2. AUTHENTIC LEARNING
Is a teaching method that allows students to
explore, discuss, and meaningfully connect
concepts and relationships that are relevant to
the real-world and are meaningful to the
students (Donovan, Bransford, &Pellegrino,
1999).
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF
AUTHENTIC ACTIVITY
In describing the characteristics of authentic
activities, different scholars have delineated them
in different way (J. Herrington 2004, pp. 3–29.)
Have real-world relevance.
Are ill-defined, requiring students to define the
tasks and subtasks needed to complete the activity.
4. ….CONTINUED
Learners need to look the task from different
perspectives
Giving them opportunity to collaborate.
Provide the opportunity to reflect.
Can be integrated and applied across different subject
areas and lead beyond domain-specific outcomes.
Educators need to allow competing solutions and
diverse outcomes.
6. AUTHENTIC TASK TO BE
REAL WORLD RELEVANCE
The teacher can ask learners to explain
what they know about HIV or AIDS.
Learners will show their
understandings about the topic.
7. Teacher can show this picture of person with AIDS.
Then learners will tell why they think this person is HIV
positive.
8. COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
Learners will discuss the symptoms of AIDS by using the
picture displayed above.
Learner need to work in groups in order to identify
symptoms they see from this person.
9. E.g. The teacher can give the learners an investigative
project, whereby the learners conduct a research on the
number of people in their community who are HIV
positive.
Therefore learners will be asked to draw a graph using
their findings.
By doing so learners are taking lesson into the real
world.
10. The learners will be required to join an HIV/AIDS blog
http://www.helpage.org/HIVAidsStatistics, so they may share
their views and participate in health discussions.
The learners can also use their mobiles when taking down
the information from people. E.g. Tablets or iPod's.
Other learners can also open their own websites to publish
their findings.
That information can also be helpful to their families,
friends, and the whole community.
11. REFLECTION
Learners will get a chance to ask questions.
Learners will reflect on how did they find working in groups
when doing their research.
12. REFERENCE LIST
Donovan, S., Bransford, J., & Pellegrino, J. (Eds). (1999)
How people learn: Bridging research and practice, National
Academy of Sciences
Herrington, J., Herrington, T., (2006) Authentic learning
environments in higher education, United States of America
Herrington, J., Oliver, R., Reeves, T.C.,(2003) “Patterns of
Engagement in Authentic Online Learning Environments”,
Australian Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 19, No.
1,pp. 59-71
