Information Family Models

Project Based Learning
Inquiry Learning
Socratic method

Project based learning

Project based Learning

• Projects should be meaningful to the student and interst them.
• Focusted on Cooporative learning
• EMPHASIS: Student centered, long-term projects, interdisciplinary.
• Contruct an activity to present what was learned.
• Teacher support student learning

P.B.L. cont.....

• Define your learning goal
• begin with projects that engage students.
• Have Multiple opportunities for formative assessment
• Promote participation

INQUIRY based learning

INQUIRY based learning

• Based on exploration, activities and relays on student questions.
• Students poses questions or problems for students to investigate, reasearch and learn
• Teachers = facilitators and providers of resources, make suggestions, and evaluate

4 stages of INQUIRY learning

• Engagement: activate prior knowledg
• Exploration: investigate problem without being told how to do it
• Explanation: Present what they learned
• elaboration:Work independently and generate their own activities

Socratic method

Socratic Method

• Goal= get students to critically think about different issues
• Not one right answer
• valuable when teaching: ethics, law, history or civics
• Challenges students thoughts or perspectives.

Steps for socratic method

• ask or create open ended question
• Teacher begins discussion and facilitates discussion
• Students discuss, answer questions, and support their stance
• Come to conclusion

Teacher role

• Guide and focus discussion
• convince students to engage in discusion
• monitor time frame for student answers
• make sure students elaborate on responses
• Clarify, synthesize and restate opinions

Student role

• Think, speak and support argument
• Listen actively to other students responses
• Be respectful to variing views or opinions and do not inturrup.