Teaching Companion Workshop 2014

Violeta Fonseca

“There is only one blessing, knowledge,

and one curse ignorance”

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The call of

Imagination The vision

The

preparation

of

strategies

The

inspiration of

the

participants

The Vision

Being leaders in personalized education, serving our customers

with quality and care

The

Project

Provide a personalized teaching and counselling

alternative in all matters of education today

ensuring that our service exceeds the

expectations of our customers

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Read the following text.

Discuss it with your partner side.

Share it with other.

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“In teaching, vocation for service,

supporting the development of children,

providing advice to help youngsters to

reach their human, academic and

professional development, require a

constant and on-going training of teachers

to be in the best position to carry out their

tasks with discipline and honesty.”

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It is a process of accompaniment by Educational

Consultants, specialists in personalized instruction.

It starts agreeing strategies to make the improvement plan

for the student in the areas in which the academic needs

arise.

The review of various sources of information and data is

crucial to the smooth running of the process.

As soon as the problem is detected, an action plan should

be developed to monitor and evaluate achievements.

Educational advisers are specialized in their areas of

contents, methods and techniques. All of them designed to

develop the skills that are necessary to achieve the

objectives.

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The act of providing advice, deployment

strategies and technical assistance

activities through which a person or

specialized equipment check, supports and

provides on-going advice to those who

request them.

Leadership

Skills

Preparation

Deliberation capacity

Planning

Solving difficulties

Transparency at work

Action

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Education professionals (teachers)

Professionals who come from other specialities: social scientists, engineers, psychologists and other education stakeholders.

Who has a good performance as teachers.

Willing and be able to organize and develop teamwork.

Able to establish an empathic relationship with students.

With knowledge of the social and educational environment in which they must work.

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The adventure

of being a

teacher

Good Practice

Individual characteristics

Professional development

Living and working conditions

Continuous teaching training

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To build up an understanding based on what they already know.

To extend their previous knowledge in different directions at the same time.

To understand that learning does not happen in an orderly manner and is not the same for everyone.

Each student has to begin with what the already know and use this previous knowledge as the basis of what they will learn in the future.

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According to the cognitive psychologist Robert J. Sternberg, creativity can be defined as “The process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile."

Creativity means finding new ways to solve problems and deal with situations.

It is not an ability limited to artists, musicians or writers, it is a useful skill for people of all kinds.

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It is a specific way of organizing thought

processes, which seeks a solution through

strategies that would normally be ignored by

logical thinking.

Technical or personal skills can be used in

solving problems of everyday life, whether for

individuals or in groups.

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Characterized by looking from different

perspectives to find a solution to a

challenge or problem.

Focused on generating new ideas through

insightful structuring concepts available in

mind.

Has no limits to explore and

opens roads, often in unusual or original ways.

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Divergent

Thinking

Sensibility

Fluidity

Originality

Ability to

redefine

Flexibility

The Factor of the

development of

Creativity according

to Gilford (1996) is

classified as:

• Originality: To

make things in

their own way.

• Sensibility: To

recognize the

problems.

• Fluidity: To

express ideas.

• Flexibility: To

adjust to the

circumstances.

• Ability to

redefine: apply

new concepts.

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There should be a need

to find new alternatives

Barrier of

imagination

Barriers of

perception

Intelectual

barriers

Cultural

barriers

Environment

al barriers

Emotional

barriers

Barriers

of

expressio

n

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Generate Classify Connect Develop

Ideas based on

knowledge

Powerful

Idea

Different

Idea Great Idea

Team work

Synthesis

Connectivity

Fluency or productivity

Originality

New Unpredictability

Flexibility

Elaboration

Openness and sensitivity to detect problems

Ability to redefine an object

The humour and imagination

Not too much rationality

Self-Realization

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The mind is not

a vessel to be

filled but a fire

to be kindled.

Plutarch

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http://www.monografias.com/trabajos12/mapro/mapro.shtml (February 1st, 2014)

http://www.fundacionmontessori.org/educacion-montessori.htm?gclid=CJGPq3N2LwCFURk7Aod6RUAsw

(February 10th, 2014)

http://www.clarissaarenas.com/?tag=pensamiento-divergente February 16th, 2014)

http://www.educoas.org/Portal/bdigital/contenido/interamer/BkIACD/Interamer/Interamerhtml/Rodr38html/Rod38_Clay.htm( February 18th, 2014)

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