Access to fresh water
CONTEXT
- The teacher education student is in the first year of a Master of Teaching degree.
- The teacher education student is completing her second teaching placement.
- The school is a small comprehensive boys’ secondary school in an urban area.
- This Year 8 Geography lesson focuses on the topic of ‘Access to fresh water’.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning.
EVIDENCE ANNOTATION
The teacher education student demonstrates 1.1.1 ‘Working towards graduate’ through:
- Implementing a diagnostic test in her first lesson to understand which areas the students need help with in the following lesson.
- Identifying achievable learning goals and content for students in the following class.
- Demonstrating the development of an understanding of the differences in students’ learning needs.
G: The goal for this teacher education student is 1.1.1.
R: The teacher education student is working towards 1.1.1 at graduate level.
O: What specific mentoring strategies could you employ with this teacher education student to help her move towards ‘Graduate achieved’ for 1.1.1?
W: What is the next step you would negotiate as a goal for this teacher education student? What will you do as a Mentor to help her achieve this goal?
G: To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the physical, social, and intellectual development and characteristics of students and how these may affect learning as well as to move up on the 1.1.1 graduate continuum.
R: Which level of the graduate continuum are you currently at for 1.1.1? Refer to recent feedback you have received.
O: What specific actions could you take to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the physical, social, and intellectual development and characteristics of students and to improve their learning?
- Could you communicate in ways appropriate to students’ developmental stages?
- Could you make modifications to delivery depending on students’ physical, social and intellectual development?
- Could you consider and make modifications to the learning environment depending on the physical, social and intellectual development of the students?
- Could you use a variety of resources to account for the learning styles and needs of students?
W: What is your next step in improving your knowledge and understanding of the physical, social, and intellectual development and characteristics of students and to improving their learning? Try to formulate a specific goal.