Using key Comptencies in learning Languages

Waitakere College Curriculum Development

Key Competencies & Learning Languages

May 25 2009Dawn Jarbeau

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Our Meeting

• A Waitakere Graduate• Developing our thinking around Key Competencies

• Learning Languages Curriculum

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NZ Curriculum

What does the ideal Graduate look like?

• Keep in mind the vision, values, principles of Waitakere College

• Create a personality profile of the ideal Graduate

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The key competencies are an important part of the New Zealand Curriculum.

They focus on developing dispositions and behaviours that empower students to approach new learning opportunities with motivation and confidence, equipped with a range of strategies

and processes to negotiate and create new knowledge in the 21st century and beyond.

The knowledge and skills contained in each of the essential learning areas continues to be

important, school management and classroom teachers will need to ensure that in selecting relevant learning contexts and pedagogical approaches, that these attend to, and are conducive to, the development of the key

competencies.

NZ Curriculum

Key Competencies

• Thinking• Relating to others• Using language,symbols and texts• Managing self• Participating and contributing

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Key Competencies

• Thinking• Relating to others• Using language,symbols and texts• Managing self• Participating and contributing

Subject /Curriculum Area:The Key Competencies – Contextual Opportunities for Learning

(Based on a table by Cheryl Doig) C.Doig@thinkbeyond.co.nz

Competency Description Professional Teachers Learning contexts and the dimensions of strength (Carr, 2006)A(agency); B(breadth); C(continuity); D(Depth)

Professional Learning Communities

MANAGING SELF•Self-motivation, a “can-do” attitude, and seeing themselves as capable learners. It is integral to self-assessment.•Learners who manage themselves are enterprising, resourceful, reliable, and resilient.•They establish personal goals, make plans, manage projects, and set high standards.•They have strategies for meetingchallenges.•They know when to lead, when to follow, and when and how to act independently.

Model:•Meeting commitments•Applying learning to new situations•Intrinsic motivation•Social ethical values, the ability to resolve conflict; and resiliency•Seeking and acting on feedback of own performance.

Teach:•Reflection as an essential part of learning•Self management/ responsibility skills such as goal setting, time management, choice making, self assessment and evaluation•Making purposes and goals explicit

Classroom Culture (Claxton et al)Classroom & Community Based Curriculum ContextsInnovative / 21st C teaching and learning

•Encourage staff to think for themselves•Build resiliency through appropriate levels of delegation & professional learning•Recognise conflict as important for community growth and develop systems to express this openly and safely•Provide systems which provide guidance while still allowing independence and flexibility within the working structure•Obtains regular individual and collective feedback from stakeholder groups

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

Key Competencies in Learning Languages

• Grab the Key Competencies Templates for activities• Group discussion

What does each key competency look like in terms of students, teachers and the classroom environment

specific to learning languages?