I just noticed that when planning two units of work, how easy it was to introduce Constructive Pedagogies into the planning.
For example, in a new unit in Psychology, I wanted to explore student definitions of emotion - so we did a Y chart - very suitable for this unit. Then when trying to understand what the books definition of emotion was, we used a concept map.
Further, in a Year 9 Science unit on Light, I wanted to explore what students knew about light. So I did a Think, Pair, Share on 3 different questions: How can we see trees? What can't blind people see trees and what is colour. They all complained about doing each of these activities but when they reported after the Share section, it was quite clear that some ideas were spot on and others were way off.
Would like to do more of them where appropriate but my biggest hurdle is how to decide which is appropriate for each situation.
I found this site, which summarises them according to function. Could be useful.
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