boardmen such as human billboards or human directionals 16 , or to come up with questions such as ‘ Who woke the knocker-upper ?’, which resulted in a short discussion about the idea of accountability and oversight ; this , in turn , kindled the ‘ Who watches the watcher ( s )?’ philosophical question – who monitors those in position of power and authority to prevent abuse or corruption ? A smart seed for a future lesson .
Learning Experiences Benefiting Trainees and Trainer My set of thinking routines has become richer while implementing this learning scenario , with the interdisciplinary teamwork , the rubrics to be used to assess it , and the whole pedagogy of play operating in the classroom . The Generate-Sort-Elaborate routine ( an adaptation of Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate 17 thinking routine ) used for the diagrams on future jobs is a superb way of organising one ’ s understanding of a topic through concept mapping . Microsoft ’ s 21 CLD Learning Activity Rubrics point out the paramount importance of multi-modal communication , shared responsibility , and revising work based on feedback . I have identified conditions for effective interdisciplinary teamwork , which I can use further on . The indicators for playful learning 18 could be a good outline of the lesson – there was choice , there was wonder , there was delight .
Additionally , as reflection is a process in learning , given extra time , the students could write a diary entry starting from this demand : ‘ Imagine that tomorrow is your first day at that future job . What are your feelings and expectations ?’ I am confident their entries would feel like engagement , empowerment , ownership , and enjoyment , because the whole lesson would surely looked like exploring , setting goals , imagining with perspectives , focusing attention , and succeeding .
16 https :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Wikipedia : Wikipedia _ Signpost / 2007-10-29 / WikiWorld
17 https :// pz . harvard . edu / sites / default / files / Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate _ 0 . pdf
18 https :// pz . harvard . edu / sites / default / files / PoP Playbook . pdf
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