Lecture 11 Why do I Need a Teacher When I have got Google by Prof. Anisur rahman

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Why Do I Need a Teacher When I’ve got
Google?
LECTURE -11
Author
Ian Gilbert
Presented By:
Anisur Rahman
anisurr2001@yahoo.com

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“Is yours a teaching school or
a learning school?”

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 Teacher’s deal in the classroom
– “I will teach you and the
extent to which you either get or
don’t get and is the measure of
your academic liability”
 Learning what I taught you was
your part of bargain.

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In the classroom:-
Realize that “teaching” is no
longer adequate.
“Shift the idea of simple teaching
to make sure students learn”.

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•Teachers need to offer the
students an alternative means for
learning what needs to be
acquired by learning.

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•A multiple chance educator
(Gardner 1993) is one where
students can access the
information in a variety of ways
that will allow them the
opportunity to play to their
strengths and also work on their
weaknesses.

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•As part of being a ‘learning
school’ it is important that we
teach the students how to learn.
•Learning to learn is not a single
discrete skill but rather “a family
of learning practices that enable
learning to happen”.

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The learning practices includes:
 Understanding how to learn, taking
into account of one’s preferred
learning styles, and understanding
the need to, and hoe to, manage
one’s own learning throughout life.
 Learning, systematically, to think.

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 Exploring and reaching an
understanding of one’s own
creative talents, and how to make
best use of them
 Learning to enjoy and love
learning for its own sake and as
part of understanding oneself

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• “Many of those who leave school with
good qualification nevertheless have an
education which is somewhat shallow –
rooted” – Charles,Prince of Wales, 2002.
What went wrong? – “SPOON FEEDING”
took priority over “LEARNING
PRACTICES”

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The attributes developed in the “learning” as
oppsed to “teaching” –
1. Choice
2. Responsibility
3. Trust
4. Practical nature of the work
5. Development of competences
6. Fun
7. Multiply-intelligent working
8. Independence
9. Team Working

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“Things that get in the way of the
learning that are nothing to do with
the teaching”

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There are plenty of factors that can interfere
with students’ ability to learn that have got
very little to do with the teacher.

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• Absence of adequate light in the
classroom - hazards that fluorescent
lights expose us to: Headache, eyestrein,
fatigue,, increased rate of ‘misjudgements’
and accidents, allergic skin and dermatitis
etc.
• Do our classrooms contain the full light
spectrum that our brains need?

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• What is the idea about being outside to
learn under
1. Natural Lighting
2. Full light spectrum
3. Green environment
Possible only in very few occasions and
not a very feasible solution.

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•Mixing learning with eating/or drinking – if
we allow students to eat/or drink for
sometime (may be for 10 minutes) will they
become better learner?
•How is the idea of giving a refreshment
break for 10 minutes in a 100 minutes’ class
?

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•What would be the position of the instructor
in the classroom?

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•Should the instructor allow the ‘late comers’
to the attend the class?

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•The sound factor in the class room – Some
people have to have some form of
background noise when they are working to
help them stay focused.
•Others prefers absolute silence to
concentrate on their work.

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• Ventilation in the classroom – Improved
classroom ventilation could reduce
students’ absence.

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