Embracing Mindful Teaching for Long-Term Success in Educational Reform
Invest in a long-term strategy for navigating educational reform by first diagnosing and understanding your teaching environment and students. Engage students through mindful activities and address challenges such as lack of motivation and background knowledge. Focus on teaching skills and adaptability amidst changes in the curriculum. Prioritize oral, written, and critical thinking skills for the new baccalaureate exam. Enhance your teaching toolkit and seek inspiration to effectively deliver quality education.
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MINDFUL LEARNING AND TEACHING: INVESTING ON A LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH THE REFORM AND THE NEW SYLLABUS 1. DIAGNOSIS: GETTING FAMILIAR WITH MY TEACHING ENVIRONMENT 2. SOURCES: 3. MINDFUL ACTIVITIES TO BUILD UP LESSONS
DIAGNOSIS: GETTING FAMILIAR WITH MY TEACHING ENVIRONMENT What kind of teacher am I? What kind of students do I teach?
What kind of students do I teach? What specialities did they choose? How big is the class/group they are in? PROBLEMS? SOLUTIONS! Getting students involved The metaphor of cooking Their exam is in one year - What about motivation now and by then? - Many lessons in between - - Let s face it: many of them barely remember their previous lessons (problem of background knowledge) work for case case studies Evaluations: one half with with a a written written final other other half half with with an oral - - Group Group work for covering covering different studies half of the class of the class final task task and the an oral presentation presentation for for example example different - -Evaluations: one and the
What kind of teacher am I? PROBLEMS? SOLUTIONS! We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. Galileo Galilei Work overload A shared schedule with another teacher Working environment: access to IT rooms, textbooks My own skills and strengths Let s think about teaching strategy first! Have in mind a target but do not focus on the target itself
THE NEW BACCALAUREAT What if there are any changes? - What will the final exam look like? - Shall I propose a mock exam in Premi re as students don t have the preuve du contr le continu ? NO MATTER THE FORMAT TEACHING SKILLS REMAINS THE TOP PRIORITY: oral, written, and critical thinking skills
KNOWING MORE ABOUT OUR MAIN WORK TOOL SOURCES
For seeking the boost in information and inspiration To delve into the world of theory Your head is for having ideas not for holding them - Quantum physics Mapping brain activity - Importance of the ripple effect A provocative proposition to reach full potential -
For further information: - https://be-sophro.com/fr/alfonso- caycedo-founder-of-sophrology/ In English: - In French: Official website of the Inetrnational Academy of sophrology https://www.sofrocay.com/
MINDFUL ACTIVITIES TO BUILD UP LESSONS Using the official framework as a launchpad Proposing the most appropriate activities to make the command word proposed alive! PROPOSITIONS OF ACTIVTIES FOR HISTORY THEME n 4 IN PREMIERE Finding an all-encompassing document to start with Studying primary and secondary sources VOICES OF THE PAST
Finding an all-encompassing document to start with William Roberts, The First German Gas Attack at Ypres, 1918, oil on canvas, 304.8 x 365.8 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Rue de Prague, Otto DIX, 1920 Huile et collage sur toile, 101 X 81 cm, Galerie des Stadt, Stuttgart
THE COLOURS OF TEARS Paintings as vivid pictures of a death Paul Nash, The Menin Road, 1919, oil on canvas, 182.9 x 317 cm, Imperial War Museum, London. C. R. W. Nevinson, Paths of Glory, 1917, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 61 cm, Imperial War Museum. List of paintings: Frank Brangwyn, Tank in Action, 1925-26, tempera on canvas, 366 x 376 cm, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Studying primary and secondary sources PROPAGANDA AND EMOTIONS List of sources: - Poster by Hopps. The mad brute - Avenge the Lusitania - Poster by Robert Baden-Powell. Are you in this? - Don t waste bread! Step 1: Getting started List the emotions involved in persuading someone to do something for you Which one would be the most effective? Which groups in society do you think would be the easiest to control in this way. Step 2: Studying historical material Assess your posters effectiveness on an emotional level with the help of your previous conclusions. Justify your answer by describing your documents thoroughly Step 3: oral skills (oral presentation 5-7 min) Create your own propaganda poster with the help of the following criteria: - Identify governments purposes - Set your poster against a specific war context the stages of the war - Target a specific audience - Ignite emotions!
To what extent was WWI a potential catalyst of change for women? View A: David Mitchell, 1965 View B: Richard J. Evans, 1977 View C : Nicoletta Gullace, 2002 The winning of women s suffrage owed little to the direct influence of the war on the position of women in society Women at war influenced the way Britons understood the rights and obligations of citizenship The speeding of the women s revolution was one of the Great War s most important and resounding victories Academic text: The Great War in the History of British Feminism: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present, French Journal of British studies, Revisiting the Great War, XX-I, 2015. Link: https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/310#tocto1n2
VOICES OF THE PAST Instructions: - Write down a text/speech/poem/article to present one of the following actors memory - Set your text against a specific background - Refer to specific WWI-related events/actors/locations - Use the proposed article to pepper you text with relevant analysis as regards the mourning and/or memorialisation process EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS - A grand-father telling his grand-children the story of his baptism by fire - A politician/a military man paying tribute to dead soldiers on the occasion of an official ceremony - A curator presenting his/her exhibition to 21st century students
A politician/a military man paying tribute to dead soldiers on the occasion of an official ceremony Instructions: - Propose a video - Cut the sound - Ask students to speak for the prominent figures involved and for the reporter to present their respective vision of mourning/memorialisation - US president Donald Trump - Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister - Theresa May, British Prime Minister at that time - The French President Macron - The Pope Francis -The reporter -Some veterans World leaders pay tribute to veterans at D-day ceremony in Normandy live news Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/jun/06/d-day-75th-anniversary-trump-may-macron- ceremonies-in-normandy-live-news
Les dsastres de la guerre 1800-2014 catalogue exposition Laurence Bertrand-Dorl ac Marie-Laure Bernadac - A curator presenting his/her exhibition to 21st century students
