DATs presentation 2011 - Deliberate Acts of Teaching

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Successful teaching involves using teaching strategies that motivate, encourage, guide, challenge, praise and engage learners. This presentation outlines some of the basic strategies (Deliberate Acts of Teaching or DATs) that all good teachers should use. It was presented at a symposium in NZ focused on supporting Maori learners.

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TAUTOKO

MANAAKI

Presented by Mereana Slade & Waitiahoaho EmeryFoundation Learning Team

What is a DAT?Deliberate Act of Teaching

Instructional strategy Focuses on HOW we teach

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

Talking is not

enough

SHOW THEM!

DEMONSTRATE

how something

is done

Whakatauira

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

Akiaki

Our tauira will ...

- retain their

mana

-make their own

connections

-find their own

solutions

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

Ask questions

• Extend thinking

• Build knowledge

• Develop

understanding

• Apply learning to

other situations

• Analyse

• Synthesize

Refer to Bloom’s Taxonomy

Pātaitai

5

W

H

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

CONSTRUCTIVE

COMMENTS

• positive

• informative

• helpful

• guiding

• encourage

reflective thinking

Whakahoki

kōrero atu

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

TELLING ...

- fill a learning

space

- reduce stress

when facing a

challenge

- support them to

move forward

Whakamõhio

“I’m having trouble

spelling the words.”

“Put the online dictionary on your desktop so you can quickly find words.”

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

Whakamãrama

Examples of DATs

Te Kete Ipurangi

Modelling

Prompting

Questioning

Giving Feedback

Telling

Explaining

Directing

(Teaching Strategies)

Can be useful to assess

competencies

Directions / Instructions

need to be

-Clear

-Easily understood

-Logically sequenced

Tohutohu

Find ...

Select ...

Compare ...

Write ...

Adults learn best when ...

Malcolm Knowles - a pioneer in the study of adult learning

They have the freedom to

learn in their own way

Learning is experiential

The process is positive and encouraging

The time is right for them

to learn

They understand

whysomething is

important to know or do

11

Learning is like

opening a door

Not filling a container

George Siemens & Peter Tittenberger

12

Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro,

nôna te ngahere.

Engari, ko te manu e kai ana i te matauranga,

nôna te ao.

The bird that consumes the miro berry

owns the forest.

However, the bird that consumes

learning, owns the world.