Macmillan Online Conference 2013

Stop, think, learnDave Tucker

(International House Santa Clara, Portugal)

A. 1-3 hours / week

B. 4-6 hours / week

C. 7+ hours / week

How many hours per week with primary-age classes?

Portugal is friendlier than

the UK!

Portugal is friendlier than

the UK!

What will you learn in the next

minute…?

Learn• Language housed in

new, interesting contexts

Learn• Language housed in

new, interesting contexts

• Encourages background learning

Learn• Language housed in

new, interesting contexts

• Encourages background learning

• Fosters sense of achievement

Your take-away bag

“Success is a function of

persistence

and doggedness and the willingness to

work hard for twenty-two minutes to make

sense of something that most people

would give up on after thirty seconds.”Malcolm Gladwell – Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)

• Alison Gopnik: What do babies think?(www.ted.com)

Encouraging persistence

• The stimulus of learning something new

Encouraging persistence

• The stimulus of learning something new

• The approval and recognition of the T

Encouraging persistence

• The stimulus of learning something new

• The approval and recognition of the T

• Fun, movement, competition

Think• Hypothesise

Think• Hypothesise

• Assess

Think• Hypothesise

• Assess

• Persist

What has just happened in this classroom?

What do you think will happen next?

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/gaza-education-law-gender-segregation.html# - photo by Reuters/Mohammed Salem

Stop• Time for thinking

Stop• Time for thinking

• Extended tasks

Stop• Time for thinking

• Extended tasks

• No immediate feedback

Stop• Time for thinking

• Extended tasks

• No immediate feedback

• More independence

Whizz!Bang!Pow!

Stop,

Stop,think,

Stop,think,learn.

Thank you!