1. O R A L C O M P E T E N C E A N D P O P U L A R C U L T U R E
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M A R I A C O R N A D Ó
M A R I N A F E R R É
Z O E H A Y N E S
S A N D R A J I M E N E Z
E I L A M O R A L E S
M O N I C A R O D R I G U E Z
M A R I A S O L É
PROJECTS & CORNERS
3. WHAT IS IT?
• Is the processing of
thematic units chosen
freely by students.
• It uses a globalizing
method framed in
constructivist theory of
learning.
4. ADVANTAGES
WHAT IS IT?
Promotes a high degree of motivation during the learning activities.
The students involved and take responsibility for their own learning
and they learn things that have a sense for them (meaningful
learning).
Requires finding information in different disciplines or subjects.
It promotes communication, cooperation and social skills.
Students establish a connection between what they learn in school
and the reality around them.
5. AIMS
LEARNING TO LEARN
TEACH THINKING
• To learn strategies to solve problems.
• To encourage autonomy.
• To manage information (search, organize, disseminate, ...).
6. HOW DO WE DO IT?
PHASE TASK
Phase 1 Need. What do we want?
Phase 2 Definition. Achieve it.
Phase 3 Planning. How do we do it?
Phase 4 Development. Let's do it.
Phase 5 Evaluation-Synthesis.
7. THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
Offer elements to value the efficiency and viability of the strategies and
actions.
Forecast the timing of the actions.
Formulate rules of groups of pupils that potentiate the cooperative
work.
Reformulate hypothesis with respect to the learning contents that is
related to the project.
Forecast:
- Sources of informations.
- Material.
- Space and time to carry out the actions.
8. THE ROLE OF THE FAMILIES
Help and support their child with the homework
Provide related material and resources
Cooperate with the teacher and carry out workshop or related
activities
Attend to the oral exposition at the school
9. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ASSESS?
• Check if the content of the program have been
achieve.
• Assess the individual learning of the students (from
their previous knowledge).
• Think about our own interventions.
• Co-evaluate.
• Evaluate the project.
ASSESSMENT
10. Auto assessment Co- evaluate
Students take part on their own
assessment.
Students think about what are
they doing, and they have to be
able to put into words
judgments and opinions.
It’s a self-criticism, which
create habits of reflection about
their own reality.
We do more progress to reflect
about our errors than hinge on
our right answers.
Students take part on their
classmates assessments.
The co-evaluation allow the
dialogue with the students
about their needs.
Students take part and they are
involve.
How to assess?
11. SOME EXEMPLES OF PROJECTS
In summary…. This is a Project based learning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8
12. SOME EXEMPLES OF PROJECTS
PBL in pre-primary schools:
(Institució Montserrat de
Barcelona)
http://www.edu3.cat/Edu3tv/Fitxa?
p_id=16735&p_ex=treball%20per%2
0projectes
(Escola l’arrabassada)
http://escolalarrabassada.blogspot
.com.es/
13. SOME EXEMPLES OF PROJECTS
- PBL in Primary schools:
(CEIP Les Roquetes de Sant Pere
de Ribes)
http://www.edu3.cat/Edu3tv/Fit
xa?p_id=16803&p_ex=treball%2
0per%20projectes
(Escola la Marina de l’hospitalet
LL.)
https://sites.google.com/a/xtec.cat/
escola-la-marina/com-ho-
fem/projectes
15. WHAT IS IT?
Organize the class with corners, is a pedagogy
strategy that pretends to integrate learning activities
to the basic needs of the infant.
16. AIMS
To develop the intellectual, social and emotional potential of the
infants.
To encourage the initiative of the children.
To promote the autonomy of each child.
To encourage logical reasoning.
To solve the problems in different ways.
To plan the own activity.
To develop children's creativity.
To facilitate communication.
To acquiring rules of conduct.
To responsibility of the corner material.
17. Methodology Values
Expositive
Participative
Cooperative
Collaborative
Attention
Effort
Collaboration
Sensitivity
HOW DO WE DO IT?
18. Management of the groups Areas of work
Work in teams
Work in couples
Individual work
Languages
Mathematics
Social and Natural Sciences
Music
Arts
HOW DO WE DO IT?
19. HOW DO WE DO IT?
Steps to design a corner
1. Distribution the space
2. Planning the aims
3. Planning the contents
4. Select the materials
5. Define the rules of procedure
6. Let’s do it!
20. THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER
To design corners for work different areas and abilities.
To explain the corners and distribute the children
individually, in pairs or in groups for do the different
corners.
Encourage children to play, to check and do in the corners.
To participate in all the corners and observe the children
during the session.
Take notes about children's behaviour and their growth
during the different sessions.
Take care that all the children has to play in all the corners.
When all the children has playing in all the corners, change
these for new corners.
Tell to the families what corners are put together.
21. THE ROLE OF THE FAMILIES
Cooperate with the teachers to organize the
corners' room.
Families can stay in the class and walk with the
kids and encourage them during the corners' time.
Ask to the children about the corners
who has been played.
To provide some real materials
for the corners.
22. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ASSESS?
Student exploitation
Suitability of the
distribution.
Use of materials.
Student acceptance.
Activity promoted.
...
Student actuation.
Corner more frequent
and time dedicated.
Use of the material
Interaction with the
other classmates.
Level of initiative in the
shared game.
The need of the adult.
ASSESSMENT
Corners functioning
23. Free observation Systematic observation
The adult should do a
constant observation in
order to know what’s
happening in the
classroom.
Diary
Video recorders.
Observation pattern.
Register of participation.
Collection of anecdotes.
…
How to assess?
24. SOME EXEMPLES OF CORNERS
Assembly corner
Arts & Crafts
corner
Role game corner
25. SOME EXEMPLES OF CORNERS
Experiences corner
Maths corner
Literacy corner