One of the qualities of an effective English teacher is ongoing reflection and professional development. Teachers practice this every day as they reflect on their planning and teaching, analyzing what they can do differently and better the next time. Another way they do it is by staying up-to-date with local and international research and trends in education and language teaching. Actively looking for articles and information about what is happening in the world of education and language teaching allows teachers to learn from the experience of colleagues in the international teaching community. This video is an introduction to a powerful new principle that educators are now considering carefully.
"Mastery learning" is a mindset toward learning that changes the paradigm of when students should move forward in the curriculum. Traditionally, students move from one topic to the next when their class does, "all-at-once". Their class advances together simply as they age from one year to the next. Mastery learning suggests an alternative, which is that students should move forward from topic to topic or skill to skill as they learn what's required. When students have reached an acceptable level of "mastery", they go on to the next topic, level, or skill - whatever the curriculum defines as a unit of learning.
In this TED talk, Sal Khan, the founder of the successful "Khan Academy" approach to teaching students mathematics, discusses the concept of Mastery Learning. He explains why we now have the capacity to organize learning in a way that will allow everyone to learn at a level that was previously unimaginable.
Participation Activity (Point 6)
Watch the TED talk video and reflect on how mastery learning might be implemented in the English language curriculum in Hong Kong secondary schools. Do you think it would work? How? Would it be an effective alternative approach to the current approach? What do you think the advantages and disadvantages might be? Write a 1-2 paragraph response (any number of words) in the Google form explaining your thoughts about mastery learning approach. Also, share your opinion in the survey question.
The deadline for Participation Point 6 activity is 12:00 midnight, 17th Oct. 2018 (Wed)
After watching, submit your reflection paragraph and the survey question here.
Reminder: Point 5 activity "Writing a Reading Lesson Plan" is also due at 12:00 midnight, 17th Oct. 2018 (Wed). That lesson plan should be completed and placed in your shared Google Folder. The detailed instructions for Point 5 activity are found in the link "Participation 5 Activity - Writing a Reading Lesson Plan" found in the right column and HERE.
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