“No matter who you are or where you are from, if you work hard and play by the rules, you should have the opportunity to build a good life for yourself and your family.”
“…had to know both how to find common ground and how to stand our ground.”
“…a healthy society = a three legged stool, supported by a responsible government, an open economy, and a vibrant civil society.”
“It is true that clamping down on political expression and maintaining a tight grip on what people read or say or see can create the illusion of security, but illusions fade, while people’s yearning for liberty does not.”
Great – finally a forward focused view of planning and programming is recommended, rather than the backwards design process!
This inspiring TEDtalk from Dan Meyer puts all my concerns about the teaching of maths and the place of text books, perfectly into place.
Maths Class Gets a Makeover
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Notes:
Group Roles
Leader
Recorder
Reporter
Fact Checker
Responsibilities
Initiating discussions
Clarifying points
Summarising
Challenging Assumptions/ Devil’s Advocate
Providing/ Researching information
Reaching a consensus
Maintenance – to ensure harmony and emotional well-being of a group
Responsibilities
Sensing group feelings
Harmonising
Compromising
Encouraging
Time Keeping
Relieving tension
Bringing people into the discussion
Project Based Learning process:
1. Identify the objective
2. Set criteria or goals
3. Gather data
4. Generate options or courses of action
5. Evaluate the options using data and objectives
6. Reach a decision
7. Implement the decision