1. Authentic Learning
task
BY
M.P. XABA
200920979

2. AUTHENTIC LEARNING
Is a teaching method that allows students to
explore, discuss, and meaningfully connect
concepts and relationships that are relevant to
the real-world and are meaningful to the
students (Donovan, Bransford, &Pellegrino,
1999).

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF
AUTHENTIC ACTIVITY
 In describing the characteristics of authentic
activities, different scholars have delineated them
in different way (J. Herrington 2004, pp. 3–29.)
 Have real-world relevance.
 Are ill-defined, requiring students to define the
tasks and subtasks needed to complete the activity.

4. ….CONTINUED
 Learners need to look the task from different
perspectives
 Giving them opportunity to collaborate.
 Provide the opportunity to reflect.
 Can be integrated and applied across different subject
areas and lead beyond domain-specific outcomes.
 Educators need to allow competing solutions and
diverse outcomes.

5. AUTHENTIC TASK
LEARNING AREA : LO
TOPIC : HIV/AIDS

6. AUTHENTIC TASK TO BE
REAL WORLD RELEVANCE
The teacher can ask learners to explain
what they know about HIV or AIDS.
 Learners will show their
understandings about the topic.

7.  Teacher can show this picture of person with AIDS.
 Then learners will tell why they think this person is HIV
positive.

8. COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
 Learners will discuss the symptoms of AIDS by using the
picture displayed above.
 Learner need to work in groups in order to identify
symptoms they see from this person.

9.  E.g. The teacher can give the learners an investigative
project, whereby the learners conduct a research on the
number of people in their community who are HIV
positive.
 Therefore learners will be asked to draw a graph using
their findings.
 By doing so learners are taking lesson into the real
world.

10. The learners will be required to join an HIV/AIDS blog
http://www.helpage.org/HIVAidsStatistics, so they may share
their views and participate in health discussions.
 The learners can also use their mobiles when taking down
the information from people. E.g. Tablets or iPod's.
 Other learners can also open their own websites to publish
their findings.
 That information can also be helpful to their families,
friends, and the whole community.

11. REFLECTION
 Learners will get a chance to ask questions.
 Learners will reflect on how did they find working in groups
when doing their research.

12. REFERENCE LIST
 Donovan, S., Bransford, J., & Pellegrino, J. (Eds). (1999)
How people learn: Bridging research and practice, National
Academy of Sciences
 Herrington, J., Herrington, T., (2006) Authentic learning
environments in higher education, United States of America
 Herrington, J., Oliver, R., Reeves, T.C.,(2003) “Patterns of
Engagement in Authentic Online Learning Environments”,
Australian Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 19, No.
1,pp. 59-71