The future of second language learning?
Hello!
My name is Pedro De Bruyckere
and sorry.(for my flenglish)((aka Flemish English))
Twitter: @thebandb
Website: TheEconomyOfMeaning.com
Book: check
Disclaimer: I/we believe in education!
Disclaimer: I believe in teachers!
Well in most teachers!
You know!
Even better: we know the importance of teachers!!
(Hattie, 2009, 2012)
Many teachers do good work, but all too often on the basis of
incorrect theories.
But also:
Very popular, No evidence!
(Coffield, Moseley, Hall, & Ecclestone, 2004)KolbsLearning
styles
Even worse: differentiation for learning styles has little to no
effect!
(Hattie, 2009, 2012 and quite a lot of others)
But it did work! Why?
The power of learning.
The power of feedback.
But also:
The power of relationship.
And also: mnemonic tricks
2 lessons learned: 1. Dont trust what you think you know
2 lessons learned: 2. Its also relevant to know why something
did work!
Next on my list:
Aka: the Loch Ness Monster of Education!
Where does it come from?
Who made it?
Dale?
Bale?
Glaser?
Glasser?
National Training Laboratories (NTL)?
Cone of experience = one of the first theories on multimedia
learning (1946)
John Adams (1910)Order of concreteness:the real object, for
which anything else is a more or less inefficient substitute; a
model of the real object; a diagram dealing with some of the
aspects of the object; and a mere verbal description of the
object
The pyramid has been debunked in 2007.
(Lalley & Miller, 2007)
Again 2 lessons learned: 3. Never trust neat percentages!
Again 2 lessons learned: 4. Dont forget to think!
Aka: Flip it!
One method for any goal with any student in any given
context????
But the biggest lesson I learned: 5. Check the sources!
Prof. Mehrabian
Is ninety-three percent of our communication non-verbal?
vrouwenstem die het woord misschien op 3 verschillende manieren
uitsprak. Namelijk een misschien die eerder neutraal was, een
misschien die eerder negatief was en een misschien die zeer
positief was. De onderzochte groep kreeg ook een reeks van fotos
van een vrouwengezicht, elke foto vertegenwoordigde dezelfde emotie
als de opname van misschien. Resultaat? De onderzochten bleken
sneller de juiste foto bij de juiste emotie te plaatsen dan de
juiste stemopname en de juiste emotie.45
Unless a communicator is talking about their feelings or
attitudes, these equations are not applicable.(Mehrabian
himself)
vrouwenstem die het woord misschien op 3 verschillende manieren
uitsprak. Namelijk een misschien die eerder neutraal was, een
misschien die eerder negatief was en een misschien die zeer
positief was. De onderzochte groep kreeg ook een reeks van fotos
van een vrouwengezicht, elke foto vertegenwoordigde dezelfde emotie
als de opname van misschien. Resultaat? De onderzochten bleken
sneller de juiste foto bij de juiste emotie te plaatsen dan de
juiste stemopname en de juiste emotie.
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Do note: the non-verbal does exist!
And what about Gardner?
Guess who thinks this could be a myth?
Gardner:
A myth that irritates me is that people place my intelligences
on the same foot- ing as learning styles. Learning styles say
something about how people approach everything they do. If you are
good at planning, people expect you to have a plan for everything
you do. My own research and observations lead me to suspect that
this is a wrong assumption. (Gardner in 1997)
Oh, and btw:
Talent intelligence
(Waterhouse, 2006)
All good things come in threes?
Maslow
Lesson 6: An image helps to convince!
(Newman, et al., 2012)
Lesson 6: An image helps to convince!
(Newman, et al., 2012)
Checking the sources can also be very surprising
And while talking TED
What about him?
Sir Ken Robinson
Does school kill creativity?
This study does exist.
(Land & Jarman, 1993)
But Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking uses a narrow definition
of creativity.(Sawyer, 2012)
School kills creativity does sound like:Society corrupts the
child(De Bruyckere ,Struyf & Kavadias, 2015)
TED-talk (yes) by Tim Leunig also debunking Ken Robinson: Why
real creativity is based onknowledge
Better question imho: does school foster creativity enough?
Last lesson for today?
Dont be fooled by difficult or nice sounding words.
Do you need the brain for the claim?
Do you need the brain for the claim?
Underdeveloped prefrontal cortex =kids do sometimes impulsive
things(Willingham, 2012)
Dopamine is released during gaming =kids like video
games.(Willingham, 2012)
Massive brain plasticity in early life =little kids learn a
lot.(Willingham, 2012)
Im maybe a bit too harsh,but its a good trick to check.
And even if it sounds correct?
Stay critical!
There is no such thing as digital natives!.
Technology versus content
7 lessons learned, many more followed
But remember: maybe one day cream pies or hot fudge may be
declared healthy
So to conclude: what I havent said!?
Be a boring teacher.
Do: Do vary, be concrete.
Dont use technology.Do use IT: Pupils need to learn to use IT
wisely too.
People dont differNot in learning style, but they do differ in
prior knowledge and interests.
Stop trying and (re)searching?There is a still a lot to
discover.
Thank [email protected] De Bruyckere
