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Lets give background Lets give background music to a story - music to a story -
togethertogether
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what is an activity?what is an activity?
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Here is how to draw a circle
using compass.
Now draw a circle of 5cm
radius.
Is this an activity?
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MEME
what was missing?
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Why?Why?what was missing?
Whats my reason, my goal, my aim?
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OPENOPENwhat was missing?
No end, no one result, my exploration
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procedural knowledgeprocedural knowledge
vs vs
conceptual knowledgeconceptual knowledge
knowingknowingv/sv/s
learninglearning
what do we stress on?
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The X factorThe X factor
xperiencingxperimenting
xploringxpressing
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Finish the Finish the
Horror Horror storystory
Some possible endings
• Horror
• Romantic
• Gruesome / Tragic
• Comedy
• Suspense
• Happily ever after
• Good wins over evil
• Evil wins over good
• etc
Some possible themes
• Music
• Photosynthesis
• Open Minded
• Oral Hygenie (teeths)
• Profit and Loss
• Sensitive to others
• Dance - movement
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Give the pupils something to Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a and the doing is of such a
nature as to demand thinking; nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results. learning naturally results.
John DeweyJohn Dewey
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•Uses at least two senses
•Driven by the child – pace & space
•Reflection – we learn by doing only if we think about it
•Integration
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What we do is to stir interest in the What we do is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a enthusiasm for it, arouse a curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up the imagination -- and now she, the imagination -- and now she, who is exposed in this fashion, who is exposed in this fashion, goes on her own way…goes on her own way…
Professor Julius Sumner MillerProfessor Julius Sumner Miller
ExperimentExperiment
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The principle goal of The principle goal of education is to create men education is to create men who are capable of doing who are capable of doing new things, not simply of new things, not simply of
repeating what other repeating what other generations have done - generations have done - men who are creative, men who are creative,
inventive and discoverersinventive and discoverers
Jean PiagetJean Piaget
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ExperimentExperiment
•What Else?
•How else?
•Where Else?
•The biggest risk in trying it in a different way is that we might like the new one and hence shift to that!
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• Concept / Our Obj theme
• Key Guiding Questions
What & How questions. What about ‘Why’ questions?
• Ideas – Use MI as framework
• Child’s Goal – “What for” should I do it?
• Open Ended – create new results
• Thinking skills – more processes, different challenges
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•Key Guiding Questions
What & How questions. What about ‘Why’ questions?
Remember Uncle Blooms
KnowledgeKnowledge WWhat?hat?
ComprehendComprehendWhy?Why?
ApplyApplyWhere I use?Where I use?
AnalyzeAnalyzeHow it works?How it works?
SynthesisSynthesisWith what?With what?
ValueValueWhat Value?What Value?
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Thinking SkillsThinking Skills
analyzeanalyze
applyapply
arrangearrange
categorizecategorize
combinecombine
comparecompare
concludeconclude
connectconnect
describedescribe
estimateestimate
generalizegeneralize
hypothesizhypothesizee
identifyidentify
illustrateillustrate
judgejudge
measuremeasure
predictpredict
separateseparate
summarizsummarizee
tabulatetabulate
testtest
Add more processes, more challenges; more constraints
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Read Read Read – Read Read Read –
collect ideascollect ideas
Accept Accept Accept Accept
Accept – every idea Accept – every idea
is good – build on itis good – build on it
Variety, variety, Variety, variety,
variety – MI jindabadvariety – MI jindabad
Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy – Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy –
if its fun designing, if its fun designing,
it could be fun doing it could be fun doing
itit
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