Joint Work on: Education for Democracy - Supporting Language Learner Autonomy by K Heim

Thoughts for your potential aims within this seminar...

katja_heim — 2024-10-16 14:37:42 UTC

Let us know e.g. what aspects you are interested in, what you would like to learn, how you would like to work, what your wishes for your own work are

cp_tobarzamora — 2024-10-17 12:41:19 UTC

I hope to learn strategies to enhance critical thinking in my future students. Hopefully with practical examples, activity videos.

Course expectations/wishes

2024-10-17 12:41:32 UTC

I would like to use this course for two things:

- learn how to enable learners to continue their education on their own

- learn how to teach critical thinking and democratic values in language classes

Thoughts for potential aims

2024-10-17 12:41:51 UTC

I'd like to learn how to create learning experiences for learners, that give room for their own input. Meaning that I would like to see them have a responsibility for their own learning and be able to be lead by their interrests.

2024-10-17 12:43:59 UTC

-discussing democratic values and procedures (such as fundamental rights and freedom of speech)

-educating learners in intelligently engaging with online information and identifying disinformation

promoting democratic thinking and making educational policies that support the ideals of democracy

Digi4All — 2024-10-17 12:44:56 UTC

I would like to learn how to educate my students in a way that prepares them for a democratic society.

Some of us might find ourselves in positions where we must make decisions and policies in the education system or at least judge such choices.

Basic psychological needs theory (p.6)

2024-10-31 14:08:33 UTC

learner autonomy refers to the need for learners to feel their actions are their own, with a sense of personal endorsement
emphasizes autonomy, competence and relatedness
Competence refers to the need for learners to feel that their actions lead to desired outcomes
Relatedness refers learners’ need to feel a sense of belongingness and connection with teachers and classmates

Digitization

2024-11-14 14:17:32 UTC

learner produced learning materials

2024-11-14 14:17:49 UTC

Are the learning materials checked for mistakes before they are put into the classroom library?

Comparison Denmark and Germany

2024-11-14 14:20:43 UTC

Activities for specific age groups

2024-11-14 14:20:55 UTC

Do the activities you mention work well for all age groups, or are there some limitations or advantages for specific age groups when it comes to the activities?

Resources -Learner oriented materials

2024-11-14 14:22:10 UTC

If the textbook isn't super learner oriented, doesn't support autonomy, are there any particular authors / places we can get materials from?

Logbooks

2024-11-14 14:25:41 UTC

(1)Did you encounter any particular challenges when designing the logbook activities, and what advice would you give to make the logbooks more meaningful for learners?

(2) Should the contributions to the logbook be more reflective and self-referential from a learner perspective or relate more to the lesson content, relating less to the individual learner?

Criticism on your style of teaching

2024-11-14 14:26:10 UTC

Logbooks in practice

2024-11-14 14:26:15 UTC

Could logbooks be just as effective when used once a week? ( To avoid rushed entries once a week or even more for students to do at home/ patental involvement)

Classroom environment

2024-11-14 14:26:59 UTC

How did you create an environment in the classroom where students use English naturally, focusing less on language accuracy and more on using it as a tool?

classroom management

2024-11-14 14:27:00 UTC

What do you do as a teacher if the freedoms that you give the students in order for them to learn autonomously get taken advantage of? For example if you have group works and everyone works on a different project and some groups / students don't participate like they should ?

introduction of new topics

2024-11-14 14:28:10 UTC

How do you introduce new topics to the class?

approach for higher education

2024-11-14 14:30:14 UTC

How do you adapt your approach when working with students from grade 11 onwards, even towards university students?

Learner's Autonomy

2024-11-14 14:30:36 UTC

How to find the balance between learner's autonomy and maintaining a productive classroom climate (guidance by the teacher)?

Group 5

2024-12-12 13:32:03 UTC

Group 6

2024-12-12 13:35:31 UTC

Lnguage consultations can be very helpful in self-porganising language learning
We would have liked to do an exemplary language consultation in front of evereyone with a volunteer from our group to see how the language consultation is conducted
the learning materials were super interesting and helpful and we now know where we can access them
we are considering to use the SAC to improve out language skills in other languages and do a language consultation ourselves
Two of us have already takem part in a tandem programme organised by the SAC

Group 3

schrammsarah01 — 2024-12-12 13:35:42 UTC

Learners are in charge of their own learning process but the teacher is still in control of the class and structure

Group 4

2024-12-12 13:35:48 UTC

the best place to get inspired as a bilingual student with materials
unfortunately not as well known inside the uni
many useful resources
good place to start learning a new language

Group 3

schrammsarah01 — 2024-12-12 13:36:53 UTC

students have a voice - they have to reflect and consider why they make their choices

Group 2

2024-12-12 13:38:22 UTC

Learner autonomy in fractured courses, like we have them at the university - is this possible? How can you introduce/enforce this kind of learning in such a setting?

Group 1

2024-12-12 13:38:36 UTC

be patient with your students when starting the process of autonomous learning
trust the process

Group 3.2

2024-12-12 13:41:59 UTC

Group 1.2

2024-12-12 13:48:33 UTC

How easy is it to do your lessons completely autonomously?
Is it really only positive? We would like to discuss the disadvantages of autonomous learning

Group 2 Second round

2024-12-12 13:49:12 UTC

We liked that she was so passionate and that we were able to ask any questions and she could answer all of them
the interview sparked a desire to learn more about her approach, especially within the progresion of teaching a class who is new to the approach
we would like to see more teaching examples from leni for different stages of the process of this teaching style
Her insights on how to use the logbook were ver helpful in understanding their uuse in the classroom and their potential
We want to buy her book