Authentic+contexts+for+learning


 * __Break Out 1 - Authentic Contexts for Learning__

Stephen Grady and Catherine Kelsey from Stanley Bay School.

//"Feel good, politically correct teachings are creating children with no concept of reality and setting them up to fail in the real world"

Both classroom teachers so real-world classroom based teaching projects. Reading shows children are excluded from decision making, parents are managing the risks, not the children, their ability is played down. Social messages are a huge influence on this regulation.

It is the teachers resonsability to empower children with resilience and key compertencies, who can

// ** Break Out 1 - Authentic Contexts For Learning Presenters: Stephen Grady and Catherine Kelsey From: Stanley Bay School Content: Enterprise learning - school newspaper Confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners Many children's lives are over-scheduled and they are excluded from decision making. We want a better childhood for our kids. Children are largely invisible in the public space. They are isolated from the community. Leaving teachers with greater responsibility to learn resilience in the classroom. Also making teachers a greater sharer of the key competencies. What is the real world? Technology is changing so vastly and quickly. They will need resilience and be able to communicate with others. Make decisions on data and be global citizens. "**Big enough to know when they are out of their depth"** - what do people want in the real world. The Enterprise projects at the school - A-Z of the school, Story Book for children , Script writer from Coronation Street come in, filming, producing and sharing , Newspaper front pages , Newsroom classroom , Publish school newspaper. __//** The Project Model for combining Vision and Effective Pedagogy (Cyclic Model) **//__ Go and talk to real experts in the field. Ongoing with the next year - Newspaper came from the idea of wanting parents to share in their learning and know what they do at school. Talked to parents about how they go their information about what was going on at the school. (through gossip) We need to ensure that there is sufficient time for children to reflect and modify what the outcome is. Possible - but nor practical? A model that is actually possibly, realistic, child led, teacher guided not led and has an authentic context - the skills are transferable to other areas. Students are visible in the community and taking an active role - GLOBAL CITIZENS!!!! Group Organization - resilience, positive, actively involved. //__** Working with Experts **__//
 * Modification/New ideas
 * Teaching and Learning/Content knowledge/Research/Links to Literacy and Numeracy/Identify/List/Define/Describe
 * Creating Outcome Book/Newspaper Enterprise
 * Reflection/SOLO statements/'What it?' Questions/Evaluation
 * "Students learn as they engage in shared activities and conversations with other people, including family and people in the wider community"
 * Parents with skills - new learning
 * Outsie local agencies - new reporter, bookshop, authors, bank, children make contact - key aims, needs and going out to visit
 * Teachers relating to others, resilience and confidence e.g. scrips to make phone calls - made mistakes on email, phone calls.