WHAT WHAT WHAT Shona Gair Aug 2013
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WHAT? WHAT?<br />
WHAT?<br />
Curriculum at Sacred Heart<br />
College Primary School
THE WHAT?
THE CURRICULUM!
WHY?<br />
WHY?<br />
WHY?
BECAUSE<br />
BECAUSE<br />
BECAUSE…
OF
LAST YEAR’S<br />
WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?<br />
1. THE SA CONTEXT IN WHICH, AND FOR<br />
WHICH, WE EDUCATE<br />
2. THE TYPE OF CHILD AND SCHOOL NEEDED<br />
3. HOLISTIC OVERVIEW OF SKILLS NEEDED BY<br />
YOUNG CHILDREN (Anita)<br />
4. COGNITIVE SKILLS NEEDED (Aneene)<br />
5. OUR REALITY AT SACRED HEART COLLEGE<br />
6. WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT SHC<br />
IN THE YEARS AHEAD
SUMMARY OF 2012 PROCESS
WE WILL<br />
LOOK AT THE<br />
TYPE OF<br />
CURRICULUM<br />
WE HAVE and<br />
how …<br />
OUR<br />
CURRICULUM<br />
IS<br />
INFLUENCED<br />
BY THE<br />
FOLLOWING:<br />
M<br />
A<br />
R<br />
I<br />
S<br />
T<br />
O<br />
L<br />
O<br />
G<br />
SOC<br />
IETY<br />
&<br />
Cou<br />
nter<br />
Cult<br />
ure<br />
RES<br />
PON<br />
SIVE<br />
CLA<br />
SSR<br />
OO<br />
M<br />
C<br />
A<br />
P<br />
S<br />
C<br />
O<br />
M<br />
P<br />
L<br />
I<br />
TE<br />
CH<br />
NO<br />
LO<br />
GY<br />
Soci<br />
o-<br />
cult<br />
ural<br />
Imp<br />
act<br />
IEB,<br />
IBTs<br />
and<br />
Oly<br />
mpi<br />
ads
Learning and Teaching<br />
Methods<br />
Twenty<br />
First<br />
Century<br />
World<br />
METHODOLOGY<br />
PEDAGOGY<br />
What<br />
TYPE
Twenty First Century World<br />
● What do we need to be aware of in order to prepare our<br />
children for a world we cannot imagine?<br />
1. Safe interaction with people, media and technology<br />
2. Skills beyond problem-solving<br />
3. Creative but critical thinkers<br />
4. Jobs which do not yet exist
What type of child would we like<br />
to leave our school?<br />
We would like our children to<br />
be…<br />
1. a leader in their field<br />
2. socially aware and<br />
conscious<br />
3. socially and technologically<br />
safe<br />
4. a critical thinker<br />
5. creative<br />
6. a problem-solver<br />
7. diligent<br />
8. ethical<br />
9. moral
PHASE DISCUSSIONS<br />
What do we want children to have<br />
‘achieved’ at the end of each grade-<br />
THIS YEAR?<br />
THEN I ASSURED THE<br />
BOARD THAT WE<br />
WOULD RESOLVE<br />
THE LATEST ISSUE OF<br />
SMOKING<br />
BEHIND THE CHANGE<br />
ROOMS BY<br />
ADDING IN AN EXTRA<br />
SECTION IN THE LIFE<br />
ORIENTATION<br />
CURRICULUM!
INCLUDE ALL SUBJECTS<br />
1. DEVELOP SPIRITUALITY (RE/LO liturgy, assemblies<br />
etc.)<br />
2. LITERACY<br />
3. NUMERACY<br />
4. RE/LO (LIFE SKILLS in FP)<br />
5. ARTS & CULTURE<br />
6. SCIENCES<br />
7. PHYS ED
AS WELL AS:<br />
ASSESSMENT<br />
KNOWLEDGE<br />
SKILLS<br />
VALUES &<br />
ATTITUDES<br />
And…
THE VALUE ADD<br />
ONS
CHOOSE ONE/TWO OR MORE OF THE<br />
VALUE ADD ONS THAT WE PROVIDE<br />
AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS IF<br />
NECESSARY.
YOU MAY ACT IT OUT/DRAW IT/<br />
BRAINSTORM/WRITE A POEM …<br />
YOU HAVE<br />
MINUTES<br />
STARTING NOW!
MARIST PEDAGOGY<br />
Foundations of a Pedagogy for Marist Educators By Michael Green<br />
This article presents love of young people - inspired by God and<br />
expressed through family-style relationships - as the motivating,<br />
instinctive and primary influence for Marist educators in their<br />
search for appropriate pedagogy. This instinct or fundamental<br />
attitude leads to a preference for active presence in the lives of<br />
students, ease of relationships, simplicity of method and style, a<br />
spirit of innovation and openness to new ideas of worth,<br />
nurturing the craft of teaching, a pervasive<br />
belief in the goodness and possibilities<br />
of each student, and an abiding awareness<br />
of the presence and action of God.
WHAT? WHAT?<br />
WHAT?<br />
Curriculum at Sacred Heart<br />
College Primary School
DAY TWO<br />
METHODOLOGY – THE HOW!
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:<br />
●IS THERE A ‘GAP’ BETWEEN US AND THE<br />
CHILDREN?
HOW DO WE FILL THE GAPS<br />
BETWEEN THE CHILDREN, THE<br />
CURRICULUM AND OURSELVES?<br />
Do we:<br />
a. Step over it?<br />
b. Side-step it?<br />
c. Jump over it?<br />
d. Ignore it?<br />
OR MERELY TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH AND JUMP IN?
YES, WE JUMP!<br />
BUT HOW HIGH AND HOW?
METHODOLOGY<br />
PEDAGOGY<br />
●WHAT SHOULD OUR LESSONS LOOK LIKE?<br />
1. Engaging<br />
2. Relevant<br />
3. Interesting<br />
4. Interactive<br />
●PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS:<br />
5. Curriculum content, skills, knowledge, values and<br />
attitudes<br />
6. Maristology<br />
7. Technology<br />
8. Type of child we have<br />
9. Research-based methodology
The basic methods we should<br />
keep…<br />
●DISCUSS IN PHASES<br />
C<br />
A<br />
B
Technological Considerations…<br />
● E.G. PRACTICALITIES<br />
● WI-FI<br />
● AV ROOM – BOOKING SCHEDULE IN OFFICE<br />
● IPADS-SAFETY, NUMBERS AVAILABILITY, SOFTWARE …
Improvements we need to make<br />
●E.g. Filling the gap – training<br />
●Assess assessments<br />
GRUMPY<br />
OR<br />
HAPPY
What kind of support structures and<br />
development do we need?
How do we realistically develop<br />
and grow our curriculum to make it<br />
a creative and meaningful<br />
experience?
DO ONE BRAVE THING TODAY<br />
AND TOMORROW AND THEN<br />
RUN LIKE HELL.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL<br />
LEAVE THIS WORKSHOP<br />
WITH SOME PRACTICAL<br />
IDEAS AND CONCRETE<br />
FRAMEWORKS TO<br />
IMPLEMENT A CREATIVE<br />
CURRICULUM AND<br />
HOPEFULLY YOU WON’T<br />
FEEL LIKE THIS …
BUT RATHER LIKE THIS …
SO THAT OUR SACRED HEART<br />
CHILDREN FEEL LIKE THIS …
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