Flower/Interactive tutoring
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Concept
- create learning groups for 10-16 years old with a focus on cooperative learning and problem solving
- create situations where students can teach each other
- tutor is the observer and directs groups towards the desired goal
- tutor evolves new concepts with the group and explains where necessary
- tutor observes class dynamics, strength and weakness, and development of each student
- tutor has access to lesson plan and can prepare in advance for each lesson
- use wiki discussion page as a tool to continue cooperative learning process outside class
- work closely together with schools for best results (optional, but desired)
Location
- searching
- requirements:
- white board and/or projector
- tea corner
- toilet
- flexible room set up
Subjects
- Flo: German, Math, Social Science
- Kat: French, English
To do
- check out school timetables, holidays and lesson plans
- check business 'type' - are we allowed to go into teaching/tutoring under nomad it?
- find location. ask: schools(preferred), community halls(list?), bowling club, Marai
- make contact with school for co-op - Maggie Twaddle coming round for dinner ask questions above
- check out Neo-humanism
- find out if any tutoring available on waiheke already - none found from google search ask within the community --Kat 23:48, 16 Jan 2007 (NZST)
Questions
- size of each group
- age constellation
- how often
Potential
- setup a wiki for the school under their name/domain
- need for web designer (Flo contact Eric(Thailand))
- setup one-on one classes for special interest
- make contact with German community(e.g. Mathias, Claudia) for German lessons
- offer kids-sitting with an educational focus