Watch Ken's invitation video: https://youtu.be/kwOUYZNqCgoThe technology used in this workshop: videos from Ken's YouTube channel, BYO device, headphones
View the Global Standards covered in this workshop in the PDF below.
As we move through the Twenty-first Century, a problem-solving skillset is often cited by various organisations as increasingly important for active future citizens. Many educators, too, value the development of problem-solving skills in their students.
Flipped learning can liberate additional problem-solving in our classrooms.
Problem Solving Teaching (PST) is an effective pedagogical strategy that has a significant body of research to support its high standing in mathematics education. More broadly, the explicit teaching of problem-solving skills in a number of subject areas yields a demonstrably positive impact on student learning.
At Narangba Valley High School, a team has refined a collaborative problem-solving process, which blends the elements of Polya’s four phases of problem-solving and Reciprocal Teaching, over five years. By flipping lessons, this presenter has further facilitated this pedagogy, as more time can be devoted to it in class. Additionally, he has initiated the incorporation of Newman’s Error Analysis and Dweck’s Growth Mindset strategies in classroom problem-solving. Again, a flipped classroom provides more opportunities for the application of these approaches.
This session initially engages participants in a short in-flipped session - to simulate the Individual Space experience of a Mathematics student. The next phase is the workshop, which immerses attendees in the collaborative problem-solving process. Participants require an internet enabled device, and a set of earphones would be advantageous.
Outcomes: You will take away, for direct use or adaptation a problem-solving framework which has been liberated by flipping the instruction. The problem-solving framework applies to mathematical learning and can be adapted to several other subject areas.