PowerPoint Presentation

What can we do to raise aspirations for all?Dr Lio MoscardiniSchool of EducationFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesUniversity of Strathclydel.moscardini@strath.ac.uk

Thursday 5th March 2015What are the conditions that might support the engagement of all learners? The Learning EnvironmentWhat individual teachers know, do and believe matters.

What does a teacher need to know and believe to support this pupil? Who gets to play? Play On Projecthttp://paragon-music.org/play-on-2015-workshops/

Meeting childrens learning needs http://www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk

A school is good to the extent thatteachers have a good understanding of childrens learning and development. .

A school is excellent to the extent that teachers have a deep understanding of childrens learning and development.

Knowledge of subject

Knowledge of pedagogy, structuring and organising learning

Knowledge of childrens thinking, conceptual understanding and development in specific domainsCognitively Guided InstructionBased on nearly 30 years research University of Wisconsin, Madison

Instructional decisions are informed by teachers knowledge of childrens thinking

Problem solving is used as a context for children to reveal their thinking and to explore and develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts

Not a prescriptive pedagogy and NOT a remedial/recovery approach

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8Teacher recorded;Malcolm so its a takeaway, that 93 -48

Matt Its too high a sum for cubes ( he actually started making it with unifix cubes and stopped, saying itll be bigger than me)Malcolm drew out 93 circles, saw how laborious it was and did a sum ( no answer)He said Im only going to cross out 48 so I can do a sum

9A brief intro

Its twelve. You will need twelve bags.When teachers create a learning environment that genuinely engages children in learning with understanding everybody benefits.

I like it instead of maths

It helps you learn

I like this maths because you can count

It helps you to count

Its easy cos I did a bus and I put windows in

I like it cause I learn more