This upcoming week's readings were centered around Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and giving students the opportunity to make their own choices and share their voices. PBL is geared towards students feeling a real need to know something and they are truly learning through knowledge and problem solving skills. This blog post details relevant connections to what I learned from the readings and what I have been experiencing on my PSU Ag Ed student teaching journey!
One relevant connection that I made while reading this upcoming week's material is related to a method called "process checking", where students pause to revise a work plan for a project or assignment. This is a good method to keep in mind when creating lesson plans based around group work or projects because the students need to have some time to reflect and reevaluate their process. Another connection that can be made to my student teaching internship is incorporating a public audience for student presentations. Students generate a real interest in their project and dedicate more of their learning towards putting their best work out there for an actual audience to view. The last connection that I made to my student teaching in the spring is to try and create sustained inquiry, where they extend their learning beyond the classroom and are curious about the world around them.
An important aspect of FFA that I learned in AEE 311 is to ensure autonomy is taking place through out the decision making process in and out of the classroom. Giving students options and choices with not only FFA, but also within the classroom, makes them more motivated to accomplish the objectives and goals of that day. The second connection that I made to another course within my TeachAg journey is related to Workforce Education 413. In this class, I learned the importance of self-reflection and giving students opportunities to voice their opinions and reasoning behind their decision making. In the readings from this week, self-regulation was a key aspect to creating successful problem-based learning projects.
The triangulated connection that I found for this week is actually one of the articles my team members and I used for our Teamwork Playbook assignment. It is titled, "How To Use Groups Effectively", and talks about how groups should be given time stamps and adequate time to complete their work. This relates to the idea of "process checking", so students can reflect on their work and revise their plan for the remainder of the project. Once again, thanks for reading my blog and feel free to leave any comments down below!
Article: https://uncw.edu/jet/articles/vol11_2/burke.pdf
- Lauren
Lauren, "autonomy to feel accomplish" is a really simple and powerful idea! I think you are right on that the best way to leverage goal setting and achieving is to have autonomy in mind. It's tough, but you're already thinking about it in the right way! well done
ReplyDeleteThank you Carson, I will try to keep autonomy in mind as I continue to plan out instruction in my lessons!
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