Episode 1 Learning Goals

In the first episode, I introduce myself and explore the importance of setting learning goals as an effective teaching strategy to enhance student learning and help to create life-long learners. I also provide simple methods to make the learning goals explicitly known by your students. Listen to the audio above or read through the summary belowLearning Goals by Daniel Jackson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Join the Facebook CommunityIntro to DanTeaching since 2006Currently the Deputy Principal at my schoolI’m a Google Trainer and InnovatorPassionate about quality teaching and producing life-long learners like meWhy the Effective Teaching PodcastOur systems are so focused on testing that we have changed education to test preparationThis produces teaching that is habitual and often not engaging for our studentsEffective teaching is not about increasing test scores it is about producing life long learners so students are life readySo...I intend to provide a single effective teaching strategy with examples of how you can implement itI hope to interview teachers who are in the classroom and have effective strategies they are using. If that is you, please contact me through TeachersPD.netLearning GoalsWe should have learning goals for:UnitsWellbeingLessons andAssessmentsLarge goals should have subgoals, eg) units should have lesson goals etc that can be used to track progress and know the next steps in the learning process.These need to be clear and understood by the students. IPut goals on the boardOn slides I useOn resources, I hand outAnd talk through them at the beginning AND as we achieve themCelebrate the achievements B/C setting and achieving the goals is fun, but learning is hard.Set learning goals with your studentsHave a go. Start your lesson today by going through the learning goals that the students will achieve today. Put them on the board and tick them off, or in your slides at multiple points so check them offAND see if it improves their engagement and your knowledge of how they are progressing in their learning.