General Study Flashcards
What is a curriculum?
A complex and reflective theory of education.
What are theories of education?
Education is contested
It is a family of process to develop and describe processes
Similar to a rope in how it is built of strands yards and fibres.
Plural of curriculum is curricula
True
What is the null curriculum?
The excluded curriculum
The informal curriculum
School trips and clubs. Activities which are not demanded.
The hidden curriculum
The things you learn in school but are not part of the official curriculum. Punctuality ect.
Stance+Persona=
Presence
Teacher to whole class
T-WC
What is the teaching learning cycle?
- Content exploration
- Explicit instruction
- Guided and joint practice
- Independent application
- Reflection/prilimary
What are the four curricula?
Official
Taught
Learned
Tested
PISA
Programme for International Student Assessment
What are Es and Os?
Experiences and Outcomes are a set of clear and concise statements about children’s learning and progression in each curriculum area. They are used to help plan learning and to assess progress.
Lesson plans focus on
One lesson of learning focussing on activities and tasks for the pupils.
Learners learn language through…
Interaction
Don’t know=
Can’t express
EAL learners are
Pupils who use 2 or more languages in every day lives.
What are the demands of teaching writing?
Need for ideas to express
Need for words
Need for understanding of purpose and audience
Need for genre features
Need for concept of words and sentences
How do you make writing less challenging?
Product approach
Process approach
Genre approach
What is the development of writing a piece?
Pre writing
Drafting
Editing
Publishing
What is genre based?
The explicit identification of language features.
What is the product approach?
Focus on the written product rather than the ways the learner should approach the process of writing. WRITING THROUGH IMITATION!
Process approach
Writing as recursive
Editing
Feedback
Redrafting
Genre approach
Genre characteristics of writing. Focus on the sociocultural conditions of textual production.
What is a rubric question?
An explicit set of criteria used for assessing a particular type of work or performance.
Skills for writing a critical essay
Understanding
Analysis
Evaluation (engagement)
Methodologies of writing a critical essay
Direct teaching of skills
Model and demonstrate
Examples exploded
Individual, paired and group activities
Staging
Drafting
Mini essay
Micro marketing
Planning frames
Self and peer evaluation
Always start your programme of work with…
A rubric
Rubrics help to …
Plan
Decide on a question
Rubrics must be specific
What is staging?
The process of production which constructs feedback.
“We are going to look at the opening THEN the middle THEN the end”
What are mini essays?
Essays which focus on one aspect. Balance of quantity and quality.
PCQE means
Point
Context
Quote
Explanation
Micro Marking
Sampling. It is unwise to mark everything a pupil puts pen to paper. Sample pieces of work
What is a medium term plan
Programme of Work
Long term plans are…
Plans for the year
Unit Studies = Programmes of work
True or False?
True
