CPD – Problem solving

Sian Gabriel
  My teaching style has a humanistic approach where
individual needs are always taken into account. I like to be
the facilitator where learners feel safe to answer questions
or complete tasks even if there is a risk that their answers
are incorrect.
 As cited by Fred Fawbert (2004, p.183) Carl Rogers a
psychologist supported a Humanistic approach. In 1951
Rogers argued that “A person cannot teach another person
Why this directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning”.
strategy?  Problem solving is a strategy I use in my teaching as this
method of teaching can be adapted to this humanistic
approach. The role of problem solving is to enable
learners to engage in self-directed learning and then
apply their new knowledge to the problem and reflect on
what they have learnt and the effectiveness of the strategy.
The teacher acts to facilitate the learning process rather
than to provide knowledge. This session will show how this
can be done
  1997 White paper ‘Excellence in schools’ - main focus
was raising standards in literacy and numeracy but,
they also recognised that this would not be enough to
meet the challenges in education.(DfE, 1997)

 The four critical 21st century skills for development are:

- Collaboration
- Creativity
21’st century - Critical thinking
skills - Communication
(Kivunja, 2015)
It is stated by many educators and workforce experts that
children need improved 21st century skills and that
Throughout todays session I will show without these skills, they will not be able to successfully
different teaching strategies that can
participate in global economy. (Envision, 2017)
be used to aid the learning of using
problem solving and how these use
21st century skills. HANDOUT – section 1
  CPD session to facilitate teachers to obtain the
knowledge and skills of how to use problem
solving in their lessons.
Aims
 To be able to give one suggestion of how to use
Objectives problem solving as a strategy in your own
teaching practice.

• Strategy used to achieve aims and objectives

HANDOUT – section 2 • Blooms Taxonomy
• Bruner
• Teacher standard 4
• Blended learning
 Assessment of
prior knowledge
  A quiz is a form of game or mind sport, in
which the players attempt to answer
questions incorrectly?

Is the
following True
or False?

Wikipedia. (2017). Quiz. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Accessed at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz
  A “pop quiz” is a quiz that students are
given no time to prepare for; they are
simply surprised with it in class?

Is the
following True
or False?

Wikipedia. (2017). Quiz. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Accessed at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz
  In an educational context, a quiz is
usually a form of a student assessment,
but often has fewer questions and
requires less time for completion than
a test?
Is the
following True
or False?

Wikipedia. (2017). Quiz. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Accessed at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz
 Inclusion and diversity
Whiteboards
Why this strategy? Blue paper

21st century skills

• Critical thinking
Theory/standards/legislation
Bandura
Every Child matters
HANDOUT – section 3
Teacher standard 2 and 5
 Subject learning
Using problem solving to teach
a subject
 TEAM 1 TEAM 3
Aiden Anna
Emma Fiona
Natasha D Mush
Tasha
Rachel

TEAM 2 TEAM 4
Teams Catherine
Marina
Rob
Sam T

Leader is to pick a Now find the colour task that Complete

button to determine matches your teams button tasks in your
your task teams
 Strategies
Picking buttons
Picking teams
Why this strategy?
Theories/standards
21st century skills
 Hattie
• Collaboration
• Creativity  Belbin
• Critical thinking
• Communication
 Johnson and Johnson
HANDOUT – section 4
 Teacher standard 1
 Plenary
Using problem solving to assess
learning which has taken place
 Same TEAM 1 TEAM 3
teams Aiden Anna
Fiona
Emma Mush
Natasha D Rachel

Tasha

TEAM 2 TEAM 4
Amina Catherine
Kahoot Iona
Marina
Rob
Jo Sam T

Sam B

Log on to Type in pin Create team Lets play!

https://kahoot.it/ name
 Strategies
E-learning
Why this strategy? teams
Theories/legislation
 Vygotsky
 Tuckman
 White paper ‘21st century skills, realising our
potential’
 Teachers standard 2

HANDOUT – section 5
 Conclusion
Many previous teaching styles were drilling and used
repetition, using the strategies seen in this session are
interactive and dynamic and meet the teaching
standards, encourage inclusion, whilst promoting
equality, diversity and 21st century skills.
How could you use problem
solving as a strategy in your
teaching practice?
Any questions?
Thank you
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