Masterclass Series
Tapping into Students’ Prior Knowledge
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Introduction
In this masterclass, we will start off by taking a look at the foundational theories behind constructivism. We will discover how schema and prior knowledge are constructed. We will discover the complexity of the mind and possible issues and misinformation that can be part of our schema. We will take a look at how worldview, mindset, and fast and slow thinking affect our schema.
Next, we will discover how advance organisers can help us engage students, activate prior knowledge, adjust misinformation, and be used to introduce driving questions. We will take a look at different types of advance organizers and how to use them with different levels of students and subjects.
Finally, we will look at some techniques that help us build upon prior knowledge and promote strong schema. We will discover ways of revisiting prior knowledge and developing it by increasing content, thematic, or language complexity.
Presented by Jennifer Schmidt – CLIL Teacher Trainer, Specialist in Bilingual Education & Erasmus+ Trainer.
This Workshop is included with PRO Membership.
Preparing for the Workshop
Our Masterclass workshops are typically delivered in 90 mins.
At Gallery Teachers, we endorse the philosophy of building on your previous knowledge and experience as opposed to just imparting knowledge on you.
Therefore, in order to prepare you for the webinar and help you activate what you already know about the topic, we will suggest two to four reflective questions for you to consider before you join the event.
You will also be given the opportunity to post your reflections, along with any questions you may already have at the pre-watching stage, to the discussion forum.
The reflective questions, as well as ideas and shared experiences posted to the forum by attendees, will be used in the real-time Q&A session in order to generate an engaging and meaningful discussion, involving the presenter and teachers from around the world.
After the event, the forum discussion will take on a life of its own and teachers will be encouraged to continue posting their experiences, reflections and questions related to the topic of the webinar. So, if you feel strongly about the topic, we will make it possible for you to take the discussion beyond the scheduled workshop and continue sharing your ideas with like-minded teachers and teacher trainers from other countries
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Sessions
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Prior Knowledge… who knew?
Excellent. Going back to basics in the classroom. Brings theory and practice to a new level of understanding.
I have never had the importance of prior knowledge explained to me in such a way. Well worth your time.