Lazy teacher for briefing
Pupils are given extra responsibilities in group work such as time keeper, facilitator, and resource manager to encourage participation. Questioning techniques like think-pair-share are employed to boost engagement. Peer assessment and allowing time for student review of essays reduces marking workload while improving learning. Various ICT tools are utilized for classroom management and instruction including interactive whiteboards, timers, and student-led computer activities. Students are also engaged through managing resources, leading class activities, explaining concepts to peers, and being given extra processing time. The overall approach is for teachers to do less direct teaching and demand more independent work and learning from students.
Lazy teacher for briefing
- 1. `Pupils come to school in order to watch their teachers work’
- 2. GROUP WORK Give each member of the group an extra responsibility: Time keeper Facilitator Resource manager Quality control
- 3. QUESTIONING Think / Pair / Share
- 4. MARKING Peer assessment and Assessment for Learning reduces marking! Projects: make a gallery and ask girls to comment on each others Use Studywiz galleries: girls can ‘rate’ and add ‘comments’ Give them checking time before handing in essays ... lots of obvious mistakes are eradicated this way. Get them to mark your marking: what do they prefer?
- 5. ICT Get a pupil to log in each lesson Use IWB tools for classroom management ... clock, countdown timer, ticker-tape announcements, dice Get one girl or group to work on the classroom computer with projector so rest of the class can follow. Film / photo different activities: helps with review and revision Employ a class researcher / fact finder to look up answers
- 6. GENERAL Get the girls to manage the resources and books. Ask them to do the starter activities / plenary. Ask girls who understand to explain to others. Give extra time for thinking / reflecting / reading
- 7. Longer lessons = less teaching, more learning Do less, demand more!