Purposeful Learning and Vision for Readiness: Align Instruction to Purposeful Learning
When students cheat on exams, it is because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
INTRO
This activity will help you assess how much purposeful learning is happening in your school. By providing an opportunity to reflect on the bright spots in your school for aligning instruction and learning, you may discover ways to move away from simply grading and assessments.
OBJECTIVES
- Reflect on where there are bright spots in your school for aligning instruction and learning
- Brainstorm at least 3-5 ways you/your school can support purposeful learning every period of every day
ACTIVITY
Assess how much purposeful learning is happening in your school. Begin to develop a set of tools to support purposeful learning every period of every day.
Introduction to Aligning Instruction and Learning: 15-minute Activity
Watch the below video, Why Perfect Grades Don’t Matter.
Reflect on where there are bright spots in your school for aligning instruction and learning, to what is relevant to your students’ futures, and moving alignment away from simply grades and assessments.
Next, watch the below Inflexion video, Aligning Instruction and Learning, to get an overview of why it’s so important to align instruction and learning with a shared vision for readiness.
Brainstorm at least 3-5 ways you/your school can support purposeful learning every period of every day.
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