Below is a link to an educational video that I found extremely
enlightening. Neurologist turned educator, Judy Willis talks about the science
of boredom, how to get students' attention, and the most important lessons for
21st-century learning.
She discusses key points about creating curiosity in the classroom and
ensuring that students are focused learners.
The educator suggests implementing techniques such as wearing a
specific hat to alert students what is going to happen and to further this,
what is expected of the students. Mrs. Willis encourages change in the
classroom, as she strongly believes that it is a novelty that children feed
off.
An additional key message in the clip is that when students are making
predictions within their learning, they are involved! Sometimes children are reluctant
to have a go as they are scared of providing the wrong answer. To eliminate
this from occurring, Judy suggests that individual whiteboards are great to use
as students have a private input. Therefore, they feel safe and supported in
their learning environment.
The children of today and the future need the executive functions
which include; judgment, critical analysis, ability to have a go, are able to
determine if websites are accurate, can identify biasm, are problem solvers and
can analysis risks.
Children require feedback it is a known fact. However, most
importantly they need corrective feedback! For students to achieve goals that
are at a challenging level, they require positive feedback, which may be a
reward and then be provided with harder work! How can children improve if they
are working at the same ability level and never given the opportunity to
develop?
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