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== Creating a supportive environment == | == Creating a supportive environment == | ||
{{activity|otr| Video on classification of vertebrates.|15}} | {{activity|otr| Video on classification of vertebrates.|15}} {{ade edit|Locate the following videos in your resources:}} | ||
* Eness vertebrates 10 ("Is a boy a mammal?") and | |||
* Eness vertebrates 11 ("Is a whale a fish or a mammal?"). | |||
The videos show some lively class discussion about classifying these animals, and we have selected these to hopefully stimulate some controversy, as well as to show a teacher challenging their students. | |||
{{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 10.mp4 }} | {{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 10.mp4 }} | ||
{{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 11.mp4 }} | {{: Video/19 Eness 3 vertebrates 11.mp4 }} | ||
{{activity|Reflection| on the learning environment and classroom management.|15}} | {{activity|Reflection| on the learning environment and classroom management.|15}} Read these questions in advance of the video, and reflect on them: | ||
* Was there a supportive environment for pupil participation and dialogue in this lesson?{{lfl|2}} If so, how did the teacher achieve this? | * Was there a supportive environment for pupil participation and dialogue in this lesson?{{lfl|2}} If so, how did the teacher achieve this? | ||
* How did she help students to work out whether the boy and the whale were mammals? Did this discussion move their thinking forward?{{lfl|1}} | * How did she help students to work out whether the boy and the whale were mammals? Did this discussion move their thinking forward?{{lfl|1}} | ||
* What did you think about teacher control and pupil learning in these video clips? How would a horseshoe seating arrangement have impacted on this? | * What did you think about teacher control and pupil learning in these video clips? How would a horseshoe seating arrangement have impacted on this? | ||
* How would you manage something similar in your classroom? How would you encourage pupil talk without losing too much control? | * How would you manage something similar in your classroom? How would you encourage pupil talk without losing too much control? | ||
Make a note of your reflections in your mind map created above! | |||
{{ednote|title=Guidance for ADE authors|text= | {{ednote|title=Guidance for ADE authors|text= | ||