Students Thinking Like Specialists.

This week's Swap Shop was delivered by Nicholas Sampson (Science Teacher and Second in Department) and Halima Alam (Science Teacher). We explored an exciting way of adapting lessons to encourage students to think like specialists.

Teachers were encouraged to think of specialists associated with their subjects. Lessons are then planned so that students can adopt these roles. 

The science department explained how they have been adopting this approach:

Lessons were then planned with this model in mind:

The Science Department have found this approach to be a really effective learning and teaching tool, which challenges students to become independent and allows them to develop and use subject specific vocabulary.

Teachers should support students by modelling how specialists would think, speak and write...

What subject specialists could you use in your lesson planning? Please share your ideas below...