CERCUL PEDAGOGIC

Nr.5
LIMBA ENGLEZA
Coordonator:
Profesor metodist DANIELA
SIMION

17 Noiembrie 2012

Welcoming the coleagues

Creating positive and practical learning
Video lesson demonstrations
Discussions

Creating positive and

practical learning

It is the supreme art of the teacher to

awaken joy in creative expression and
knowledge.
Albert
Einstein

Learning may be viewed as a process of acquiring new,

or modifying existing, knowledge, behaviors, skills,
values, or preferences.

Human learning may occuras part of education,

personal development, schooling, or training.
The teacher is a person who provides education
for pupils and students. Creating a positive
learning environment in your classroom will
allow your students to feel comfortable, safe
and engaged. When students feel respected,
supported, appreciated and valued, learning
comes much more easily.

There are many things a teacher can do to make his

or her classroom a safe and positive place for
students to learn:

A teacher needs to be enthusiastic about her or himself and

come in with an energetic attitude.
A teacher must be positive. How the teacher feels and appears it
will affect the classroom.
The teacher should share with the students the importance of an
education and the importance of being independent.
Look and sound enthusiastic when a child makes progress on a
skill he is finding difficult.
Teach students to help rather than to laugh and remind your
pupils that everyone is human and makes mistakes...but that it is
okay and expected.
Make a positive statement before giving a correction.
There is great satisfaction in being able to accomplish
something.
The students should be taught to respect and care for each
other.

Making Learning Personal,

Practical and Profitable

Learning must be real: it must be relevant to a persons

daily life or work.
Teachers should encourage pupils to explore and to focus
providing lots of stimulation.
Learning must be real and timeless.
Learning should relate to the individuals needs and
should be for today and tomorrow, rather than for
yesterday.

Designing a positive learning

environment for children is crucial
to the success of your classroom.

Without a positive learning environment, curriculum

can become monotonous and instruction teacherfocused rather than student-centered.

There are a number of ways for teachers to create a positive learning

environment for children:

Create order. Furniture should be arranged in such a way that

there is little traffic throughout the day and so that it appears
organized.
Ensure comfort, health and safety.
Include children in the creation of their environment. This will
help make their environment welcoming and comfortable.
Provide support, praise and feedback. This gives children
motivation to learn, make mistakes and accomplish new things.
Teachers make learning interesting and enjoyable, then
learning and acquiring knowledge becomes a joy.
Traditional classroom teaching encourages students to
memorize material for future testing in key subjects such as
reading, math and science. It uses a more direct form of
instruction from teacher to a group of similarly skilled students.
The practical method involves teaching through critical thinking
assignments, presentations, projects and technology as
teachers can supplement their instruction.

Practical learning
( the ability to do something) is just as
important as academic learning
( knowledge about something).
Practical training methods

1. I observe-I imagine
It enables students to distinguish between what one person is
actually doing and how another perceives them. It trains
students to verbalise the non-verbal aspects of another's
behaviour.
2. Demonstration
Students should be given a clear model of how to conduct the
exercise. The teacher models it and invites the student to try it.
The teacher compliments the student and invites a reshaping
of the student's statement if it does not fit the ground rules,
which are precisely designed.

Practical training activities

Introducing new materials

Effectiveness of materials depends on how you bring them to life.

Adapt them and personalise them to match your students needs
and interests, which makes it easier for your him/her to absorb the
new language.

English corner or English table

An English corner (or table) provides a focus for anything related to

English classes. It is the display and storage place for:
games
a mini-library of picture books
displays of English culture such as pictures, flags, etc.
displays of drawings, home-made books or craft work.

Music as a learning aid

Music can have beneficial effects upon learning. They have claimed
that listening to certain types of music may enhance thinking skills,
or create an appropriate mood, or climate, for effective learning to
take place.

Games can be powerful teaching tools.

It's long been understood that young children learn a lot through
play. Teens and even adults can learn while playing games, and
there is a wide range of games available to teach a variety of topics.
Play is work to children. Learning games for children and school
activities are the best tools to teach pupils. It is through play that
children enjoy themselves and find learning fun. This positive
experience turns a child into a passionate learner in years to come.
Playing games adds excitement and fun to learning English and
supports childrens holistic learning and development. Playing
games may even change the attitudes of some children who find
learning English difficult as it gives them a chance to win. In playing
games, unlike in many other activities in English, success is not only
measured by how well you can speak English.

Types of games
Games can be grouped into:
starting games quick games used to select one person for a
leader or chaser
physical games that involve movement and space
card games
board games

Using fairy tales

Fairy tales communicate strong, unconscious
messages to children in terms they can grasp and
even carry into adulthood.
Role-playing
A role-playing game is a game in which the
participants assume the roles of characters and
collaboratively create stories.
Printable activities
There are the different events and occasions for pupils
to use printable activities, games, books, songs, roleplay for entertainment. There are times when we need
to find some thing to do as family time, holiday fun
time, traveling, waiting in a restaurant, parties, etc.

Realia
The word realia means using real items found in
the world around us to help teach English. Using
realia, helps to make English lessons memorable,
creating a link between the objects, and the word
or phrase they show.
Using realia stimulates the mind, and makes the
vocabulary more memorable than a picture would.
Students can, touch , smell, and with a food item,
taste it. Realia saves time, as recognition of an
object is often immediate; elicitation of vocabulary
becomes much easier as simply holding up the
object with a raised eyebrow, will usually result in
the desired word being spoken.

Tips/ Suggestions for creating a safe learning

environment

Allow students to express their thoughts and ideas, build relationships

and practice collaboration.
Post student work-using displays of essays, poems, posters, projects
on the walls.
Have non-negotiables- rules and procedures for the student to know
right out of the gate.
Admit when you dont know-by saying Im not really sureDoes
anyone else know or might like to look that up for us?
Read and write with your students- The message sends this: I like to
read/ I write side by side with you
Remain calm at all times- it takes a long time to rebuild the feeling of
safety and trust.
Take every opportunity to model Kindness-They will follow.
Circulate- to monitor their work, overhear a student.
Smile often- The more smiles we offer to students the more we
receive.
Laugh with your students- Learning doesnt always have to be so
serious.
Offer options- You will have three choices
Art and music feed the soul- it has therapeutic effect. Incorporate
these in your lessons!

Just as the teacher's attitude plays a role in

establishing the positive environment, the parents'
attitudes also take effect.
With the support and dedication of the teachers,
parents, and administration, any learning
environment can and should be transformed into a
positive learning environment.

Imagination is more important

than knowledge. Knowledge is
limited, Imagination encircles the
world.
Albert Einstein