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L EARNER CENTERED CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH Gloria KONG CHOW Siew Hoong SENG Boon Kheng 19 June 2015 Learner-Centred Curriculum and Instructional Approaches for Learning: A Design Analysis and Informal


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LEARNER ¡CENTERED ¡

CURRICULUM ¡& ¡ INSTRUCTIONAL ¡APPROACH ¡

Gloria KONG CHOW Siew Hoong SENG Boon Kheng 19 June 2015

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Learner-Centred Curriculum and Instructional Approaches for Learning: A Design Analysis and Informal Observation

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Our Approach Findings Learner centred design

A ¡CASE ¡STUDY… ¡

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4 ¡KEY ¡DESIGN ¡REQUIREMENTS ¡

  • Helping students to build prior knowledge
  • Providing opportunities for collaborative learning
  • Nurturing reasoning and critical thinking skills
  • Enabling self-directed learning
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HELPING ¡STUDENTS ¡TO ¡BUILD ¡PRIOR ¡KNOWLEDGE ¡

  • i-study guide
  • Text book
  • Pre-class quizzes
  • Interactive self directed content
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PROVIDING ¡OPPORTUNITIES ¡FOR ¡COLLABORATIVE ¡LEARNING ¡

  • Classroom learning
  • Discussion Board
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NURTURING ¡REASONING ¡AND ¡CRITICAL ¡THINKING ¡SKILLS ¡ ¡

  • Assignments
  • Classroom sessions
  • Discussion Board
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ENABLING ¡SELF-­‑DIRECTED ¡LEARNING ¡ ¡

  • Formative quizzes
  • Assignments
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OUR ¡CONCEPTUAL ¡FRAMEWORK ¡

In this course we help the students to build prior knowledge, provide opportunities for collaborative learning and nurture their reasoning and thinking skills – all these lead to enabling self directed learning.

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OUR ¡TARGET ¡VARIABLES ¡

Empowering students for self-directed learning Nurturing critical thinking and reasoning skills

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OUR ¡INSTRUCTIONAL ¡APPROACH ¡

Socratic reasoning Marzano’s dimension of learning

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SOCRATIC ¡QUESTIONING ¡

… students questions will be more often then not met with another question by instructor.

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FOR ¡EXAMPLE… ¡

q Questions for clarification For example: How does this relate to our discussion? q Questions that probe assumptions For example: What could we assume instead? q Questions that probe reasons and evidence For example: What would be an example? q Questions about viewpoints and perspectives For example: What is another way to look at it? q Questions that probe implications and consequences For example: What are the consequences of that? q Questions about the question For example: Why do you think I asked this question?

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5 ¡DIMENSIONS ¡OF ¡LEARNING ¡(MARZANO ¡& ¡PICKERING, ¡2006) ¡

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Using Knowledge Meaningfully

Extending & Refining knowledge Acquiring & Integrating Knowledge

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OUR ¡FINDINGS… ¡

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SELF-­‑DIRECTED ¡LEARNING ¡

Written Assignment and classroom discussion: – Initiative and ability to find facts. – Careful synthesis of information. – Linking to personal experiences.

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REASONING ¡AND ¡THINKING ¡SKILLS ¡

Written Assignment & F2f sessions:

– Conducting interview, then synthesise their observation. – Relating real live examples to theories. – Extending knowledge by relating to other examples.

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“…she always ask questions that helped us to think about the application of whatever we learned to our job”

~Student

¡ STUDENT’S ¡OBSERVATION… ¡ ¡

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DISCUSSION ¡

  • Readiness of students to self-direct
  • Meaningful collaboration
  • In-depth reasoning skills
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CONCLUSION ¡

Self-directed Learning & Reasoning/Thinking are skills students can learn. Applying them in their knowledge acquisition will enable students to have meaningful learning.

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GIVE ¡A ¡MAN ¡A ¡FISH… ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡HE ¡WILL ¡EAT ¡THE ¡FISH ¡FOR ¡THE ¡DAY; ¡ ¡ TEACH ¡A ¡MAN ¡TO ¡FISH… ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡HE ¡WILL ¡EAT ¡FISH ¡FOR ¡LIFE. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡… ¡OR ¡WHENEVER ¡HE ¡LIKES! ¡

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