GTE - Saturday Session 3

Chaired by Mel Norman

Claire Whewell and Allen Thurston
"Blurring Boundaries: creating critical balances between pedagogic and content knowledge in ITE"

University of Stirling

Shulman's model (1999) has tended to form the basis for ITE courses. Curriculum for Excellence has an emphasis on the knowledge of educational ends, rather than concentration on content knowledge: this is where the boundary lies.

Talked through the nature of the course being offered, and the development of competencies.

Mary Fargher
PhD Research in use of GIS and teaching and learning about Place in Schools

Need to be 'critical' of the use of GIS.
Using GIS to help teaching and learning about place, and influencing how we know place, and construct knowledge about place.
Geography - Pedagogy - Technology
How does GIS help students "make the world".
'Ground Truth' - John Pickles (1995)

David Leat
GA Teacher Education Working Group
Resources for Geography Teachers on Action Research

Resources should encourage innovative curriculum and visual methodologies.
Encourage models that are 'self correcting'.
So much available that students need help identifying appropriate resources.
Most effective intervention with students was feedback (John Hattie), and streaming / setting . holding students back a year are less effective (along with ICT)
Impact of parental involvement in pupil learning at primary level.

QCA: identified 6 key themes in curriculum for 21st Century

The need for excellence and professional development in subject knowledge, without which teachers would be unable to seize opportunities for curriculum innovation: subject knowledge is still important !

MTL coming in September 2008, in the National Challenge Schools.

Significance of collaborative learning: again, role of networks.
Importance of challenging dysfunctional teaching beliefs.

Comments