STU Professional Courses - 2011
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The Use of Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Youth Solution Focused Brief Therapy, as developed by Steve De Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg, is a compentencies based model of counselling. It is believed, with support of research, that counselling can be more efficient (without any loss of effectiveness) by focusing on what works to bring about change in therapy. This becomes a vital concern for teachers that have so little time to be of help, often being pulled by so many competing demands.
In this workshop we will introduce the foundations of Solution Focused
Brief Therapy and keys to its application with youth. |
Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a special thinking programme that is now popular worldwide. It employs a collaborative Community of Inquiry that promotes interactive, participative, and critical processes among even primary school students that lead to mutual exploration of ideas and views.
This series of workshops has been designed for all P4C-interested and P4C-practising teachers who want to earn a certificate accredited by FAPSA (Federation of Australasian Philosophy in Schools Associations, based in Melbourne, Australia) as well for those who want to complete their full complement of coursework for Level 1 Certification for the teaching of P4C in schools. These workshops will introduce teachers to practical activities that support the practice of philosophical Inquiry with children. |
The Educational Uses of Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) has become very popular in recent years as an approach to achieving personal success and influencing people. It is now being used increasingly in educational institutions to motivate students and improve productive learning behaviors. |
Using the Model Method to Solve Mathematical Problems - A workshop for Parents & Maths Tutors
The main purpose of this workshop is to
demonstrate to participants how what is now called the Model Method in
primary mathematics can be used to develop students' understanding of
fundamental mathematics concepts and their proficiency in solving word
problems in primary mathematics. |
Helping Children with Mathematics Through the Use of Heuristics This seminar is designed to help participants learn about the different heuristics that students in primary schools use to solve challenging problems. Participants will learn the age-appropriateness of these heuristics and how they can guide children to use them. This seminar is suitable for parents and tutors of children at any grade level in primary school. |
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Teaching Students to Think Aloud Thinking Aloud is an idea inspired by Cognitive Psychology and by Vygotsky’s ideas of learning. First, as teachers demonstrate a task, such as solving a multiplication problem, we think aloud as we do so. Next, we show students the ‘script’ we followed as we were thinking aloud. Then, students use the same script as they think aloud to do related tasks. After thinking aloud with the same script multiple times, students come to internalize the script. Students seldom have the habit of thinking aloud. Thus, they need time to develop the habit. Scripts give them confidence and provide them the vocabulary and grammar help they may need. More>>>> |
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Games for Language Teaching Games heighten student engagement, and games can be used in the teaching of any language. What is a game? How to create games at which everyone can win? What games can be used to teach various language skills? These are the key topics at this workshop. Workshop participants will experience games. They will also plan and try out games that they can use in their own teaching. More>>>> |
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Math workshops by Dr Lionel Mendoza Dr Lionel Mendoza was a staff member in the Department of Mathematics and Mathematics Education from 1996 to 2007 before he returned to Canada. During those last 6 years at NIE, he was also Associate Dean (Educational Research) in the Graduate Programmes and Research Office which involved, in part, being in charge of NIE’s Master’s degree programmes. His pre-service teaching focused on the primary level and included all the mathematics education courses for Primary teachers in the Diploma, PGDE and Degree programmes. He also supervised MEd candidates who were involved in primary mathematics education research. The following are workshops offered by Dr Mendoza:
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STU Kagan Workshops March 2011
Thank you for your past participation in the KAGAN workshops. Encouraged by the excellent feedback and demand, STU will be organizing another series of Kagan workshops during the upcoming March 2011 School Holidays.
The following are the workshops that will be conducted by the Kagan team:
· Cooperative Learning (Pri & Sec) · Multiple Intelligences: Engaging and Developing All Intelligences in Every Lesson · Project-Based Learning: Foolproof Projects Through Cooperative Learning · Win-Win Discipline: Fostering Responsibility for All students · Boosting Motivation Through Team-Building, Class-Building, and Indoor Games (I) · Boosting Motivation Through Team-Building, Class-Building, and Indoor Games (II) · Accelerated Achievement: Boosting Achievement for All Students · Thinking Skills: Developing 15 Thinking Skills Through Kagan Structures
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Understanding and Managing Children with ADD / ADHD
The workshop also aims to provide participants with strategies for teaching children with ADD/ADHD. They will also be able to better understand and help individuals with these difficulties as tips and basic methods on how to manage children with ADD/ADHD will be explained in the course of the workshop.
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