LearninganddevelopmentLauraGimnez

Murphy,Bianchi,Khulag&Kerr

The article explains how we can teachthinkingskillsinsciencecontent. Whenreadingthis

sentence in the intro of the text, a feeling of
concern has gripped in me. It has made me
wonder how I will teach children in the future to thinkbythemselvesandithasbeenhardto
find an answer to that. In fact, for me it seems a difficult andabstractthingtodoandIdont
reallyknowhowIwillmanagetoteachit.

In the part of theory into policy, the author mentions that nowadays Education systems are
focused on developing those childrens skills consideredessentialfortheeconomy.Sadly,it
is true that governments see children as the future people in charge of the economy. They
only think about the money to develop the states economy instead of focusing on other
important aspects such as teaching thinking skills, creative thinking or problem solving. Itis
allaboutcapitalismandthismakesmefeelvery
indignant
and
angry
atthesametime.

On the other hand, when the author talks about the NI curriculum research whichhas been
carried out in the USA Ive felt very
interested and
hopeful about it. Itisexplainedthat the
TSPC framework draws attention to the process of learning and not just the product and
focuses on the understanding in deep the topics rather than making students recall
information. I personally believe that this principle should be applied to all schools and
teachersshouldnotalwaysassessaccordingtoexams,thatistosayfinalproducts.

The fact that researches have considered

coteachingasamethodologytoimplementinthis
TSPCframeworkhascompletely
calledmyattention.
Also, this has reminded me when I went to observe an English lessoninmyprimaryschool
inwhichthestudentshad2teachers. Iamoftheopinionthatthisisavery usefulmethod not
only because it promotes teamwork but also because teachers share responsibilities and
these aspects lead to an improvement on the students performances. In my case, both
teacherscomplementedeachotherandIfelt
satisfied
forthemastheydidaverygoodjob.

A consequence of the skillsbased revised NI curriculum was that statutory subjectcontent

was reduced.
I must say that after reading this sentence Ive felt
relieved
. I think that it is
high time that governments reduce subject contents because sometimes students are
overexploited and seen as machines. Students should not feel stressed due toschool,they
shouldenjoyit.


LearninganddevelopmentLauraGimnez

As a whole,Ivefoundthat thetext ,despitebeinginterestingtoread,isverydenseandlong,

factthathasmademefeel
tired
veryeasily.