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Parent Education Evening Learning at WPPS
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Which statement do you think is the most true?
You are born with a fixed IQ Parents can influence how smart their children are Some people are just good at maths Your intelligence depends on your education
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Intelligence and Learning
the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills Learning the acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught Dr Robert Winston
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A code to remember: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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What is the code for 6 2 Decode into a number: 4 7
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What is the code for
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Decode into a number:
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Now make links to your existing knowledge:
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7 5 2 3 9 TRY THESE AGAIN What is the code for
Put this number into code:
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Learning New Our ability to memorise random information is actually quite poor Learning involves actively constructing our own meanings linked to what we already know Existing
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Learning The more links made, the more secure new learning becomes New
Existing
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Tasks and Questions Describe Recall Name Label Repeat Analyse Evaluate
Compose Explain Teach Apply Greater “complexity” of questions and tasks also widens and broadens the links and connections made
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Learning New When you have “learned” something you have changed your brain physically Taxi drivers Existing The more you learn, the greater capacity you have for further learning!
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Code Exercise Relished the challenge Immediately panicked
Fixed mindset Growth mindset
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What do we do when we get stuck with difficult new learning?
Challenge of Learning What do we do when we get stuck with difficult new learning? Give up Try another way I’m not clever Persist It’s too hard Carol Dweck
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Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset
I’m the smartest I’m just not clever I need to finish first I can’t do it Avoids Challenge Gives up easily Sees effort as pointless Rubs out mistakes Ignores feedback Growth Mindset I want to learn more! I learn from mistakes I always try hard Embraces challenge Persists in the face of setbacks Failure is a part of success Sees effort as the way Learns from feedback
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How do we translate these complex ideas into classroom practice with the children
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? What makes a good learner Think of 4-5 attributes of
an effective learner
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Effective Learners Curious, adventurous, questioning
Resilient, determined, focused Open-minded and adaptable Flexible, imaginative, creative Critical, sceptical, analytical Plan ahead and are organised Methodical and opportunistic Reflective, thoughtful, self-evaluative Keen to build on their products and performances Collaborative but also independent. Open to imitating others good practice…..
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You Can Do It Kindness Confidence Thinking Persistence (Organisation)
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of muscles to be trained
Analogy of Sport Child the “athlete” - the teacher is “coach” By “working out” we can improve our brain functioning The brain is like a set of muscles to be trained
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Our very first muscle! Collaboration/Communication/Cooperation
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What the children say… 100% agreed it makes you think more about the teachers questions 100% feel that they are now more involved in the lesson “It helps us to learn and rely less on the teacher” “I don’t normally think hard about teacher’s questions but now I do” “It helps us to carry on and not give up”
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Our Journey You Can Do It in Early Years Learning about learning
Agreeing and implementing the first muscle - Collaboration Agreeing and priortising Learning Muscles at WPPS Making Learning Muscles come alive for children Integrating Learning Muscles into everyday classroom practice
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Learning Muscles - Monsters
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Learning Muscles - Monsters
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Learning Muscles - Monsters
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Learning Muscles - Monsters
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Learning Muscles - Monsters
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How do we use the monsters?
Learning partners Teachers’ language in class Design of activities/topics Explicit learning aims Style of questioning
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What do we think about these statements now…
You are born with a fixed IQ Parents can influence how smart their children are Some people are just good at maths Your intelligence depends on your education
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What could parents do at home?
Language of growth, not fixed, mindset Specific praise linked to learning muscles (process not person) Talk and questioning Home “learning” not home “work”
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Summary ? Any questions
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