The Learning and Teaching Context

ETL501            Resource Provision Discussion Forum                     

BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

My school has a featured learning style for each term of the year and all programming is done according to this. Bloom’s Taxonomy is one of those. We sometimes combine it with Gardner’s Taxonomy for a deeper examination of the topic.

I have found it to be valuable because it provides guidance for teachers who do not naturally know how to get past the initial gathering of information stage. It provides a framework for students to think metacognitively and ensures that all students can access higher order thinking skills activities.

The process takes students from using online or printed resources to using their knowledge to apply it in different situations using open ended questions.

I think part of the challenge here is to teach students where and how to locate reliable information sources that have current information and statistics to support their learning of the facts. The gathering of information in the knowledge and comprehension sections is relatively simple is topics where the facts are not altered by progress, such as the basic water cycle. The topic of ecosystems is one subject to sometimes rapid change – when we think about how long it takes to write and print a textbook – so online resources are becoming more necessary.

PART 2

This teacher would need:

Syllabus Document – To guide his teaching and learning activities he would need to read and understand the educational outcomes for the students.

Website – From a reliable source and with interactive activities that demonstrate the symbiosis of the area and the effect on the whole rainforest when one aspect of it is damaged or removed.

Textbook – One with current information and a general description of a rainforest and maps locating those that still exist in the world and those that have vanished.