ED1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Motivation, Mind Map, Lev Vygotsky
Introduction to Teaching and the Curriculum Frameworks - Lecture 4
Review of Lecture Three
- Revisit Cowley
- “Tikkun olam” - A Hebrew teaching that means “Repairing the world”
- We need to appreciate the theories of motivation - Read chapter 3
Focus this Week:
1. Marsh Chapter 2
2. How students develop and learn
3. Knowing your students and how they learn - Most important AITSL standard - This is crucial to your
ability as a teacher
4. Learner motivation and developing self esteem
5. Diversity - Marsh Chapter 14
How students develop and learn
1. The whole concept of our understanding of psychology - Needs (Maslow)
2. All students have basic human needs:
Physical
Social
Emotional
Intellectual
Feeling safe - crucial to functioning
3. Human development describes changes that occur during lifespan, from birth to death
4. Changes occur in terms of physical development, social development, cognitive development and moral
development
5. It is crippling to be in a poor social-emotional space
6. Intellectual capacities are varied and complex
Human Development
- The complexity of human development
- Central to a lifespan approach are the topics of:
Genetics and heredity
Perception
Language
Cognition
Intelligence
Emotion
The self and values
The effects of family, school and peers.
- In critically examining the reason for development and learning occurring in the way they do, particular
developmental themes need to be explored.
- These include the role of nature and nurture in development, the prominence of individual differences as
well as socio-cultural influences.
Diversity
- The diverse backgrounds of students can impact learning
- Everyone is different
- This is best discussed under the banner of diversity
Indigenous Children
Understanding the background and the needs of indigenous children is very important
Literacy
Attendance
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Document Summary
Introduction to teaching and the curriculum frameworks - lecture 4. Tikkun olam - a hebrew teaching that means repairing the world . We need to appreciate the theories of motivation - read chapter 3. How students develop and learn: the whole concept of our understanding of psychology - needs (maslow, all students have basic human needs: Central to a lifespan approach are the topics of: In critically examining the reason for development and learning occurring in the way they do, particular developmental themes need to be explored. These include the role of nature and nurture in development, the prominence of individual differences as well as socio-cultural influences. The diverse backgrounds of students can impact learning. This is best discussed under the banner of diversity. Understanding the background and the needs of indigenous children is very important. Indigenous child mental health reports this week on suicide in the kimberleys.
