Convening Four Pre-work
~ AUTHENTIC LEARNING ~
What's the Topic?
In Convening 4, we will focus on the Authentic Learning component of the OH Personalized Learning Framework.
Personalized learning requires educators to co-design and facilitate Authentic Learning pathways, experiences, and assessments, aligned to equitable supports around learners’ needs, interests, aspirations, and cultural backgrounds to foster meaningful connections to their learning.
Review the 5 indicators from the Authentic Learning component of the Ohio Personalized Learning Framework:
3.1 Personal learning pathways and experiences are learner driven.
3.2 Learners engage in relevant experiences that build skills such as innovation, problem-solving and design-thinking.
3.3 Learners are provided with opportunities to demonstrate career-ready competencies in real-world settings by solving challenges that are relevant to their local community.
3.4 Learners are immersed in experiences that are connected to their cultural identities and community contexts.
*For reference you can find the entire OH Personalized Learning Framework (Draft) HERE.
Something to Watch
Watch the video below:
Something to Read
Indicator 3.4 from the Ohio Personalized Learning Framework says
3.4 Learners are immersed in experiences that are connected to their cultural identities and community contexts.
In convening 4, we are going to explore Authentic Learning through a culturally relevant and community-based context.
"Culturally responsive teaching is about tapping the schema, or the funds of knowledge, that the student brings in; it's not just about trying to build self-esteem because his racial or linguistic identity is superficially represented in a text. As a teacher, I need to recognize, honor, and actually use students' funds of knowledge to make learning sticky. The science says learning for understanding happens when we integrate new knowledge with our existing knowledge. So, the more the teacher knows about a student's schema, the more she then can start to engage that student by making "cognitive hooks" between the learner's context, interests, cultural knowledge, and the new content in the curriculum."
- Anthony Rebora (Source)
Read the article Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions: Read the article HERE
Reflect on the article: what is affirming -and- what is challenging?
Examples From the Field
Choose one of the resources below to learn more about Rigor and Relevance.
Choice A:
Read an overview of the Rigor and Relevance Framework: Read the article HERE
Choice B:
Watch a short video describing the Rigor and Relevance Framework: