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Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Learning to Help Learning
By Prof. Andy Drummonds
Lpriorytyearning:
Lpriorytyearning:
Teachers are to make a difference in students learning, and materials will support or impede their impact.
text books are providing limited experiences, therefore it is in the teacher´s hand to create and design learning strategies that will potentiate the students hability to grasp on the new knowledge that in being put forth
- Contextualization is crucial to address each student needs individualy.
- Misconception should be approached through constructivisim, so from there on, new knowledge can be developed
Motivational Strategies:
Instructional materials must include fetures to mantain learner motivation, and they should leed to:
- positive expectations
- feedback, and
- appearance.
Setting Positive Expectations:
It contributes to students´ motivation, involvement, learning outcomes, and contentment; the learning climate must be intentionally designed into the course.
A degree of challenge and relevancy of activities also influences positive expectations.
- A balance in the level of difficulty is essential to mantain students interested in giving it their best. Responding time is very important in this regard.
- The relevancy of the new learning experiences is key to the achievement of the goals.
- Responding time
Monday, October 4, 2010
Principles of Effective Materials Development
By Prof. Andy Drummonds
When one is thinking about creating educational materials, we should only keep in mind the fact of why this material is being created. That is to provide pupils with tools that will help them to improve their communicative skills in EFL. Any idea other than this might hinder the achievement of the main goal and lead us to create fancy stuff that will provide little to no use.
The principles behind creating materials should never be disregarded but emphasized
The principles behind creating materials should never be disregarded but emphasized
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