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= Being aware of the wider context and the overarching goals = | = Being aware of the wider context and the overarching goals = | ||
Throughout the programme, try to bear in mind the wider context. This resource has been developed in a Zambian context, and while it is applicable to other contexts, you will probably make suitable modification and adaptations. | Throughout the programme, try to bear in mind the wider context. This resource has been developed in a specific Zambian context, and while it is applicable to other contexts, you will probably make suitable modification and adaptations (potentially even for use in other Zambian schools). We do not see this programme as something that is set in stone, but as something that is flexible and adaptable. | ||
To bring awareness to the wider context, you may want to consider the following questions: | |||
* What are the issues with primary education in your country? | * What are the issues with primary education in your country? | ||
* Why | * Why have participants been invited to the OER4schools programme? | ||
* What are teachers’ expectations? | * What are teachers’ expectations? | ||
* What are they expecting to learning? | * What are they expecting to learning? | ||
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You should also consider the overarching goals of the programme. For instance, what is the rationale for running workshops in the first place? One important element is that workshops model practices in the workshop that teachers are supposed to implement in the school. For instance, they offer opportunities for dialogue. | You should also consider the overarching goals of the programme. For instance, what is the rationale for running workshops in the first place? One important element is that workshops model practices in the workshop that teachers are supposed to implement in the school. For instance, they offer opportunities for dialogue. | ||
How do you do a whole-school process at your school? Who needs to be involved? | If you are running this programme for all teachers at the school, then what is the best way of organising that? How do you do a whole-school process at your school? Who needs to be involved? | ||
= Being aware of the overarching educational principles = | = Being aware of the overarching educational principles = | ||
We now turn to the overarching pedagogical principles. | |||
Make sure that you are clear about the difference between "interactive pedagogy", and "interactive computer applications" (such as certain types of multi-media, e.g. interactive video). In this professional learning resource, "interactive" always means "interactive pedagogy", i.e. people interacting with each other, not one person interacting with a computer application. | Make sure that you are clear about the difference between "interactive pedagogy", and "interactive computer applications" (such as certain types of multi-media, e.g. interactive video). In this professional learning resource, "interactive" always means "interactive pedagogy", i.e. people interacting with each other, not one person interacting with a computer application. | ||
[[OER4Schools/Principles of interactive teaching]] | [[OER4Schools/Principles of interactive teaching]] | ||
