Flexible ICT options for language learning in primary education dr. Wim de Boer Florence, Italy 14 - 15 November 2013
Dec 06, 2014
Flexible ICT options for language learning in primary education
dr. Wim de Boer
Florence, Italy14 - 15 November 2013
Outline
• The language• The need• The approach• The input• The ideas• The guidelines
• The first prototype• The proces from
here on…
The language: Some facts…
• 620,000 inhabitants: 94% understand, 74% speak, 65% read and 17% write
• 55% Frisian mother tongue• Schools have curricular autonomy• Frisian language is part of curriculum• Primary schools: one lesson per week• 15-20% of schools use Frisian as
medium of instruction in world studies & arts
• 67% of teachers are qualified to teach it
The Frisian language in education in the Netherlands
A new (digital) set of learning materials for learning Frisian in primary education
The need
Thomas Reeves
The approach:Development research
The input
• Inventory of actual developments within education, focused on the use of technology
• School visits, observations of classes • Interviews with teachers and pupils• Research with Frisian Academy on use of
existing materials• Curriculum and evaluation project with field• Research with students of teacher training
institute on use of existing materials and ideas about the future
• Inventory didactical approaches
The input
• Inventory of actual developments within education, focused on the use of technology
• School visits, observations of classes • Interviews with teachers and pupils• Research with Frisian Academy on use of
existing materials• Curriculum and evaluation project with field• Research with students of teacher training
institute on use of existing materials and ideas about the future
• Inventory didactical approaches
Media mix options,printing on demand
Not to be outdated fastly
Re-newing, improving constantly
Dig. Portfolio
Tests
progress tracking
learning analytics
educational platfoarm
Teacher assistant
actual
Ease of use
overview
motivational
ICT: HTML 5...
Serious games
Games/gamification
individual & adaptive learning
Use of digital BB
differentitation
curricula
Use of ECFR
The input• Inventory of actual developments within
education, focused on the use of technology
• School visits, observations of classes • Interviews with teachers and pupils• Research with Frisian Academy on use of
existing materials• Curriculum and evaluation project with
field• Research with students of teacher
training institute on use of existing materials and ideas about the future
• Inventory didactical approaches
Design principles
• Curriculum flexibility: Custom made curricula based on school and teacher (pupil) choices and characteristics;
• Didactical/pedagogical flexibility: Options for different learning styles, content, differentiation, class organization, group & individual learning;
• Presentation flexibility: Custom made based presentation on school and teacher (pupil) choices and characteristics, digital white/blackboard, digital teacher assistant, use on mobile devices and tablets, crossed media/blended learning, printing on demand;
• New learning options: Serious games, gamification, personal learning, adaptive learning modules;
• Evaluating learning options: Smart learning analytics, evaluation tools and instruments, integrated as part of learning activities.
FlexibilityFrisian as a subject Important Not important
Use of Frisian in other subjects CLIL Yes No
Teacher with diploma Yes No
# students are Frisian High Low
Competences All Some
Digital Yes No
Size school Small Big
Content Frisian culture
Children’s Interest
School 1Frisian as a subject Important Not important
Use of Frisian in other subjects CLIL Yes No
Teacher with diploma Yes No
# students are Frisian High Low
Competences All Some
Digital Yes No
Size school Small Big
Content Frisian culture
Children’s Interest
School 2Frisian as a subject Important Not important
Use of Frisian in other subjects CLIL Yes No
Teacher with diploma Yes No
# students are Frisian High Low
Competences All Some
Digital Yes No
Size school Small Big
Content Frisian culture
Children’s Interest
Contents
text, video, audio, games, tests, exams, projects, practices,
assignments, formative assessments, adaptive
modules, curricula, own materials, materials
other subjects
Electronic learning
environment:
• Browser• Tablet• Digital board• ….
Learning platform
The first prototype
Nije foarmen fan learen (serious games)
The proces from here on…
Doing it together… • Pilots and workshops with
teachers• Research with future teachers
and teacher trainers, including teachers and students
• Cooperation with network of language coordinators and multilanguage schools
• Working on curriculum with teacher consultants and in service institute
• ….
Learning domain (e.g. verbs)
Test questions
practiceinstruction (A1-)
practice (A1)
practice (A1+)instruction
practice (A2-)instruction
instruction
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Klaas: Wy hawwe stienen nedich
Klaas: Kom deroan
Pieter: Ik haw it wol
Gebouwen
skoallesikehûsfinzenisteatertsjerke
Rampen
Gjin ûnderwiis
Kriminaliteit
Ferfeling
pest
Identifying ideas, demands and wishes for a new set of learning materials for Frisian language learning
• Secondary schools offer the subject in the lower grades
• In higher grades possibility as a subject with exam in all types of s.e.
• Frisian as instruction language is permitted, but rare. Today: 3-language schools project…
Theoretical model educational flexibility
• Eight dimensions of effective Web-based learning environments (Reeves, 2002).
Used for:• Specific software• searching• Communication
Not for:• Simulation/
games• Testing
Curriculumoral language1. The students develop a positive attitude towards the use of Frisian by themselves and others . 2. The students learn to acquire information from spoken Frisian language. Through texts, opinions or instruction on subjects familiar to them .3. The pupils learn to process information in Frisian to express situations in their daily lives.
written language4. The students learn to acquire information from texts in Frisian in text types such as leaflets, brochures , articles , webites , lyrics.5 . The students learn to write about everyday topics with the aim to be able to communicate with others about those subjects .
Linguistics, including strategies6. The students acquire a vocabulary of frequently used words and acquire strategies for understanding unfamiliar words .
Offer options and help selecting…