Workshop 2
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Section H Evaluation
Activity
H1 Evaluating the new ideas in the classroom |
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Aims
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To report back to the group about your experiences
in teaching some aspect of energy.
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To evaluate these experiences taking account of the
factors that affect the transformation of curriculum innovation.
Background
In the previous workshop you were asked to plan and
teach a lesson about energy that fitted into your existing scheme of work,
drawing on the new curriculum ideas that that had been introduced. In planning
and evaluating the lesson, it was suggested that you think about the factors
that affected the choices that you made. In the workshop, you also explored
factors affecting the transformations of curriculum innovation through
‘stories’ that drew on the case studies of teachers who took part in the
research. These factors were categorised as related to:
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Content
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Beliefs about learning
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Values
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Contexts, customs, constraints
The factors are reflected in the evaluation criteria
that were suggested in the previous activity.
What to do
1. Briefly describe to the others in the group
the nature of the lesson that you planned and taught, and the key points
of the evaluation.
2. After everybody in the group has reported
back, then consider each of the evaluation criteria below:
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How well do you think the scientific ideas fitted
in with the other work about energy that pupils study?
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Did the pupils appear to understand the ideas?
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What criteria did you use to assess whether pupils
understood the ideas?
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Do you think that these ideas are important for pupils
to learn?
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Do you think that the work helped pupils in preparation
for test and examinations?
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Did you find that you needed to adopt new classroom
strategies to implement the approach?
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Did you feel uncertain about your own understanding
of the scientific ideas?
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Were you limited in what you could do because of
constraints in resources?
On which of these points is there a measure of agreement?
On which points do you disagree? Why? |
