General Description

The most effective classroom activities are student collaboration & discussion of their learning. This courses introduces a practical toolkit of higher order strategies

 

This course aligns with the IPI Level 1 teacher training course covering the skills teachers need to utilise the most effective teaching strategy – when students collaborate and discuss their learning.

Audience

All classroom teachers

Teaching Standards

3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies:  Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking,

3.5.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use effective classroom communication:  Use effective verbal and non-verbal communication strategies to support student understanding, participation, engagement and achievement

 

Are you in NSW? If so, this is relevant for you

This course may contribute towards Elective PD hours. Visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au for more details.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1: Higher Order Thinking and Student Collaboration

    • Introduction

    • Activity: Reflection Activity

    • Instructional Balance

    • Instructional Balance and Higher Order Thinking

    • Task

    • Deeper Reading on Instructional Practices Inventory

    • What is Higher Order Thinking?

    • Theory and Research Relating to Higher Order Thinking - Readings

    • Why is Student Collaboration So Vital?

    • Tasks

    • The Research on Student Collaboration

    • Task

    • The Research on Student Collaboration (Continued)

    • Task

    • Resources and Research Library
  • 2

    Module 2: Strategies for Establishing Collaborative Groups

    • Flexible Groupings

    • Task

    • Ideas for Forming Groups and Pairs

    • Task

    • Resources and Research Library
  • 3

    Module 3: Facilitation Strategies for Collaboration

    • Cooperative Learning

    • Cooperative Learning: A Smart Pedagogy for Successful Learning

    • Task

    • Thinking Structures for Collaboration

    • Activity

    • Setting the Standards

    • Task

    • Resources and Research Library
  • 4

    Module 4: Higher Order Thinking and Student Learning Conversations

    • What is a Student Learning Conversation?

    • Quiz Information

    • Quiz

    • Active Listening

    • Facilitating Student Learning Conversations

    • Task

    • Resources and Research Library
  • 5

    Module 5: Collaborative Metacognition and Reflection

    • What are Metacognition and Reflection?

    • Activity

    • Facilitating Collaborative Metacognition

    • Activity

    • Scaffolds for Reflection

    • Resources and Research Library
  • 6

    Module 6: Assessing Student Collaboration and Learning Conversations

    • The Benefits and Facilitation of Peer Assessment

    • Activity

    • Assessing Collaboration and Learning Conversations

    • Task

    • Assessing Metacognition and Reflection

    • Task

    • Conclusion

    • Resources and Research Library
  • 7

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

Features of TTA Online PD

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