Exploring Education Studies

Introduction

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teachers.tv
This link will take you to a website where you can watch Teachers TV programmes by clicking on one of the links which will take you to free 15 minute videos which are stored there. These are applicable to all kinds of educational contexts. As well as following the chapter-specific links in this website, take some time to explore some of these – you may find ideas, resources and information that will lead you into exciting new areas of study!

Chapter 1

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• Hole in the Wall
  Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

Chapter 2

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• Professional Skills – Independent Learners: A whole school approach
  Having watched this video, what do you think are the benefits of discovery learning (also referred to as independent learning)?
  How could scaffolding be incorporated in this case?

Chapter 4

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• Reggio Emilia
  Watch this video to get a sense of what Reggio Emilia schools are all about. If you search in YouTube for Reggio Emilia you will find a range of video clips to enjoy.

Chapter 6

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• Primary management-Transactional Analysis
  Go to the Teachersmedia website to view an actual example of TA being used within a middle school: ‘Primary management-Transactional Analysis’.
• Stress relief for Heads-Transactional Analysis and communications
  Go to this website to see an example of TA training for Head teachers: ‘Stress relief for Heads-Transactional Analysis and communications’. Both of the videos for this chapter were originally posted in 2006 and they present real world, contemporary insights into TA in practice within education

Chapter 10

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• Technology Fear Factor in Education
  Use the search facility in You Tube to locate the video Technology Fear Factor in Education. (When you use You Tube to augment your learning, look to the right to see and select related videos.) This short but highly pertinent video message was created by Vikki Davis (‘Cool Cat’). A keen teacher/technocrat, she charges parents in particular to go with their children on this incredible journey into the virtual world.
• Prosumers
  Use the search facility in You Tube to locate the video ‘Prosumers’ How did you engage with this text? How did it make you feel? What did you appreciate about this text? Can you identify the devices the creator used to make you feel like this)? What age group of learners would you share this with? Does the message empower or enslave?
• Culture Differences Personal Space
  Watch this short clip ‘Culture Differences Personal Space’, created by a global bank, to appreciate how different signs signify different meanings in different cultures.

Chapter 11

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• The Twitter Experiment – UT Dallas
  Texas students are using Twitter to contribute to group discussions in lectures. Follow this link to find out how the students respond to this technology. One advantage is that there is a record of session activities and discussions which can be revisited at the student’s leisure. Another is that students are encouraged to leave their comfort zone in the safety of anonymity.
• Peter Packer and the Digital Media Literacy Summit
  Peter Packer is a Strategy Adviser to the UK Film Council and also advises the Digital Media Literacy taskforce which sets out some of the priorities for media literacy teaching. Watch the clip to find out more about how the taskforce works in practice and who is influential in media literacy today.