In this episode we speak with Adrian von Wrede-Jervis. He is an experienced coordinator in an IB continuum school and he has done quite a lot of writing and sharing of his research regarding education in general, and IB education specifically.
We reached out to him recently to have him speak to us about making conceptual teaching more relevant as students progress through the programs from early years all the way through the senior programs of the DP and CP.
At 36 minutes we talk about distance and online teaching in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. A key take home message for Adrian is to treat this an opportunity to give students agency in their learning. Why stick to lesson times when this is the prime opportunity to develop skills like self management and collaboration? Allow for curiosity not just busyness. Allow for deadends and fails. Allow for well-being. Turn the role of the teacher to coach not task master. Connect for connection (learning is the by product of connected engagement).
"Fundamentally we need to understand how we learn. Learning is NOT knowledge transfer it is emotional engagement."
Find him on -
Twitter @AdrianvWJ
Linked in www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-von-wrede-jervis-6127531a/
His blog: www.repurposedlearning.com/
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