further beyond a decoding of text to a decoding of the complete package around the communication.
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Writing Center Staff | Wilk - 0 views

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tutoring ESLlearners culturaldifferences

shared by lawagner on 07 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • delightful
  • gut-wrenching descent
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Thesis: understanding the differences and cultural factors will help with some guidelines for communicating with ESL students/tutees, thus leading to more beneficial tutoring sessions.
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      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Introduction
  • severe
  • ittle headway
  • communications gap.
  • made in the paper.
  • struggled
  • in my explanations
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Since the first paragraph identified the problem and stated the solution, the reader needs to understand what is causing the probelm
  • cultural factors plague important aspects of ESL communications in the writing center.
  • ack of a shared linguistic knowledge base,
  • ifferences in the educational, rhetorical, and cultural contexts of their language
  • acquisition
  • learning
  • subconsciously incorporating of linguistic forms through reading and listening.
  • consciously assimilating rules and forms through study and instruction.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      What causes the communication gap/ differences between what the ESL learner wrote and what the tutor is trying communicate as errors
  • Understanding those differences helps in formulating beneficial principles of communication
  • rhetorical models are quite diverse
  • In some cultures, one would be considered rude or abrupt to announce one's point immediately.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Socratic dialogue vs didactic context (lecture and passive learning)
  • Socratic dialogue
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      The tutor takes on the role of collaborator and is an authoritative figure based on didactic tutoring. Tutors don't need to know all the answers, but it seems this paragraph is saying start by using didactic tutoring and move towards Socratic dialogue.
  • didactic context
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      So we have a communications gap, how do we begin to communicate with the ESL learner. What tutoring style should we use? Didactic context and communicate collaboratively, but realize that tutor is more of an authoritative figure, telling/informing the tutee of what he/she must do.
  • shared assumptions and patterns of language
  • apply a principle they have learned to a grammar error.
  • communicate collaboratively
  • ole as cultural/rhetorical informants as well as collaborators.
  • Cultural differences in body language
  • attitudes and preferences
  • The acceptability of degrees of physical proximity and eye contact differ between cultures.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Cultural differences in body language (speaking without speaking), attitudes and preferences need to be known so that the tutor and tutee may communicate effectively. Examples of these cultural differences are given: Latin American, Arabic, Asian, and Chinese.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      When I have gone to a new country, such as Zambia and Mexico, I looked up the ways in which to communicate with folks there, forbidden hand gesture, is shaking hands okay. In some culture they kiss each other on the cheek as a greeting. Ignorance towards body language, attitudes, and preferences may drive an eternal wedge between the tutor and tutee. This is a huge part of understanding cultural differences.
  • it down first and allow the student to establish comfortable body positioning
  • ake body language cues from the writer
  • encouraging the student to speak up or ask questions
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      This paragraph answers a question Writing Centers, directors and tutors may wonder: Do I have to know everything about every culture in order to communicate effectively? When writing essays it's important to keep in mind questions that may arise from the intended audience.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      The tutor does not need to know everything about every culture, rather keenly observe the tutee, and modify behavior when appropriate.
  • utor can foster discourse through slightly modified behavior.
  • temptation to address too many issues in one session
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Another issue with tutoring ESL learners: trying to fix everything at once. They are not the same as a native English speaker and cannot be expected to eat, chew and digest everything put in front of them. You need to pick up the steak knife and cut up the steak into manageable pieces. 
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Native English speaker vs ESL learner; don't tutor them the same Although this paragraph seems slightly out of place and doesn't move the argument forward, it is a reminder that ESL students are tackling the foreign language and cannot be expected to handle the same workload as native speakers.
  • effective communications is best achieved by limiting the topics covered within the session
  • English is not the primary language.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Going back to ESL learners, a part of understanding cultural differences is understanding that they are coming to me for help with their writing-writing which is in a foreign language to them. Understanding prioritizing is part of the solution when tutoring ESL learner, and all learners consequently.
  • The driving force behind limiting is prioritizing.
  • the primary cultural barrier to communication
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Explaining the differences in mechanics seen in varying languages spoken by other cultures. Patience is key nevertheless.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      So how do tutors not overwhelm the tutees? By prioritizing-what is causing the most issues and go from there.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Communication barriers lie in the language itself and its attached conversational dialect, transcending into how the ESL learner communicates in their native tongue. * I think this paragraph could be two.
  • ack of fluency in conversational dialect
  • Close observation is a key to interpreting and dispelling cultural interference.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Summarizing the last several paragraphs; close observation is the key as well as other possible modifications.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Summarizing the main points is like the Therefore since we know all of this we can understand  the cultural differences between the tutor and ESL tutee and thus eliminate or at least reduce the cultural barriers.
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      Conclusion
    • lawagner
      lawagner on 07 Mar 16
       
      A continuance of the last paragraph. All of this information presented  may help or it may not.
Nigel Coutts

Making as Problem Based Learning - 18 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 15 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 15 Nov 15
     
    Recently many of our Year Six students have been involved in projects that require them to utilise the brain of a maker. Facing challenges involving the exploration of how everyday objects are manufactured and while responding to their 'Genius Hour' ambitions they are facing a new set of problems and discovering the joy that comes from solving these with their hands as much as their brains.
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    goodby 2015 welcome 2016 to all friends
Nigel Coutts

Initial Reflections on ICOT 2018 - The Learner's Way - 4 views

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reflections ICOT thinking learning education collaboration

shared by Nigel Coutts on 21 May 18 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 21 May 18
     
    The past five days have provided me with an amazing learning experience as I have attended ICOT 2018. With the conference just wrapped up and with Florida providing another remarkably wet afternoon, here are some initial reflections.  
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Educational coloring pages - help children to learn English - 0 views

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english coloring sheets children education fun

shared by topcoloringpages on 11 Oct 17 - No Cached
  • topcoloringpages on 11 Oct 17
     
    Coloring pages can help to learn english language. Pictures with vocabulary and alphabet for children. Free to print online.
Nigel Coutts

Debating false dichotomies: a new front in the education wars - The Learner's Way - 1 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 02 Sep 18 - No Cached
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  • Nigel Coutts on 02 Sep 18
     
    Sometimes, it seems everyone who ever went to school is an expert on education and has a plan to make it better. Actual teaching experience, years of professional learning and formal training are all easily swept aside. The result is an ongoing dialog around what schools should do, what teachers need to do more of or less of and how the academic success of the nation is linked to strategy x or y.
Nigel Coutts

Growth = Mindset + Action - The Learner's Way - 4 views

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growth mindset action learner education teaching learning

shared by Nigel Coutts on 31 Mar 19 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 31 Mar 19
     
    Having the right mindset is alone not sufficient for growth. I might talk the talk about a growth mindset and believe I can learn a new skill but unless I back that belief with action, it is just talk.
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The Ummed School - Best School in Jodhpur - 0 views

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#TheUmmedSchool #Learning #Education #bestschoolinjodhpur #funlearning #Jodhpur

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  • theummedschool on 19 Apr 18
     
    Learning is more than Absorbing facts, It is Acquiring Understanding.
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The Ummed School - Best School in Jodhpur - 0 views

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#TheUmmedSchool #BestschoolinJodhpur #Red_Day #Learning #Education #Jodhpur

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  • theummedschool on 20 Apr 18
     
    Primary students of The Ummed School celebrating Red Day in School. In this they are taught about the concept of Red Colour and its importance. Through these types activities we engage students and make learning a fun activity.
Nigel Coutts

Starting the year on the right foot - The Learner's Way - 0 views

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Education teaching learning

shared by Nigel Coutts on 28 Jan 18 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 28 Jan 18
     
    Across Australia students are returning to school. Armed with fresh stationery, new books full of promise, shoes that are not yet comfortable and uniforms washed and ready to go, students will be heading off for the first day of a new year. What do they hope to find and how might we make sure their first day back sets them up for a successful year of learning?
Nigel Coutts

A culture of innovation requires trust and resilience - The Learner's Way - 5 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 11 Feb 18 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 11 Feb 18
     
    Two quotes by Albert Einstein point to the importance of creating a culture within our schools (and organisations) that encourages experimentation, innovation, tinkering and indeed failure. If we are serious about embracing change, exploring new approaches, maximising the possibilities of new technologies, applying lessons from new research and truly seek to prepare our students for a new work order, we must become organisations that encourage learning from failure
Nigel Coutts

The purposes of our pedagogy - The Learner's Way - 7 views

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pedagogy teaching learning

shared by Nigel Coutts on 23 Jul 17 - No Cached
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  • Nigel Coutts on 23 Jul 17
     
    The debate over the most effective method of instruction continues as ever and where one stands on the topic is largely influenced by the purposes one attaches to education. Analysing a series of research articles reveals the nature of the debate between advocates of direct instruction compared to those who support a problem based learning methodology.
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The Forgotten Childhood: Why Early Memories Fade : Shots - Health News : NPR - 0 views

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  • "What we found was that even as young as the second year of life, children had very robust memories for these specific past events,"
  • "Why is it that as adults we have difficulty remembering that period of our lives?"
  • More studies provided evidence that at some point in childhood, people lose access to their early memories.
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  • children as old as 7 could still recall more than 60 percent of those early events
  • children who were 8 or 9 recalled less than 40 percent.
  • we observed was actually the onset of childhood amnesia,"
  • still not entirely clear why early memories are so fragile
  • Some early memories are more likely than others to survive childhood amnesia
  • One example, she says, is a memory that carries a lot of emotion.
  • "They want to be cooperative," she says, "so you have to be very careful not to put words in their mouth."
    • dsatkins1981
      dsatkins1981 on 16 Jul 17
       
      It seems that any role that an adult plays in helping to re-tell, frame, and contextualize a memory in order to bring it to the surface or to make it last must be gentle and organic. We're not talking about rote memorization of past events - can you imagine the trauma from that at home or school let alone in a court room? Some things you wouldn't want to remember.
  • Another powerful determinant of whether an early memory sticks is whether a child fashions it into a good story, with a time and place and a coherent sequence of events, Peterson says. "Those are the kinds of memories that are going to last," she says.
  • And it turns out parents play a big role in what a child remembers, Peterson says. Research shows that when a parent helps a child give shape and structure and context to a memory, it's less likely to fade away.
  • At first, he just talked about it with her.
    • dsatkins1981
      dsatkins1981 on 16 Jul 17
       
      Talking through and eventually encouraging writing about past events - preferably pleasant memories - seems like a great way to help students build a repository of lasting childhood remembrances. I can recall my Mom and Dad saying things like, "We had a great day today didn't we? We got up so early! Didn't Dad make an excellent breakfast? Eggs and bacon. That bacon was so crispy. Don't you think that the smell of a good breakfast cooking makes it easier to get up?" Just an example, and I included the kind of leading questions a lawyer would want to avoid if this was about more than breakfast, but my folks were inviting we the children to enter the conversation as a valued part of the kind of reminiscing that adults may do after a nice day. It was just conversation but I can remember loads of them. And there was plenty of time for us to respond and share.
  • school writing assignments.
  • when our own memories start to fail, Peterson says, we rely on family members, photo albums and videos to restore them.
  • dsatkins1981 on 16 Jul 17
     
    How studying childhood amnesia is leading to changes in the way we think about brain development, learning, and memory --- this article mentions implications in the home and in the courts but it also seems relevant to the classroom
Nigel Coutts

Reflections on a service trip to Fiji - The Learner's Way - 0 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 09 Jul 17 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 09 Jul 17
     
    Recently I left the cold and dark of a Sydney winter and journeyed north to the warmer climate of Fiji. A jewel dropped in the warm waters of the Pacific, Fiji is a popular holiday destination for those looking for a tropical escape. This trip was very different from the norm. There would be no resorts, no five-star dining and my company was to be a group of 24 Year Nine students. It was to be a journey full of learning and insights into the challenges facing education. 
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    Math online lessons and math online homework help | Qtutor offers thousands of online maths practice skills. Qtutor provides free Math online help and worksheets. Take our math online courses in Pre-algebra, PSAT, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT and Geometry.
  • qtvtutor on 19 Jul 17
     
    Qtutor is designed to help you solve your math problems. We offers thousands of online maths practice skills covering preschool through grade 12 maths. We make learning fun, game-oriented, and give you ways to get involved. Qtutor.com provide coverage of Levels 1 to 6 of The all Curriculum
Nigel Coutts

Modern Learning with Modern Tools - The Learner's Way - 8 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 29 Apr 18 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 29 Apr 18
     
    Tools like 'PhotoMath' present educators with a genuine challenge and leave many asking should we allow our students to use tools such as these?
Martin Burrett

UKEdChat Magazine - Issue 49 - 0 views

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independent learning magazine UKEd Magazine

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  • Martin Burrett on 07 Jun 18
     
    Free and open access magazine for teachers with a special focus this month on independent learning.
Nigel Coutts

Seven Language Moves for Learning - The Learner's Way - 0 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 25 Aug 19 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 25 Aug 19
     
    Our language choices communicate both intended and unintended messages. In the choices we make, in the subtlety of these choices, lies a truth more powerful than that conveyed by a literal reading of our words. When we look closely and critically at our use of language, we begin to see particular patterns which reveal much about what we genuinely value and expect from our learners. 
Nigel Coutts

The Conditions Required for 'Learner Flow' - The Learner's Way - 2 views

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shared by Nigel Coutts on 21 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • Nigel Coutts on 21 Jul 19
     
    What might it take to ensure students choose to be in our courses because the value of the learning achieved through mindful attendance is such that they would not want to be anywhere else?
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