thelearningcurve
@learning_curveX
The fundamentals of teaching and learning. Learning and Development specialist. Master's degree. 15 years teaching. NPQH. What's really important for learning?
Warning to students: AI can give you great answers, but you are not learning. The PROCESS of learning matters. The trials and FAILURES matter. There is value in the DOING. Nothing else can develop your neural networks like the actual EXPERIENCE.
You're wrong if you don't think that teachers are fundamentally important to the future. The personal relationships, mentoring and guidance from teachers shape the way children think, communicate and interact with each other and the world. No AI or robot can replicate this.
Attitude is everything. How you approach a problem/task affects how you think about it, how you deal with it, and how you solve it. Step up with the right attitude, and you can achieve almost anything.
What drives student motivation? Extrinsic factors work but results only exist while the reward does. What drives intrinsic motivation? Some have to learn, some want to learn and some will learn because they like YOU. Building relationships is important in teaching and learning.
At what point does the responsibility of learning fall to the student? There is a lot of blame on teachers for not getting the students to learn: "its your job, to teach them" But is it not also a student's job to learn? If they don't do their part, is it the teacher's fault?
Working memory doesnt get enough attention in teaching. The fact that people's ability to hold bits of information varies, is so important to learning. Information has to be presented in small enough pieces, and students need time to create their own chunks to build knowledge.
Teachers: Not every lesson is a very productive lesson. Sometimes you can feel that they need to vent or need a break or just need to slow down a bit. It's okay to change the plan you had. You noticing these things is how you build relationships.
The one-size-fits-all lesson plan and style is dumb! Teaching is a creative profession. Schools need a variety of teachers and teaching styles because not every student has to like every teacher and every subject. But they should have AT LEAST one teacher that they do like.
One of the biggest tricks to 10x the outcome of the time you spend learning, is to know what the ON/OFF switch looks like. Turn it ON when you start. Work for as long as you can. BUT as soon as you feel it turn OFF. Take a short break and come back later.
Learning is not just about the content. We are so concerned with what to learn but not how to learn. The process is important too. In the process you learn how to think, how to plan, how to build, and how to learn from mistakes. Think about these when you design activities.
Whether you're teaching a class or a university lecture, creating an online course or one-on-one coaching. Curriculum design is not just about the content. It is also how you teach it, how you assess it, and how you link it to other aspects.
The education system has to be one of the most stubborn systems we have. Pretty much every other field evolves and changes with technology; as it develops, so do they. But education, from kindergarten all the way to university, has remained the same for generations. Why?
There is nothing new in education. Teaching has always had the same key elements. 1. Generate interest/curiosity 2. Present information 3. Provide opportunities to use the information. All these fancy TLA's, lesson styles and ridiculous standards just get in the way of real work
The truth is that no one can make you learn anything. No matter how many times/ways a teacher explains something, without desire and effort, it will never magically get into a student's head. Stop blaming teachers for students not making progress.
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