Teaching & Learning Style Comparison

Curriculum Traditional Work As Practice Knowledge Teacher Things I Know Content, Tasks Student X. Curriculum is centrally dictated, content heavy and teacher-centric. | Rote learning enables short term recall, allowing measurable performance in tests. | Teacher & system are happy because learning is measurable and organised. | Students are bored, requiring strict discipline. | In long term, students secure less knowledge, have fewer skills and are less engaged, but there is the appearance of rigour and quality learning. | Applications include building foundational knowledge in literacy and numeracy, and teaching passionate students. Contemporary Useful Real Work Teacher Student Dialog, Problem, Tool, Idea, Client Creative Commons Sharing Everyone Time CC Curriculum is teacher driven, content light and student-centric. | Experiential learning means less content, slower pace and lower measurability. | Teacher & system need to be knowledge, learning, open minded, passionate and committed: it is hard work breaking the mold. | Students are more animated, independent and mobile, so learning seems chaotic. | In long term, students encounter less content but secure more knowledge, have more skills and are more engaged. | Requires students to take ownership of leaming, and teachers to relinquish control. Teaching & Learning Style Comparison OK O090 Concept & design by Ross Parker (rossparker.org, @rossdotparker). CC BY-SA-NC. Based solely on personal and ar undece Garbage Can by Miss Piggy on Picabay (http://is.gd/W59x6c PD). Earth image by NASA on Wikimedia Commons (http://is.gd/Gina2X, PD). Rubics Cube by Andromorfo on Wikimedia Commans (http://is.gd/rUqyZe, CC BY-SA). Clack by Erik Baas on Wikimedia Commons (http://is.gd/1G4V8V, CC BY-SA). Curriculum Traditional Work As Practice Knowledge Teacher Things I Know Content, Tasks Student X. Curriculum is centrally dictated, content heavy and teacher-centric. | Rote learning enables short term recall, allowing measurable performance in tests. | Teacher & system are happy because learning is measurable and organised. | Students are bored, requiring strict discipline. | In long term, students secure less knowledge, have fewer skills and are less engaged, but there is the appearance of rigour and quality learning. | Applications include building foundational knowledge in literacy and numeracy, and teaching passionate students. Contemporary Useful Real Work Teacher Student Dialog, Problem, Tool, Idea, Client Creative Commons Sharing Everyone Time CC Curriculum is teacher driven, content light and student-centric. | Experiential learning means less content, slower pace and lower measurability. | Teacher & system need to be knowledge, learning, open minded, passionate and committed: it is hard work breaking the mold. | Students are more animated, independent and mobile, so learning seems chaotic. | In long term, students encounter less content but secure more knowledge, have more skills and are more engaged. | Requires students to take ownership of leaming, and teachers to relinquish control. Teaching & Learning Style Comparison OK O090 Concept & design by Ross Parker (rossparker.org, @rossdotparker). CC BY-SA-NC. Based solely on personal and ar undece Garbage Can by Miss Piggy on Picabay (http://is.gd/W59x6c PD). Earth image by NASA on Wikimedia Commons (http://is.gd/Gina2X, PD). Rubics Cube by Andromorfo on Wikimedia Commans (http://is.gd/rUqyZe, CC BY-SA). Clack by Erik Baas on Wikimedia Commons (http://is.gd/1G4V8V, CC BY-SA).