2012.9.26
1. What is community learning 學習共同體?
2. What is PISA?
3. How are these two relevant to our English teaching and learning?
Topic: PISA & Community learning
In the past of decades of years, the trend of Taiwan education system is toward teacher center. Community learning, which is opposite to the traditional one, emphasizes on students center and the interaction between teachers and students. Students. Teachers, and parents should not just be single parts individually. Teachers could work together to have experience exchange and stimulate learners' learning motivation. As a result, learners could discuss the problem solutions and apply knowledge as well.
PISA, which is an acronym of “Program for International Student Assessment “ . The program aims at assessing learning students' reading, mathematics and science ability. The PISA tests asks students to apply their mathematical and scientific knowledge to solve problems set in various real-world contexts. To solve the problems students must activate a number of scientific and reading competencies as well as a broad range of mathematical content knowledge. That is, the goal of the program is not to test how much a student learns rather how much a student could apply their knowledge to solve real-life problems.
As an English teacher, I'm usually eager to lecture my students grammar patterns, vocabulary or everything which would be possibly tested on the tests. I forget what students really need is “authentic ability” which could be applied to their real-life situation and how to make meaningful communications among the practical world. From the two terms, I also find that, no matter for teachers or learners, learning should involve two-way interaction and learners' autonomy and critical thinking to adapt the real world.
PISA, which is an acronym of “Program for International Student Assessment “ . The program aims at assessing learning students' reading, mathematics and science ability. The PISA tests asks students to apply their mathematical and scientific knowledge to solve problems set in various real-world contexts. To solve the problems students must activate a number of scientific and reading competencies as well as a broad range of mathematical content knowledge. That is, the goal of the program is not to test how much a student learns rather how much a student could apply their knowledge to solve real-life problems.
As an English teacher, I'm usually eager to lecture my students grammar patterns, vocabulary or everything which would be possibly tested on the tests. I forget what students really need is “authentic ability” which could be applied to their real-life situation and how to make meaningful communications among the practical world. From the two terms, I also find that, no matter for teachers or learners, learning should involve two-way interaction and learners' autonomy and critical thinking to adapt the real world.
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