Category Archives: In-class activity

January 16: Class activity

Jigsaw: Embodied knowing, Intuition, Mindfulness & Indigenous ways of knowing Step 1: Get into groups of 4 (same colours) Step 2: On your own, read the text assigned to your group (5 minutes) Yellow = Here and here: Embodied knowledge. … Continue reading

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Silent Socratic Dialogue: Intuition and Embodied Ways of Knowing

“Other Ways of Knowing” Last week, via the reading and the class presentation, you had an opportunity to think about the role of intuition and embodied learning/knowing in teaching. What insights (small or big; practical or philosophical…) did you glean … Continue reading

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Transforming Curriculum and Assessment

Go to: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/rethinking-curriculum Skim through the section on Core Competencies. If you have time, go also to the Curriculum Drafts and pick out a subject/grade and read the associated page. As you read the text, consider: 1) How, if at … Continue reading

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Poetic Summaries: Knowledge & Belief

Poetic Summary Activity: When you read the Smith and Siegel article, I asked you to pick out 2-4 sentences that helped you better understand a tension you had experienced between knowledge and belief. Form a group of 3-5 people and … Continue reading

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Sketch: Difficult interpersonal situation that got in the way of learning

To help us prepare for next class, take 3-4 minutes to do the following on your own: Think of an experience from your classroom/teaching in which learning was stopped/stalled or otherwise hindered by a complex  social situation. Draw a sketch … Continue reading

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Wikipedia in class

Wikipedia Find a page on a topic of relevance to your teaching practice/interest to you as a teacher Explore the various tabs at that page and see what these sub-pages tell you (“talk”, “read” “edit” “view history”) Consider the extent … Continue reading

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Poetic summaries (February 2015)

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Thank-you to Nicola Simmons, PhD, who demonstrated this activity during a workshop.  She published a piece on this technique in the 2008 Summer Newsletter of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (see page 6).  I adapted it … Continue reading

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Poster (“concept map”/collage)

Review the course goals from the syllabus and think back through the course. Pick a concept that resonates with you and create a poster related that concept (20 minutes). You will be sharing this with your classmates. Please: incorporate some … Continue reading

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