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Lets give background Lets give background music to a story - music to a story -

togethertogether


what is an activity?what is an activity?


Here is how to draw a circle

using compass.

Now draw a circle of 5cm

radius.

Is this an activity?


MEME

what was missing?


Why?Why?what was missing?

Whats my reason, my goal, my aim?


OPENOPENwhat was missing?

No end, no one result, my exploration


procedural knowledgeprocedural knowledge

vs vs

conceptual knowledgeconceptual knowledge

knowingknowingv/sv/s

learninglearning

what do we stress on?


The X factorThe X factor

xperiencingxperimenting

xploringxpressing


Finish the Finish the

Horror Horror storystory

Some possible endings

• Horror

• Romantic

• Gruesome / Tragic

• Comedy

• Suspense

• Happily ever after

• Good wins over evil

• Evil wins over good

• etc

Some possible themes

• Music

• Photosynthesis

• Open Minded

• Oral Hygenie (teeths)

• Profit and Loss

• Sensitive to others

• Dance - movement


Give the pupils something to Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a and the doing is of such a

nature as to demand thinking; nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results. learning naturally results.

John DeweyJohn Dewey

www.geniekids.comwww.geniekids.com DeweyDewey:: ExperientialExperiential

•Uses at least two senses

•Driven by the child – pace & space

•Reflection – we learn by doing only if we think about it

•Integration

www.geniekids.comwww.geniekids.com PiagetPiaget:: ExperimentExperiment


What we do is to stir interest in the What we do is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a enthusiasm for it, arouse a curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up the imagination -- and now she, the imagination -- and now she, who is exposed in this fashion, who is exposed in this fashion, goes on her own way…goes on her own way…

Professor Julius Sumner MillerProfessor Julius Sumner Miller

ExperimentExperiment


The principle goal of The principle goal of education is to create men education is to create men who are capable of doing who are capable of doing new things, not simply of new things, not simply of

repeating what other repeating what other generations have done - generations have done - men who are creative, men who are creative,

inventive and discoverersinventive and discoverers

Jean PiagetJean Piaget

www.geniekids.comwww.geniekids.comPiagetPiaget::

ExperimentExperiment

•What Else?

•How else?

•Where Else?

•The biggest risk in trying it in a different way is that we might like the new one and hence shift to that!


• Concept / Our Obj theme

• Key Guiding Questions

What & How questions. What about ‘Why’ questions?

• Ideas – Use MI as framework

• Child’s Goal – “What for” should I do it?

• Open Ended – create new results

• Thinking skills – more processes, different challenges


•Key Guiding Questions

What & How questions. What about ‘Why’ questions?

Remember Uncle Blooms

KnowledgeKnowledge WWhat?hat?

ComprehendComprehendWhy?Why?

ApplyApplyWhere I use?Where I use?

AnalyzeAnalyzeHow it works?How it works?

SynthesisSynthesisWith what?With what?

ValueValueWhat Value?What Value?


Thinking SkillsThinking Skills

analyzeanalyze

applyapply

arrangearrange

categorizecategorize

combinecombine

comparecompare

concludeconclude

connectconnect

describedescribe

estimateestimate

generalizegeneralize

hypothesizhypothesizee

identifyidentify

illustrateillustrate

judgejudge

measuremeasure

predictpredict

separateseparate

summarizsummarizee

tabulatetabulate

testtest

Add more processes, more challenges; more constraints


Read Read Read – Read Read Read –

collect ideascollect ideas

Accept Accept Accept Accept

Accept – every idea Accept – every idea

is good – build on itis good – build on it

Variety, variety, Variety, variety,

variety – MI jindabadvariety – MI jindabad

Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy – Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy –

if its fun designing, if its fun designing,

it could be fun doing it could be fun doing

itit

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exploration slide

integration slide

john dewey slide

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discoverers jean piaget

variety mi jindabad

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