Research

As I embark on the next phase of my studies through The Mindlab I thought if fitting to begina new page.
As my thinking has shifted throughout the course so is how I am setting up my blog.
I have decided to use pages to make finding content easier.
This page will be largely around my research assignment. Below you will be able to view my thinking in real time and the readings I have viewed to date.


15 / 7 / 2018

Teacher Inquiry
9/6/2018

Spiral of Inquiry Paper This PDF will download to your computer.
What Data Can and Cannot Do

4/6/2018
Computationl Thinking .  Jeannette Wing:

30/5/2018
My personal experiance around the research lit review. 
I am looking at computational thinking and knowledge construction linking it to the New Zealand curriculum. 
I have discovered the knowledge construction is knowledged gain through prior experiance and conversations with others that can then be applied to another context.
Computational thinking is problem solving in an easily step by step method to complete a task be it human or non human. i have demonstrated computational thinking and knowldge construction throughout my lit review process. 
My knowledge is certainly grown with in this area and also my relisation for research within the field of education to support our decissions as teachers around teaching practises we embark on.


Computational thinking has driven my approach to how I have researched this paper. I have had to plan and problem solve the whole through. I have had to think and rethink my question based on the research I was able to obtain. I have had to research structures of reviews, how to analysis, etc, I have looked at sequencing. It is starting to sounda little like writing. Computational thinking is in everythign we do. It is the process in which we take to ensure we can produce a finished product, yet it is the finished product we assess. In this experiance I have learnt a great deal more from the process than the product. Will this be seen in my product? Can this be assessed? Are we assessing the right part of the learnign as educators?

18/518
How to Teach Computational Thinking
The Wolfram Language

7/5/18
Make it Count - Indigenous
Maths Stories in Dance - Indigenous Australia

 27/4/18
My literature review question in draft

How will gamification in learning develop computational thinking in numeracy for primary aged children?
20/4/18
YuMi Deadly math
Research
Composing a research question
18/4/18 Community of Practice
Groovy date today lol
Info below defines Community of Practice. Added for quick reference for future

  A community of practice is usually defined by three distinct elements: joint enterprise, mutual engagement and shared repertoire (Wenger, 2000).
  • Joint enterprise: is a shared domain which is the “collectively developed understanding of what the community is about”.
  • Mutual engagement: the members engage through interactions within the community, building mutual trust in the relationships.
  • Shared repertoire: is “the communal resources” that the community of practice produce (Wenger, 2000, p.229)
Wenger, E.(2000).Communities of practice and social learning systems.Organization,7(2), 225-246
or
domain (joint enterprise), community (mutual engagement) and practice (shared repertoire) respectively. (visited url 18/4/2018) Communities of Pracitce

Community of Practice Blog
Nuts and Bolts Community of Pracitce
elearning Community of Practice this links to a variety of examples

 All things Gaming

 15/4/18
Further research
Ongoing research links for SEL

12/4/18
I was thinking today about my research and the pathway to which I was heading and I keep coming back to math and play based learning. What is play based learning and where is its place in education adn what does this look like.

 Today I looked up some schools for me to visit when I am in Townsville. On the webpage of one of them I stumbled across YuMi deadly math. This is a programme taught in a few states across Australia with huge success.

 YuMi math some links to begin your thinking

https://www.slideshare.net/aamtinc/yumi-deadly-maths-what-it-is-and-how-it-works

 https://www.slideshare.net/ibisconsulting/yu-mi-deadly-maths-lessonplanning?next_slideshow=1

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FAntCEMyjQ

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHyvlrbCiAY

22-3-18

Research Question reserach

I am thinking about playbased learning in some form

Reading List to Pose my Research Question
Play Phycology Paper deining play
Play vs Interest based learning (what the child is interested in)
Discovery Learning
Children spent the day playing in a mud kitchen at pre school as teacher observed.
Now, what do I do with what I see, do I take it and plan a "CAKE MAKING DAY?"
no, I allow the children to own the idea, it's theirs.. they own it. I will not hijack
their play to make it fit into my mold of where it should go. I will not steer it in any
direction, I will not rob them of the right to create their own play, by creating it for
them.
Longworth education target age 5-7 yrs
  • Learning through Play is a developmental approach to a child's learning
  • Learning through Play acknowledges that the child is in control of their own learning (and to stop at any time)
  • The teacher supports, scaffolds and gifts new knowledge using intentional teaching methods (this support is seen as hijacking the child’s play and taking ownership.)
  • Learning occurs through a process of curiosity and inquiry, and as such cannot be segregated into isolated subject areas
Play is, first and foremost, an expression of freedom. It is what one wants to do
as opposed to what one is obliged to do.  By creating a plan from the learning
choice we are taking this away
Key comps vs play based learning / how does one support the other …

Research thinkings ...

What effect does play based learning have on long term educational success?
Is play based learning possible as a vehicle to drive curriculum academic
success?

How does play based learning meet the developmental stages of children
aged 5-8 yrs in primary education?
How does Play based learning support / lead to child (directed self regulated
learning)(school readiness) ( academic achievement)?

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