Learning Ethos

Cooperative Values for the Teacher

1. Self-Help – what do each of us need to help us work out things ourselves?

2. Self-Responsibility – what can each of us do to get the best out of being at Tavy?

3. Democracy – How can we make sure that everyone’s voice is heard in the classroom?

4. Equality – How can we help everyone join in with learning?5. Equity – How can we make sure everyone is treated fairly?6. Solidarity – What do we need to do to work together

successfully?

Cooperative Values for the Students: Being Cooperative

1. Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves. 2. Self-Responsibility – Being active ourselves, making sure we

learn what we need to do, not just leave it to others. 3. Democracy – Being open to different points of view. 4. Equality – Being supportive of all the different people in the

classroom. 5. Equity – Being fair to all the other learners. 6. Solidarity – Being part of the group, working together,

supporting each other’s learning.

Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves.

Make a list of all the ways you could help yourself with each of these problems

• You’re in maths class and you can’t figure out how to solve a problem

• You’re doing your homework and you’re not too sure how to answer the question

• You’ve gotten in a fight with your best friend• Your parents have asked you to do something

and you really don’t want to do it. • You forgot your school blazer

Why Do You Think….

• It is important to figure out a way to solve a problem by yourself sometimes?

• How would it make you feel if there was something there all the time to give you the answers?

• When do you think it’s alright to ask for help?

Cooperative Values for the Students: Being Cooperative

1. Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves. 2. Self-Responsibility – Being active ourselves, making sure we

learn what we need to do, not just leave it to others. 3. Democracy – Being open to different points of view. 4. Equality – Being supportive of all the different people in the

classroom. 5. Equity – Being fair to all the other learners. 6. Solidarity – Being part of the group, working together,

supporting each other’s learning.

Co Operative Learning: Equity

• To be treated fairly• The fair distribution of opportunities to

learn, to socialise, to be heard, to be happy, to achieve…..

Everyone should be treated fairly…

• A group of pupils are playing football; one pupil has been excluded from this game• How would your group ensure

the pupil was included?

PUZZLE: In groups of 4, each member has a colour and a question.

Greens: How would we prevent this from happening again? Encouraging fairness?

Blues: What options does the excluded pupil have?

Oranges: How would you ensure the pupil was included?

Each member in the group ….think about your question for a minute, make some notes and then feedback to

your group.As a group, write your response to the scenario….remember we are looking at

equity!

Pinks: Why do you think this pupil has been excluded in the first place?

A group of pupils are playing football; one pupil has been excluded from this game….How would your group ensure this pupil was included?

Cooperative Values for the Students: Being Cooperative

1. Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves. 2. Self-Responsibility – Being active ourselves, making sure we

learn what we need to do, not just leave it to others. 3. Democracy – Being open to different points of view. 4. Equality – Being supportive of all the different people in the

classroom. 5. Equity – Being fair to all the other learners. 6. Solidarity – Being part of the group, working together,

supporting each other’s learning.

What does self responsibility mean to you?

How many different ideas can you think of in 2 minutes?

Share your ideas with a partner

Choose the most important characteristics that somebody with excellent self responsibility would have.

Share your best ideas with the class.Why are these ideas so important?

SR

Self responsibility

man

Label all the characteristics that self responsibility man would have.

Target to improve on Monday

Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday

Bring a pen to every lesson.

3 4 4 5 5

Give more answers during discussion work.

2 3 3 4 4

Listen more and talk less

3 3 4 4 4

Choose 3 target areas that you could improve on to help your learning at Tavistock College.

At the end of each day score yourself out of 5.

Your challenge is to improve each target by the end of the week.

Keep this table in your planner

After 1 week we willreflect on our progress;

- What went well.

- What still needs improving .

- How we can improve any targets or set new targets to develop.

Target to improve on Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

At the end of each day score yourself out of 5.

Target to improve on Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

At the end of each day score yourself out of 5.

Cooperative Values for the Students: Being Cooperative

1. Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves. 2. Self-Responsibility – Being active ourselves, making sure we

learn what we need to do, not just leave it to others. 3. Democracy – Being open to different points of view. 4. Equality – Being supportive of all the different people in the

classroom. 5. Equity – Being fair to all the other learners. 6. Solidarity – Being part of the group, working together,

supporting each other’s learning.

SOLIDARITY

Instructions• Pupils to be grouped in fours and numbered individually (1-4)• Teacher has stimulus ready to present to pupils in turn.• Teacher selects which number will be called to the stimulus first – e.g. all number 3’s.• Pupils stand away from the class and see the stimulus for 45 seconds.• They then return to their groups and recall what they saw. They/somebody in the

group will have to record this on an A3 sheet. Allow 60 seconds for this.• Repeat procedure until all 4 pupils have experienced the cycle.• It is important that pupils DO NOT draw/annotate their work between recall sessions.• Once complete – project stimulus onto overhead projector – ask for a representative

from each group to bring their sheet to the front and discuss methods they used, how accurate their sheets are in comparison to the stimulus etc.

• Teachers info: the theme/cooperative values in focus here is SOLIDARITY – working with others and supporting others in groups.

Reflection

• Questions to consider?• 1) What was the point of that task?• 2) Can you identify the theme linking the

images?• 3) Identify strategies your group adopted to

carry out the task.• 4) Which strategies were successful?• 5) Which strategies might you try/revise if you

were able to complete the task again?

Cooperative Values for the Students: Being Cooperative

1. Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves. 2. Self-Responsibility – Being active ourselves, making sure we

learn what we need to do, not just leave it to others. 3. Democracy – Being open to different points of view. 4. Equality – Being supportive of all the different people in the

classroom. 5. Equity – Being fair to all the other learners. 6. Solidarity – Being part of the group, working together,

supporting each other’s learning.

Democracy

And what it isn’t...We know what it is...

but what does it actually mean to us....?

Democracy comes from the Greek words... Dêmos meaning people and kratos meaning rule or power.So in a democracy, the people rule. In Britain we rule indirectly. We vote for people who then make decisions. The rule of the majority create the decisions of the majority.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it

Democracy deals with: Liberty, Equality, Dignity.

Liberty Equality Dignity

•Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

Franklin Roosevelt

Cooperative Values for the Students: Being Cooperative

1. Self-Help – Being able to work things out for ourselves. 2. Self-Responsibility – Being active ourselves, making sure we

learn what we need to do, not just leave it to others. 3. Democracy – Being open to different points of view. 4. Equality – Being supportive of all the different people in the

classroom. 5. Equity – Being fair to all the other learners. 6. Solidarity – Being part of the group, working together,

supporting each other’s learning.

EQUALITYTutor activity:This can be used in any tutor group. Step by step guide:1) The students think of a question and

an answer (can be about the daily news or about what they learnt the day before)

2) The student has this question and answer and finds a partner and asks them the question.

3) The partner then asks the original partner theirs and you swap questions.

4) The student then walks around with the other question and ask another partner and after they have asked each other their questions they swap.