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Intended Outcomes: identify the PALSI scheme's intended outcomes and adjust their expectation identify the demand and expectation of university learning explain the importance of active and reflective learning describe how learning skills, will and self regulation interplay with each other and affect learning outcomes develop appropriate expectation and attitude for peer assisted learning Activities: Lecture Past PALSI Students & Leaders experience sharing
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PALSI Student OrientationPeer Assisted Learning and Supplemental Instruction (PALSI)Hokling CheungOffice of Education Development and General Education (EDGE)September 2011
WHY~“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” - Albert Einstein
WHY~
Y NOT“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
- George Bernard Shaw
Who are you?Why are you here?What is PALSI or peer assisted learning? Why?
Hi, I’m …
Please introduce yourselves to at least TWO NEW friends. Tell them what you expect to gain from this peer assisted learning scheme, PALSI?
Intended Learning Outcomes
• identify their own learning needs & interests
• apply effective learning attitude, strategies and skills
• collaborate with other learning partners to learn more actively and reflectively
• explain the expectations and outcomes of your own programme and courses
• identify opportunities for discovery and innovation
Through the peer assisted learning scheme, PALSI students are expected to be able to
We will examine how well these outcomes are achieved? It will be concerted efforts from every member to achieve these outcomes.
PALSI is a peer-assisted learning scheme using Supplemental Instruction (SI) model. PALSI aims at enhancing students'
understanding in course materials and improve students’ overall learning and reasoning skills.
Regularly scheduled, out-of-class and peer-facilitated review sessions are open to all students taking the PALSI courses.
PeerSenior year students who have performed well in the department core courses. Not necessary experts. They should possess• content knowledge•positive attitude•effective learning strategies
AssistedNo spoon feeding!PALSI Leaders should design and arrange the sessions to encourage active, collaborative and reflective learning.
Maricopa Community Colleges, 1997Miller et al, 2006
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LearningHow does learning happen?What is effective learning? Consider
Content knowledgeIntellectual thinking skillsLearning needs & attitudeLearning strategies and skillsDeep learning
Why peer assisted learning?
What can I gain from learning with the PALSI Leaders
and other PALSI Students?
This is a tree.
This is a cave.
This is a snake.
This is a high mountain.This is a
cave.
This is a faded leaf.
The Four Levels of Competence
Manage Train Learn, 2011Mindtools, 2011
Level 1: Unconscious Incompetence
Level 2: Conscious Incompetence
Level 3: Conscious Competence
Level 4: Unconscious Competence
6 Intellectual Thinking Skills & Learning Outcomes
REMEMBERING
UNDERSTANDING
ANALYZING
APPLYING
EVALUATING
CREATING
Revised Bloom Taxonomy, Anderson L., 1990
Why active, reflective and collaborative learning?passive recipients of
knowledgeactive thinking, meaning
making & reasoningeffective learning
extrinsic“I have to learn it or I will fail the course.”
intrinsic“I am really interested in
this subject.”
source of motivation
insensitive, indifferent & stressful
respective, caring & delighted
relationship & atmosphere
Lower thinking order e.g. remembering,
understanding
Higher thinking order e.g. application, analysis,
evaluation, problem solving & creation
demand & challenge
abstract, academic & theoretic
authentic, practical & contextualised
subject & task
Image source: http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/fishing
Learning Styles
Archway School, 2011
SKILL WILL Self-RegulationStudents manage, or self-regulate and control the whole learning process through using their time effectively, focusing their attention and maintaining their concentration over time, checking to see if they have met the learning demands for a class, an assignment or a test, and using study supports such as review sessions, tutors or special features of a textbook.
Students' receptivity to learning new information, their attitudes and interests in college, their diligence, self-discipline, and willingness to exert the effort necessary to successfully complete academic requirements, and the degree to which they worry about their academic performance.
Students' learning strategies, skills and thought processes related to identifying, acquiring and constructing meaning for important new information, ideas and procedures, and how they prepare for and demonstrate their new knowledge on tests or other evaluative procedures.
Learning And Study Strategies Inventories
H&H Publishing, 2011
Motivation
Two typical ways to motivate people.
What are the differences between these two types of motivation?
Extrinsic
Intrinsic
Controlled
Take controlPassiveActive
Is it true that the higher the reward, the better performance?
RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates ushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJcl
AutonomySelf-re
alisation
Care about the nature
CommonwealthReligion
There are many reasons to motivate people. Find out what you believe and value. Motivate yourself and stay highly motivated until you achieve your goals.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
S.R. Covey (1989)Image source: www.change-management-coach.com
Image source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People.jpg
1. Be proactive2. Begin with the end in mind3. Put first things first4. Think win-win5. Seek first to understand, then
to be understood6. Synergize 7. Sharpen the saw
Time Management?
Image source: http://justinlim.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/of-rocks-pebbles-and-sand-who-are-the-rocks-in-your-life/
“Things I wish I had known in my first year.”
“The 21 Things Every First Year College Student Should Do”
An Old Farmer & His Four Sons
Which son could inherit my farmland?
So he sent his sons, one by one, to the farmland at different time.
I am too old and it’s about time …
This is totally hopeless. There is no single trace of life.
Wow. Everything buds! There are so many opportunities.
Why do I have to bend myself and keep sweating here? The work is too hard and is never ending.
Wow. What a blessing this farmland is!
There are so many fruits and crops waiting for us.
Special thanks to Stan Zimny for granting us the permission to use these four photos dated 2 September 2011.http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanzim/400760551/
It was but the same farmland. Why the four sons would have so different reactions to it?
My Sons, make good use of this farmland together. There will be moments of hardship to make
you feel hopeless and exhausted.
However if you four can work it out together and share, you will
see the abundance of opportunity and blessing that it
can bring to you.
World rankings110 QS World University Rankings 2011
15 QS Asian University Rankings 2011
It is a knowledge hub where you can
collaborate with a lot of masters, peers
and friends through different activities
and make use of resources and services
to facilitate your own journey of
knowledge, discovery and innovation.
Cherish your learning buddies!
Make good use of the PALSI Scheme
• Come to EVERY session• Do ask questions• Learn how to fish• Contribute!• Be friendly• Be open minded• Enjoy!
Preparing EACH sessionContent & Activity
Arrive at the session early
Greetings
Agenda
Conclusion of the session
Preparing the 1st session Content & Activity
About me & you
Learning
PALSI scheme and sessions
Conclusion
When the student is ready, the master appears.
- Buddhist Proverb
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. - Henry Ford It is not hard to learn more. What is
hard is to unlearn when you discover yourself wrong.
- Martin H. Fischer
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
- Albert Schweitzer
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Ivan Leung Year 2 Accountancy PALSI Student, 2010-11 PALSI Leader, 2011-12
To Learn & To Serve
Mandy Chan Year 2 Accountancy PALSI Student, 2010-11 PALSI Leader, 2011-12
DON’T be SHYASK questions actively
