Activities That Motivate and Learning to Learn
Rob Dean
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2 = Touch Your Head
3 = Say ‘Donkey’
Incorporating novelty into the classroom
• Making learning a game
• Bring in elements from beyond the classroom
• Social participation and personalisation
• Learning to learn
Agenda
Context and Background:
- Learning to learn – how was it for you?
- Metacognition – what and why?
The link between learning to learn and motivation
Some Practical Activities that motivate
Context and Background
What strategies did you use…
What strategies did you use…
To remember new vocabulary? To practise the language as much as possible? To express yourself when you didn’t know a word? To organise your learning?
Cognitive Strategies
Social Strategies
Communication Strategies
Metacognitive Strategies
Metacognition explored
The Novice Learner
knowledge information
student
Metacognition – Three possible components
Developing thinking skills
Choice: materials and strategies
Developing self-awareness
Metacognition – Three possible components
The Expert Learner
knowledge Student B Student A
Metacognition – Why is it so important?
The teacher cannot be on hand all the time
More independent thinking = more
learning
Metacognition is a transferrable
life skill
Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas
Developing
thinking skills
Developing self-awareness
Choice: materials
and strategies
Learning to Learn: Choice of
materials and strategies
Everyone’s DifFerEnt
Real Life
New Challenges
New Challenges
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
Project work on areas of interest
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
Project work on areas of interest
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
Different types of response: Verbal,
written, physical, etc
Project work on areas of interest
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
Different types of response: Verbal,
written, physical, etc
Project work on areas of interest
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
TV Quiz Shows
Different types of response: Verbal,
written, physical, etc
Project work on areas of interest
Providing Choice:
Further Ideas
Social Media
Readers DVD,
YouTube
TV Quiz Shows
Different types of response: Verbal,
written, physical, etc
Project work on areas of interest
Family Fortunes
Something you might catch:
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1. Fish
2. A cold
3. A bus
4. A ball
5. A train
6. A tram http://www.quizpub.co.uk/Family-
Fortunes-quiz.htm
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Battleships
winter
season
year
time
cold
exam
test
assessment
diploma
student
Define the word in red without using any of the words in black
brain
head
think
organ
understand
Define the word in red without using any of the words in black
Taboo
Q X Z
Summing Up: Learning to Learn
and Motivation
Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas
Developing thinking
skills
Developing self-awareness
Choice: materials
and strategies
Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas
Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas
Developing thinking skills
Developing self-awareness
Choice: materials
and strategies
Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas
Variety Interactivity Relevance Games
Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas
Developing thinking
skills
Developing self-awareness
Choice: materials
and strategies
Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas
Student Centred Approaches and Activities Personalisation Strategy
Learning to Learn through metacognition – Some practical ideas
Developing thinking skills
Developing self-awareness
Choice: materials and strategies
Motivation through novelty – Some practical ideas
Social Collaboration Guided Reflection
New Challenges
Quiz Time:
How much do you remember?
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