"Lots of 'accelerated learning' techniques work really well with A-level classes - and often better than in the lower school. Good, fun starters and plenaries are just as important for these lessons. Variety is the key but so is making sure the students have all the skills and information they need to tackle the exam questions for each topic. Some lessons may need to be more 'formal' - but even 'chalk and talk' is much more interesting these days with the use of PowerPoint. If you want students to make notes from discussions make sure you tell them and show them how to do this. Other lessons can be more challenging - difficult sorting tasks, mysteries, problem solving, mini-enquiries, preparing for presentations etc. To make sure content is covered sometimes I just give out handouts, but it’s more important to make the students responsible for their own learning so I get them to write up the content using a variety of sources at home. Notemaking in lessons is a waste of the lesson - its something the students can take care of in private study - though they will need guidance at first."
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Teaching AS/A2 Level
Some words of advice from "hre99"- a regular contributor to the SLN forum:
"Lots of 'accelerated learning' techniques work really well with A-level classes - and often better than in the lower school. Good, fun starters and plenaries are just as important for these lessons. Variety is the key but so is making sure the students have all the skills and information they need to tackle the exam questions for each topic. Some lessons may need to be more 'formal' - but even 'chalk and talk' is much more interesting these days with the use of PowerPoint. If you want students to make notes from discussions make sure you tell them and show them how to do this. Other lessons can be more challenging - difficult sorting tasks, mysteries, problem solving, mini-enquiries, preparing for presentations etc. To make sure content is covered sometimes I just give out handouts, but it’s more important to make the students responsible for their own learning so I get them to write up the content using a variety of sources at home. Notemaking in lessons is a waste of the lesson - its something the students can take care of in private study - though they will need guidance at first."
"Lots of 'accelerated learning' techniques work really well with A-level classes - and often better than in the lower school. Good, fun starters and plenaries are just as important for these lessons. Variety is the key but so is making sure the students have all the skills and information they need to tackle the exam questions for each topic. Some lessons may need to be more 'formal' - but even 'chalk and talk' is much more interesting these days with the use of PowerPoint. If you want students to make notes from discussions make sure you tell them and show them how to do this. Other lessons can be more challenging - difficult sorting tasks, mysteries, problem solving, mini-enquiries, preparing for presentations etc. To make sure content is covered sometimes I just give out handouts, but it’s more important to make the students responsible for their own learning so I get them to write up the content using a variety of sources at home. Notemaking in lessons is a waste of the lesson - its something the students can take care of in private study - though they will need guidance at first."
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