• Student motivation - passive into active (encouragement)
• How do you motivate those who always sit in the back?
• It is ok to make mistakes, need this culture
• Everyone needs to be leader & this needs to be embedded within curricula - teacher must facilitate this carefully
• The environment has to be right (Tranquillity+ calmer)
• Dragon project, empowers the students
• The key is - confidence. This must start in pre-school
• Need to start where the students/children are at. Gets harder as they get older, that is why getting it right at pre-school, primary school is so important.
• Need to change the point to view of teacher
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Turning points
• Teacher reducing the direct teaching methods UK
Italy & Sweden very active learning, especially in primary, less so in secondary school
Check vs. direct authoritarian, e.g.) 3 strikes you are...?
• Change mind-set
• Stop ....? out robots
• Depending on the subject, scientific style of teaching does not always work, we need to encourage teachers to dare, try their own style, a style they feel works within their class
Interesting points:
• Teachers - Ability to communicate with each other & share good alternative practices
• Active learning
• It is ok to make a mistake & this must be embedded within the culture of the school, from a very early age. This develops confidence.
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