In this
video, the teacher sets high performance expectations, so the students respond
to this by working with high standards and giving their best effort to achieve
quality work.
First,
high standards are including in the lesson. Students are learning about energy
and motion and they transfer this knowledge to build a model of a roller
coaster. The content is challenging them and they are applying this
knowledge in a practical experiment.
Students
are motivated to be problem solvers. They are giving their best and working hard
to find solutions. They work collaboratively to create the roller coaster; they
are part of the trial, error and solution. Students are in task individually
and in groups, each student has a specific role and responsibility.
Also,
students are involved in the whole process of the lesson, but most important is
that they are working to produce a quality work. They working in draft of your
work, also they use computers to check your ideas and made modifications, they
made test to improve their models. Also they work collaboratively and share
your opinions.
In
this video, we can observe a Math class in Chinese (probably in and bilingual
school). The students in this class are participating actively in math problems echoing the song that the teacher is singing. I think that the
level of the academic content is challenging the students, it is promoting high
expectations for students.
Complementary,
the article about math curriculum in China emphasized in the rigor established
by parents and teachers to have high expectations from early on. The goal of
Math education in China is to develop conceptual and procedural knowledge
through rigid practice. They have many time dedicated to math, around 15 hours
per week in and out the classroom.
The
last video is about Whole Brain Teaching methodology in the classroom. In this
video the students are participating in different routines that are clear and
involve the whole class. The method used to communicate and guide the students
is very interactive and require the participation of the students, also use
different forms of communication like body language, songs and visuals. "Whole
Brain Teaching" is a great example of how the routines and motivation of
students helps to reach high expectations.
Reflections on the videos and how to Implement in kindergarten.
As
a Kindergarten teacher, I think that three elements are important to promote
high expectations for students. The first element is stablish clear routines,
norms and consequence in the classroom. Kindergarten students needs more
support to learn the adequate behaviors in the classroom and they are learning
to follow procedure like routines and norms. The behavior affects the learning
process, for this reason we need an adequate behavior to produce a quality
learning environment with high expectations for students. The second element is
provide a content that challenge all students. Teachers needs to include the common
core standards for the different areas of knowledge and differentiate this for
the needs of the students. If each students fells challenging for the content,
students are more involve and the learn more. Finally, the last element is
promote quality work in the class. Teachers can show examples of how quality
work looks like and promote perseverance of students to reach their best. A
quality work always is accompanied by an effective system of formative
assignments that include rubrics, peer review, teacher feedback, etc.
