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Vignettes – Later Years

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Level 6 - The Hunter

Focus Principle 3 Components

3.1 The teacher uses strategies that are flexible and responsive to the values, needs and interests of individual students

3.2 The teacher uses strategies that support the different ways of thinking and learning

3.3 The teacher builds on students’ prior experiences, knowledge and skills

3.4 The teacher capitalizes on students experiences of a technology rich world

Links to other Principles/Components

1.2 The teacher promotes a culture of value and respect for individuals and their communities.

1.3 The teacher uses strategies that promote students’ self-confidence and willingness to take risks with their learning.

6.2 The teacher plans for students to interact with local and broader communities.

Topic

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Further examples from 'Project for Enhancing Effective Learning' (PEEL) vignettes

Since 1985, teachers in the 'Project for Enhancing Effective Learning' have been researching ways of stimulating and supporting learning that is more informed, purposeful, intellectually active and independent.

The following vignettes, selected from the PEEL in Practice: 1300 ideas for quality teaching database, are provided as further examples of Principle 3 in action.

Details of PEEL and its publication are available at www.peelweb.org.

 

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Level 6 Economics - Economics in the Woodwork Room

Focus Principle 3 Component

3.2 The teacher uses strategies that support the different ways of thinking and learning.

Links to other Principles/Components

4.5 The teacher uses strategies to develop investigating and problem-solving skills

6.1 The teacher supports students to engage with contemporary knowledge and practice.

Discipline-based Learning

Economics

  • Economic reasoning and interpretation

Interdisciplinary Learning

Design, Creativity and Technology

  • Investigating and designing
  • Producing

Thinking Processes

  • Reasoning, processing and inquiry
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Level 6 Geography - Role Playing in Geography

Focus Principle 3 Component

3.2 The teacher uses a range of strategies that support the different ways of thinking and learning.

Links to other Principles/Components

4.6 The teacher uses strategies to foster imagination and creativity.

Discipline-based Learning

Economics

  • Economic reasoning and interpretation

Interdisciplinary Learning

Design, Creativity and Technology

  • Investigating and designing
  • Producing

Thinking Processes

  • Reasoning, processing and inquiry

Topic

Read the vignette – Role Playing in Geography (PDF - 37Kb)