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Brookheart, Susan M. How to give effective feedback to your students. 2017

Angelo, T.A.,&Cross, K.P.(1993).classroomassessmenttechniques:a handbook for college teachers.

BLOOM’S, T. M. E. (1965). Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives. Longman.

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Questioning is an important tool used by teachers in the classroom setting. It is very important to ask questions throughout a lesson to enhance a students learning and their ability to learn. It provides faculty with feedback about their effectiveness as teachers, and it gives students a measure of their progress as learners.(Angelo & Cross, 1993.)  It is a good idea to ask questions previous to the beginning of the session to find out what knowledge or understanding they have on the topic. This is called Blooms Level I- Knowledge which states that students exhibit memory of previous learned material by recalling fundamental facts, terms, basic concepts and answers about the selection (Bloom, 1965). It is also important to ask questions throughout the activity to make sure the students understand what is required of them. It is also important to ask questions at the end of the lesson to close the session on a positive note and ensure that the students have learned something. Blooms level VI- Evaluation states: Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria. This brings a close to the activity at the end of the lesson (Bloom, 1965).

Types of Questions asked during placement:
Q. Has anyone previously had any experience with dance lessons/classes?
Q. Can anyone tell me any type of dance classes there are?
Q. What did ye learn from todays lesson that ye already didn't know?
Q. Did ye enjoy todays lesson?
Q. What was your favourite part about todays lesson and why

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Feedback says to a student "somebody cared enough about my work to read it and think about it" (Brookhart, 2017).  Good feedback contains information that students can understand and comprehend to be able to use when participating in the activity again. Feedback can be given visually by demonstrating correct technique so the student can have a visual memory of the task on hand. It is important not to criticise the student but instead give them constructive feedback where they can add to their previous level of attribute. Also it is a good idea to compliment them on something they have done well to keep their confidence up.

Examples of feedback:
1. Visual demonstration- showing the student how to perform the dance correctly.
2. Constructive- Give them a piece of information in which they can help improve their skills.
3. Self reflection- Ask the students how the felt they performed the task and would they change anything to improve it.
4. Peer assessment- get other students to analyse their peers in the task and provide and feedback they have.
5. Positive feedback- always pick a positive element to the students performance to enhance their confidence.

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Learning walls should be easily accessible to students to comprehend. They should include plenty of visuals surrounded by buzz words so students are not being submerged by comprehension. They should  flow in a pattern which reflects the lesson on hand so the students can revert to it easily if they are falling behind. It should include the focus of the lesson and the success criteria needed to complete the tasks.

Example:

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I felt todays lesson went fairly well. The class ran smoothly overall with good transitions between tasks. The music we played was very appropriate as they all seemed to respond well to it. The musical statues was an effective fun warm up which stimulated the students for the rest of the session. One thing that we could have done better was to go through the steps of the cha cha slide before playing the music to ensure that they all had a general understanding of the song. The introduction of basic stretching at the end of the lesson was a good introductory to the kids who may have not come across it before. As regards to my own personal teaching experience, I felt that I could have been a lot more vocal as Padraig seemed to excel at that role and I was willing to let him take over most of the teaching. To improve this I must take more of a leadership role in next weeks session and be more vocal throughout.

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This week's session again ran smooth throughout. I felt the kids really enjoyed making their own dance moves to our circle memory game. It seemed to bring out a creative side to them and they all came up with different moves. We could have broken them up into smaller groups instead of only 2 to give them more of a chance to remember to previous moves. Also we could have played some background music to this to keep the flow of the class going forward. Our cool down game worked really well also. The students reacted well to the colour scheme of the traffic lights. Personally I felt I was a bit more vocal then last week but would still like to improve this aspect of my teaching. Another part of our lesson that we could work on would be having a playlist pre made so we could transition through songs more efficiently.

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Our final lesson with the 3rd class went really well. We could tell this by their reaction at the end of the lesson when they didn't want to leave and go back to class. Again the musical statues worked well but looking back I felt we could have introduced some questions to them while the were standing still to change it up a bit. The creative themes of sport and Christmas seemed to be a good choice for the kids as they all showed interest and significant participation. The fact that we split them into 4 groups, each with a teacher to assist them, was a good idea as we felt they might have got a bit lost when trying to put a routine together. Numeracy was applied when we were counting out the steps for the dance moves. Personally I was happy with my own teaching as I took more of a lead today and was more vocal throughout.

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As a whole, across the 3 lessons with the students from 3rd class, I felt that we produced a fairly successful block of dance classes. The students were very well behaved throughout and seemed to be stimulated by the majority of the tasks that we put in front of them. As with anything there is always room for improvement but for our first school placement I feel it was a positive one. On a personal level, I felt that my teaching improved from week 1 to week 3. I definitely became more vocal and authoritative. I also now feel more comfortable in the role of teaching than I did previous to this school placement. This placement was very helpful and will benefit me immensely for my future placements and teachings.

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Name: Conor
Age: 9
Class: 3rd class

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Conor seems to be a very active child. He likes to play soccer at home with his father in the garden and also trains with Avondale United FC underage. As regards to other sports, he also enjoys playing Olympic Handball during school when they have it in P.E classes. Conor is an avid Liverpool F.C supporter and his favorite player is Daniel Sturridge.  His other hobbies include collecting match attack cards to fill up his book at home and to also swap them with his friends at school. He enjoyed going for walks with his family and their dogs at the weekends. Conor likes to play PlayStation a lot which indicates that he might not be as stimulated to physical activity as one would like but in fairness he participated acceptably throughout and showed a decent amount of interest.
In light of the dance classes we had his class for, i decided to see what his thoughts and interests around that subject were. His favorite song at the moment is 'You know you lit' by the Dobre Brothers. His favorite type of music to listen to is hip hop and he likes to listen to his music on YouTube. From observing his behaviour throughout the lessons, I would classify Conor as an introvert. He seemed to stick to one other person in the class mainly and didn't seem to mix much with the bigger group tasks. At my first meeting with him he was a small bit shy and was cautious when answering some questions but by the final session he was more open and willing to express his answers more confidently and competently.

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Conor seemed to be able to carry out the tasks instructed by myself and my peers relatively well. During the sessions I noticed he was performing the routines expressed to the class with little effort. He seemed to lose focus during the routine structured dances. This may suggest that he loses interest when he has to do co ordinated steps to music. Despite this, it was the creative dance tasks where he strived. The aspect of being able to create his own dance moves with no instruction seemed to be where he was at his best. Conor, along with many of his classmates, enjoyed doing their own dances to random upbeat songs. Many of their moves came from a video game named 'Fortnite', which is a big sensation these days among kids. This may suggest that they spend a lot of time playing gaming consoles, but nevertheless, most of them seemed to be active and at an ideal weight to the naked eye. To me, this highlights the creativeness in the minds of young people.

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Name: James McCarthy

Student Number: 113539947

Module Code: ED2314- Physical Education Teacher and Coaching pedagogy

Assignment Due Date: 30/11/18

Lecturers-  Dr. Joao Costa/ Dr. Emmanouil Adamakis

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As mentioned previous, Conor did not react positively to the structured/routine aspects of the lesson. To combat this, and help him to move well at all times, i intervened and helped him to focus on the tasks at hand. By shadowing without him knowing and prompting him casually when he was losing focus, i noticed he was well able to follow the instructions given. It was mainly down to his ability to focus for the full session, which isn't easy either! By the final session i did notice he was enjoying all aspects of the lesson with the occasional lapse in concentration. I also stood next to him and did some of the dances with him to give him a visual of what was to be done in the hope he would be able to pick it up a bit better. The increased physical activity time for these students will benefit them immensely in the long run and especially undertaking a new activity will increase their range of understanding to different movements and abilities to partake in exercise.