MethodUptake of traditional face-to-face MRCPCH written exam teaching sessions in Wales has been poor for three years despite interest being high among trainees. The aim of this project was to ...explore examinee experiences with the teaching programme and to use learner suggestions as part of a collaborative process to design a new teaching programme.A survey was sent to doctors working in paediatrics in Wales. Data was collected from February until March 2019. Questions included quantitative information on exam teaching uptake as well as qualitative questions on suggestions for improvement. Results were then used to design a new teaching system.ResultsThere were 17 respondents. Reasons given for not attending teaching included having prior clinical commitments (47.1%) or the teaching being held too far from their base hospital (11.8%). The two most popular suggestions to improve teaching were to ‘improve access’ and to ‘teach on difficult topics specifically’, with teaching preferably delivered online.ConclusionTeaching materials previously delivered in teaching sessions were recorded and are always now accessible online. A number of other changes were also introduced or are in development; the introduction of a peer-support network amongst trainees, mentorship support for those trainees struggling with exams and congratulatory emails sent to trainees from the Head of School once they’d passed exams.The biggest development was a new podcast, ‘DragonBytes’. Initially aimed to tackle difficult topics identified by trainees, such as metabolic conditions, the podcast now aims to support trainees more holistically with training. Episodes cover a wider range of topics; reflective writing, careers advice, and so on. Since launch, 395 people have listened, and the website has had over 250 unique views. The most popular episode, ‘Top Tips for Passing Written Exams’ had 88 listens after the first month.Free open access online medical education (FOAMed) is a growing online trend. DragonBytes has joined this movement by ensuring our material is available to trainees across the UK and advertised to them through social media.For future work, we aim to evaluate the success of the podcast, and survey our trainees to determine whether these improvements have helped.
STEM Integration in K-12 Education examines current efforts to connect the STEM disciplines in K-12 education. This report identifies and characterizes existing approaches to integrated STEM ...education, both in formal and after- and out-of-school settings. The report reviews the evidence for the impact of integrated approaches on various student outcomes, and it proposes a set of priority research questions to advance the understanding of integrated STEM education. STEM Integration in K-12 Education proposes a framework to provide a common perspective and vocabulary for researchers, practitioners, and others to identify, discuss, and investigate specific integrated STEM initiatives within the K-12 education system of the United States.
STEM Integration in K-12 Education makes recommendations for designers of integrated STEM experiences, assessment developers, and researchers to design and document effective integrated STEM education. This report will help to further their work and improve the chances that some forms of integrated STEM education will make a positive difference in student learning and interest and other valued outcomes.
How Students Learn Bransford, John D; Donovan, M. Suzanne
National Academies Press,
12/2004
eBook, Book
Open access
How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn . Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to ...revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness.
Organized for utility, the book explores how the principles of learning can be applied in science at three levels: elementary, middle, and high school. Leading educators explain in detail how they developed successful curricula and teaching approaches, presenting strategies that serve as models for curriculum development and classroom instruction. Their recounting of personal teaching experiences lends strength and warmth to this volume.
This book discusses how to build straightforward science experiments into true understanding of scientific principles. It also features illustrated suggestions for classroom activities.
Teaching as a Design Science Laurillard, Diana
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2013, 2012, 20130619, 2012-03-16, 2013-06-19, 20120101
eBook, Book
Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next generation. Teachers in the twenty-first century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with an ever-changing ...cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design professionals - architects, engineers, programmers - teachers have to work out creative and evidence-based ways of improving what they do. Yet teaching is not treated as a design profession. Every day, teachers design and test new ways of teaching, using learning technology to help their students. (DIPF/Verlag).
Drawing extensively on the expertise of teachers of German in universities across the UK, this volume offers an overview of recent trends, new pedagogical approaches and practical guidance for ...teaching at beginners level in the higher education classroom. At a time when entries for UK school exams in modern foreign languages are decreasing, this book serves the urgent need for research and guidance on ab initio learning and teaching in HE. Using the example of teaching German, it offers theoretical reflections on teaching ab initio and practice-oriented approaches that will be useful for teachers of both German and other languages in higher education. The first chapters assess the role of ab initio provision within the wider context of modern languages departments and language centres. They are followed by sections on teaching methods and innovative approaches in the ab initio classroom that include chapters on the use of music, textbook evaluation, the effective use of a flipped classroom and the contribution of language apps. Finally, the book focuses on the learner in the ab initio context and explores issues around autonomy and learner strengths. The whole builds into a theoretically grounded guide that sketches out perspectives for teaching and learning ab initio languages that will benefit current and future generations of students.
Creating the market university Berman, Elizabeth Popp
Princeton University Press,
2012, 2012., 20111219, 2011, 2012-00-00, 2012-01-01, 20120101
eBook, Book
Academic science in the U.S. once self-consciously avoided the market. But today it is seen as an economic engine that keeps the nation globally competitive. Creating the Market University compares ...the origins of biotech entrepreneurship, university patenting, and university-industry research centers to show how government decisions shaped by a new argument--that innovation drives the economy-transformed academic science. (Verlag)
Discover what happens when your students step out of their daily routines and activate their engagement. Author Katherine Mills Hernandez argues that movement, talk, and the physical environment of ...the classroom all contribute and influence students' learning. The ideas in Activate! will help you create a classroom optimized for deeper engagement and lasting learning. No matter what subject you teach, Katherine invites you to shift your attention from what you are doing in the classroom, to what your students are doing as the catalyst for learning. She provides insights into instruction through real classroom lessons as she gives you the tools to better assess your students' engagement and energy levels. The book describes practical ways to incorporate movement into the classroom routine, based on research on how an active brain generates true learning. Katherine invites you into her own classroom by sharing vignettes from lessons and activities, opening up the pages of her own learning journal, sharing pictures from her classroom, and examples of classroom charts. She also provides a comprehensive bibliography on the research behind the science of movement and talk and how they affect learning.
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