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The ORBIT project develops an “Open Resource Bank for Interactive Teaching” (ORBIT) (and an associated programme) to promote interactive teaching for primary and secondary schools. ORBIT is aimed at use in formal HE teaching (PGCE), use in training schools and by teacher mentors, as well as continuing professional development for in-service teachers. ORBIT makes existing higher education expertise on teacher education as widely available as possible to other teacher education providers both within HE and otherwise, through
The ORBIT project illustrates pedagogical principles through concrete lesson plans and ideas. The materials are hands-on, they use actual lesson activities as building blocks, and embed theory within them. ORBIT makes this particular approach – a hallmark of effective teacher education – more accessible and tangible. There is also a significant focus on the use of ICT within mathematics and science teaching, offering pedagogical support where it is especially needed. ORBIT promotes interactive teaching in schools – teaching that supports active learning.
* ensuring that relevant and high quality resources from existing and disappearing collections (both produced within HEIs and by practitioners) are made openly available to the teacher education and school teacher communities,
* developing additional materials where these are needed to fill gaps, and
* contributing to broad collaboration and synergy in OER on teacher education, both within the UK, and between the UK and other countries, such as the United States.


The Open Resource Bank on Interactive Teaching (ORBIT) supports teaching and learning in a significant part of an initial teacher education course, such as an HE-based 1-year PGCE course in primary education or secondary mathematics or science (or a school-based training programme), primarily focusing on interactive teaching in these two subject areas. Mathematics and science are key curriculum subjects and a focus in this area fits well with the government's current prioritisation of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). The ORBIT focusses on practical aspects of interactive teaching and enquiry-based learning, illustrating pedagogical principles through concrete lesson plans and ideas. The ORBIT materials are hands-on, presenting actual activities within lessons as the primary building blocks, with theoretical ideas embedded within these blocks. We seek to make this particular approach – a hallmark of effective teacher education – more accessible and tangible. Within ORBIT, there is also a significant focus on the use of ICT within the subject teaching of mathematics and science, which is an important emerging area, and one which is notoriously lacking in effective pedagogical support.
ORBIT is for formal HE teaching courses, for teacher mentors, as well as for the continuing professional development of teachers. Its '''aims''' are


Departmental page:
* to support learning in mathematics and science to fit well with the prioritisation of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/orbit/


JISC pages:
* to ensure that existing and disappearing open educational archives, from HEIs and practitioners, are made available to the teacher education and school communities.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/ukoer3/orbit.aspx
 
http://prod.cetis.ac.uk/projects/1084 (with related projects)
* to contribute to collaboration and OER synergy within teacher education in the UK and other countries
 
* to provide a substantial resource for initial teacher education courses, such as the HE-based PGCE for primary education; secondary mathematics or secondary science as well as school-based teaching programmes.
 
'''Objectives'''
* The first objective is the creation of the ORBIT resource bank itself. We draw on content and technical expertise from a wide range of partners.
* The second objective is the creation of an open course book. A collection of materials will be collated into a self-contained open digital course book, which with freedom to duplicate, re-use, and adapt content.
 
Project brief at JISC: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/ukoer3/orbit.aspx and http://prod.cetis.ac.uk/projects/1084 (with related projects)


Twitter https://twitter.com/ORBITSTEM and hashtag #orbitstem
Twitter https://twitter.com/ORBITSTEM and hashtag #orbitstem
Faculty of Education: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/

Revision as of 14:57, 20 September 2012


The ORBIT project illustrates pedagogical principles through concrete lesson plans and ideas. The materials are hands-on, they use actual lesson activities as building blocks, and embed theory within them. ORBIT makes this particular approach – a hallmark of effective teacher education – more accessible and tangible. There is also a significant focus on the use of ICT within mathematics and science teaching, offering pedagogical support where it is especially needed. ORBIT promotes interactive teaching in schools – teaching that supports active learning.

ORBIT is for formal HE teaching courses, for teacher mentors, as well as for the continuing professional development of teachers. Its aims are

  • to support learning in mathematics and science to fit well with the prioritisation of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
  • to ensure that existing and disappearing open educational archives, from HEIs and practitioners, are made available to the teacher education and school communities.
  • to contribute to collaboration and OER synergy within teacher education in the UK and other countries
  • to provide a substantial resource for initial teacher education courses, such as the HE-based PGCE for primary education; secondary mathematics or secondary science as well as school-based teaching programmes.

Objectives

  • The first objective is the creation of the ORBIT resource bank itself. We draw on content and technical expertise from a wide range of partners.
  • The second objective is the creation of an open course book. A collection of materials will be collated into a self-contained open digital course book, which with freedom to duplicate, re-use, and adapt content.

Project brief at JISC: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/ukoer3/orbit.aspx and http://prod.cetis.ac.uk/projects/1084 (with related projects)

Twitter https://twitter.com/ORBITSTEM and hashtag #orbitstem

Faculty of Education: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/research/

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