Chuxiong in May 2011 was a return visit. In 2007 we did four three hour workshops over two days, mainly oriented towards staff.
This time quite different: three two hour sessions with students. All studying to be teachers.
The aim:
- explore some physics concepts
- demonstrate some teaching strategies as alternatives to teacher talk, class unison responses or individual responses
- have some fun
This was the lesson trajectory: Icebreakers (Role Play) > Brainstorm > Pair work on Problems, Drawing diagrams, Processes > Discrepant Event fun > Collaborative small group problem > done Continue reading