Activity 1: What does Scaffolding Mean to You? by Aileen C https://padlet.com/daybreak/tuoemal4cvml Share your experience! en-us 2017-01-29 00:55:45 UTC 2024-05-04 10:02:43 UTC hello@padlet.com daybreak https://padlet.com/daybreak/tuoemal4cvml/wish/150064157 2017-01-29 01:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/daybreak/tuoemal4cvml/wish/150064157 daybreak https://padlet.com/daybreak/tuoemal4cvml/wish/150064290 2017-01-29 01:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/daybreak/tuoemal4cvml/wish/150064290 Norman Lai daybreak https://padlet.com/daybreak/tuoemal4cvml/wish/150064297 i would like to share a scaffolding experience as a learner. It was quite the negative experience. This software company was engaged to teach us a new tool. 

  • Pros
  • Their notes were very comprehensive (50 pages thick)
  • slow learner can follow the notes step by step
  • they had the luxury of 6 projectors in that room so that everyone could see clearly.

  • Cons
  • the lesson plan, slides, learner guide were obviously done by different people.  
  • The trainer was not trained to educate, obviously an engineer
  • Trainer assumed that by speaking very loud the lesson would be clear. 
  • The trainer did not follow the steps as described in the learner notes
  • Trainer was just reacting to the content on the slides without adding value.
  • Trainer never checked for understanding, or paused to ensure good progress

I see that i am actually guilty of scaffolding with sub-skills in isolation occasionally. I assumed that by taking apart a task or 'chunking' the learner should learn better in bite sizes. However when it comes to assessment the students do not do well, as it can be very difficult to put the pieces together coherently in the mind of the student. A metaphor would be the "blind men touching an elephant". Sub-skills in whole may be qualitatively different than sub-skills in isolation. 

I think that we cannot completely do away with scaffolding sub-skills in isolation because that is essentially how things like remedial/consultation sessions work.  We clarify one part of the many theories in a short session. However as educators we must spend a few minutes to pull in the whole task to help students connect the dots, and check for understanding to ensure that the dots are connected correctly.

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