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ELT assessment. Why is this still a grey area?

Diego: ELT issue. Every person at a school has its own idea about ELT...
Differences in approaches
There is a conflict of points of views.
The conflict comes from 'the watchback effect'
standardized testing
do you want students to be prepared with certain skills in some contents? or students to be experts in communication?
TEST DRIVEN CURRICULUM

Oscar: there is a lack of defitions and everybody has different opinions on the concept.
we as teacher are assessing all the time.

ALL KIND OF ASSESSMENT IS VALID THEN

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Koke: Flipped approach? Digital competence? Can't really get it.
Flipped: to use online learning as a preparation tool for a traditional lesson. (teachers sending a video or brief presentation to have a little bit of knowledge to be more participative)

The concept of classroom in no longer linked to a concrete scene or setting.
Javiera: Online setting changes the role of the teacher. Facilitator of knowledge, so teachers must introduce new technologies. What is the difference? Learners autonomy is unreliable. Combining teaching and learning autonomy is effective.
Abby: Time management and privacy of a teacher in online education.

Time mgt: E.g. to create new materials two hours were spent (for face-to-face teaching), while the same task took 8 hours in online teaching.
Koke: What is worth it to be used as materials? Investigation and critical thinking(?)

HOW IS THAT TEACHERS CAN EFFECTIVELY DEAL WITH PROMOTING STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO CHOOSE REFERENCES? IS THERE A CRITICAL THINKING PEDAGOGY GOOD ENOUGH TO TRY?

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Policies in SEN in Chile.

Carla: are the policies implemented? In chile public schools are very far to be inclusive.
Overcrowded classrooms(?)
Examples of students that are diagnosed but not helped.
Denisse: Do you think the policies are included effectively in schools?
Yes, they are at some point. A gradual approach to its implementation.
There is little collective general knowledge about the issue.
* HOW CAN NORMAL CLASSROOMS BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE?
Paola: To separate students leads to generating social issues and low self-esteem.
Denise: The teacher's role; an important issue that needs more attention and preparation.
Carla: Assumptions about SEN. We are still in the medical view of SEN students.
We believe that they can just learn in an special environment.
'I am convinced that trusting students we will promote their success'
Paola: Policies in the US started the separation. In Chile, the decree 67 ensures access to education.

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Material development and differentiation: Due to current health issues, the context of online learning has challenged teachers in terms of the creation of material and student's access to that material. The role of the teacher is to get to know the student's in the best possible way: learn about learners' interests, learning profile and readiness levels. This is pretty much in line with what I have read. However, there is something to add: the metacognitive help. Teachers must assist students with their own knowledge of how they learn most effectively and give them room for creativity when it comes to assessment. The key terms are: topics, teacher-mediation, and techniques.

Special educational needs:
We need to know students' profiles. How they learn the best. Not stereotype, but to know their characteristics and prepare better materials and instruction.
Most diagnosed SENs in Chile are: attention deficit disorder,attention deficit with hypeactivity, specific learning disorder, specific language impairment, asperger, and visual difficulties.

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What are Special Educational Needs?

Special educational needs, often referred to as SEN or SEND (Special educational needs and disabilities), is a term used to describe learning difficulties or disabilities that make it harder for a child to learn compared to children of the same age.

All children may experience challenges with their learning at some point and for most children, these difficulties overcome with support from teachers and home. However, children with SEND are likely to need extra or different help to be able to learn.

Some children may have SEND because of a medical condition or disability, other children may have SEND without a diagnosis or disability.

Children are not considered to have SEND just because their first language is not English. Although some children for whom is English is a second language may also have SEND.

How do you know if a child has SEND?

A child or young person has SEN if:

they have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of other children and young people the same age

they have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post-16 provisions

A child or young person has a disability if:

they have a physical and mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out day-to-day activities.

What types of difficulties are SEND?

Children may have difficulties in one or more of these areas:

Cognition and Learning: a child may find all learning difficult or have difficulties with specific activities such as reading or spelling. A child may have trouble understanding instructions and carrying out tasks. A child may have memory difficulties.

Communication and Interaction: a child may have difficulty in talking to others or understanding what others are saying to them. A child may have difficulty with interactions with others, such as not being able to take turns.

Physical and Sensory: a child may have hearing or vision loss. A child may have difficulty with sensory processing, being under or over-sensitive. A child may have a medical condition which affects them physically.

Social, Emotional and Mental Health: a child may display behaviours such as having very low self-esteem or being very anxious. A child may display challenging, disruptive or distressing behaviours. A child may have underlying conditions which affect their mental health.

What is special educational provision?

Special education is any educational or training provision which is extra to or different from what is needed by other children or young people the same age. This covers many different things including communicating through sign language, having worksheets in a larger font and needing one-to-one or small group support.

Some children and young people may need extra help which is not special educational provision such as having medication at school. As this is not support with education or training it would not be classed as special educational provision.

We have more information about about SEND support in School on this website.

What can I do if I think my child has SEND?

If you are worried about any part of your child's learning or development, you can talk to your child's class teacher or school SENDCo (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator). You can also talk to any other professionals involved with your child such as medical or social care professionals.

This website has lots of information and resources related to SEND and support available, you can search or browse all our topics.

What are learning difficulties?

Children with SEND related to cognition and learning often have a learning difficulty. Learning difficulties are classified in the following ways:

Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD): a child with MLD may take longer to learn skills than the majority of their peers and are likely to require extra support in school.

Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD): a child with SLD will have significant learning impairments which will impact their ability to learn without high levels of specialist support.

Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD): a child with PMLD will have complex learning needs. In addition to severe learning difficulties they may have physical difficulties, sensory impairment or a severe medical condition. A high level of specialist support will be needed at all times.

Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD): specific learning difficulties include Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia. A child with SpLD may require some support in school targeted to their specific area of difficulty such as spelling or numeracy.

There are lots of abbreviations used when talking about SEND, you can find an explanation of the most common ones in our Glossary.

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What are Special Educational Needs? - Kids

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Read out guide if you want to find out what special educational needs are.

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Why do learners need to be literary critical?
Information found in Internet can be misleading.
What is the role of materials? In what ways we can adapt materials to our particular classroom? What is the knowledge a teacher should have in order to do it?
I have many many many many things to say about this, it is my research area for PDs, but I will just provide the link to my groups summary.