Transcript Approaches to Learning: What are they, and how do I develop them

Approaches to Learning:
What are they,
and how do I develop them authentically?
Betsy Brindza
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The goal of this session is to develop a
better understanding of the Approaches to
Learning and how we can work as one to
develop our ideas authentically.
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This is about helping our students develop
skills to become lifelong learners – together.
AtL
IB AtL skills & clusters
•Communication
•(communication skills)
•Social
•(collaboration skills)
•Self-Management
•(organizational, affective, and reflection skills)
•Research
•(informational literacy and media literacy skills)
•Thinking
•(critical thinking, creative thinking, and transfer skills)
The Framework
•Communication
•(communication skills) – exchange thoughts, messages and
information effectively through interaction
On Demand Writing
S.P.A.M. It
S
P
A
M
Situation – the event that causes
you to write
Purpose – the reason you are
writing to persuade. To inform,
to narrate
Audience – the person or people
you are pretending to write to
Mode – the type of writing you
are to write: a letter, article,
speech, brochure, etc…
Types of Writing
Narrative
Informational
Persuade
(Opinion)
Includes the
following:
Key Words
Goal – to entertain
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Uses events and
emotions
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Includes characters
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Shows change over
time
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Follows a plot
diagram
Goal - to inform
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Will use main ideas
and supporting
details to explain
information
Goal – to convince
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Uses reasons and
examples to support
a point of view or
opinion
Write a story…
Tell about a time…
Explain
Describe
Tell
Inform
Decide and give reasons
why…
Choose…support with
reasoning
Convince…include reasons
why
•Social
•(collaboration skills) – Working effectively with others
•Self-Management
•(organizational, affective, and reflection skills) –
Managing time and
tasks effectively, managing state of mind and re(consider) what has
been learned
What do we do to TEACH our students time management, to persevere or
to reflect on their learning?
•Research
•(informational literacy and media literacy skills) – finding,
interpreting, judging and creating information, interacting with
media to use and create ideas and information
obtained from http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/12/12/research-skills-in-elementary-school/
•Thinking
•(critical thinking creative thinking, and transfer skills) –
Analyzing and evaluating issues and ideas, the skill of invention
* developing things and ideas that never existed before,
Utilizing skills and knowledge in multiple contexts
How do we do this?
1 – Look over the skills and think about each of the unit planners we
have developed.
2 – With the people surrounding you, discuss ways to teach our
students how to achieve the goals.
The Unit Planner
How this Fits Together
Identify what the teacher will do so that
students meet the approaches to learning
skills.
 Less is more!
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