Random Thoughts Introduction
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Introduction 08 Jan 2012 Hits: 7753When a thought enters your head it does not mean you have to act on it. Choose wisely.
Utilising your imagination is one of the most effective ways to learn. It stops the student being a passive receiver of information and makes them interact with the knowledge to become an active learner.
This website is a teaching resource to assist foreign teachers at Sa-nguan Ying School.
My favourite quotesNever follow best practice. Be the best practice for others to follow.
When you only look at the bad things you will always miss the good things.
Beware the artisan who boasts 20 years experience when they have only had one years experience 20 times. (unknown)
There is no such thing as a bad idea! It is what you do with the idea that is either good or bad. (Brett Wilkin 1982)A few words that can be applied to education.
Discuss, สนทนา [ สน-ทะ-นา ] sŏn-tá-naa
ถก thohkL Evaluate, ประเมินผล bpraL meernM phohnR Compare, เปรียบเทียบ bpriiapL thiiapF Assimilate, ผสมกลมกลืน phaL sohmR glohmM gleuunM Depth of study, ความลึกซึ้ง khwaamM leukH seungH Analyse, วิเคราะห์ wiH khrawH Data, สถิติ saL thiL dtiL Justify, เรื่องอะไร reuuangF aL raiM Relate, เชื่อมโยง cheuuamF yo:hngM Evidences, ข้อพิสูจน์ khaawF phiH suutL Critical thinking, ชั่งใจ changF jaiM Synthesize, วิเคราะห์ wiH khrawH Application, พลิกแพลง phlikH phlaaengMStudent asks questions.นักเรียนถามคำถาม nakH riianM thaamR khamM thaamR
Training words: Mimic, Copy, Conditioning, Likeness, Replicate, Rote, Obey, Student answers, etc.A Comment: After teaching and observing for 40 years the best educational gains come from skilled positive reinforcements,never from the negative reinforcements of belittling, blaming and sarcasm, yet the negative is still often seen in the classroom when a student makes a mistake while trying to learn.Another comment: What used to be is gone, making tomorrow better is everything.Social Networking exposes us to people’s stupidity and mediocrity as well as their wisdom. The challenge for Educators is to teach students how to tell the difference between the good the bad and the mediocre knowledge.
There are many ways to validate information from the internet, these vary from sophisticated software that checks submitted school work for plagiarism down to simply checking the sources where the information came from. It all starts with the simplest of checks. copy your information you are concerned about and paste it back into a google search. The search results will show how many other people are saying something similar and the results will also indicate if it is also used on university, government, industry or other reputable web sites. Remember much information used on web sites is often copied from other webs so be sure it is being used in at least 3 reputable sites. Lastly do a quick search and find what is said about the topic on independent forums.
My Idle thoughts.
When I design a unit of work I am very conscious of my advanced students as well as the one struggling. I discuss the big picture with the students so they can see different futures and possibilities with the project. This gives the high performing students avenues in which to explore beyond my basic requirements that are achievable by all in the class. I find the students will understand better if they understand where we are traveling and they will often help me go there.