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October 16, 2022

Book: Small Group Communication: Forming & Sustaining Teams 

Linabary, J.R. (Ed.). (2021). Small group communication: Forming and sustaining teams. Pressbooks. https://pressbooks.pub/smallgroup/ Brilhart and Galanes (1998) divide norms into two categories. General norms “direct the behavior of the group as a whole” (130). Meeting times, how meetings run, and the division of tasks are all examples of general norms that groups form and maintain. These norms establish the generally accepted rules of behavior for…

Notes and Readings 3 min read
October 3, 2022

CPa: Connected Curriculum [7]

Narratives are often explored through picture books, sophisticated picture books, short stories, novels and media. Check back in with a previous reading, Travers & Travers as a refresher for this module. Summary of attributes ~ Narrative Definition A text which presents imagined events through characters in action.  Characteristics A narrative may include an exposition, complication/turning point, conflict, suspense, climax (denouement), and a final…

Curriculum and Pedagogy 38 min read
October 3, 2022

CPa: Inquiry Pedagogy Through a Connected Curriculum [6]

Fleck (2019) poses the following questions that could be a starting point for developing a rich and meaningful, connected curriculum: What are the situations, problems, issues, trends, controversies, and events taking place within our world?   How is the rich idea relevant to real life? What is happening, has happened, and might happen… in our community, region, country, and world? Is…

Curriculum and Pedagogy 18 min read
October 3, 2022

Book: Evidence Based Primary Teaching

Glazzard, Jonathan & Stones, Samuel. Evidence Based Primary Teaching. 2021; Learning Matters. SAGE Publications. California. ISBN 9781529741932 Pg 1 Chapter 1: Early Years Pedagogy Key Research Child-initiated play, combined with the provision of teacher-initiated group work, is the most effective vehicle for learning. Practitioner intervention in children’s freely chosen play is an effective strategy for providing intellectual challenge. Welsberg et…

Notes and Readings 22 min read
October 2, 2022

Socio group participatory norms

C&PA – Module one Socio group participatory norms Tamariki need to be explicitly taught how to engage productively in the practices outlined above in collaboration with their peers in their learning communities. Developing new social norms for productive collaboration is challenging and takes time. Sharing the responsibility for one another’s learning and having high expectations of each other go hand-in-hand. It is…

Journal 5 min read

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