When summarizing the article \u201cDemand-High Teaching\u201d, it struck me that the Bavarian learner-centred approach to teaching was in sharp contrast to that in the article which centres on learning. I assume I have become rather good at setting (entertaining) tasks, putting students into groups and creating puzzles. I always hope there will be some outcome for the students but I\u2019m not so sure about that. So this article actually made me think if a focus on learning might not be more successful. You need a lot of practise to do this and when I read the examples in the article, I got some idea as how to do it. Later I watched the YouTube videos of Jim Scrivener and Adrian Underhill. I must say especially Adrian Underhill\u2019s lecture and practical approach was especially helpful. He got the message across very well.<\/p>\n
Moreover, liked the idea of \u201cupgrade feedback\u201d which is very important in the Demand-High approach. It states that after the teacher comments on the student\u2019s answer with Good<\/em> there is nothing else. This is very much true. Instead of saying \u201cgood\u201d or praising the student on should give upgrade feedback and challenge the student. I will certainly try this out in the classroom and make sure that the elephant (=quality and depth of learning) will come back to stay in my classroom.<\/p>\n By Stefanie Kieweg from Germany<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When summarizing the article \u201cDemand-High Teaching\u201d, it struck me that the Bavarian learner-centred approach to teaching was in sharp contrast to that in the article which centres on learning. I assume I have become rather good at setting (entertaining) tasks, putting students into groups and creating puzzles. I always hope there will be some outcome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-episode-i-portfolios"],"yoast_head":"\n