3. what is authentic learning
According to
Donovan, Bransford, &Pellegrino
Authentic learning, also known as
experiential 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.
4. Some major characteristics
of authentic learning are:
•Learning is real-world oriented and has value
beyond the school setting.
•Learning is often interdisciplinary.
•Students use higher-order thinking skills and
learn concepts as well as basic facts.
•The classroom is learner cantered and allows
for a variety of learning styles.
•Students have ownership of their learning.
•Instruction uses hand-on approaches and is
accessible for all learners.
5. Continued...
•Learning is active and student driven.
•Teachers act as coaches or learning facilitators. They are
one of many resources students may turn to for learning.
Parents, outside experts, and community members may all
serve as sources for learning.
•Scaffolding allows students to receive help when they need
it and allows them to work freely when they can
accomplish tasks on their own.
•Learning uses real-time data, which students investigate and
from which they draw conclusions.
•Students often work together and have opportunities for
discussion as they work to solve the problem.
•Students produce a product that is directed toward a real
audience.
6. Authentic teaching
Authentic instruction, which differs from
traditional teaching methods, use
teaching strategies such as: structuring
learning around genuine tasks, employing
scaffolding, engaging students in inquiry
and social discourse, and providing
ample resources from the school and
community.
7. Authentic task
An assignment given to students designed
to assess their ability to apply standard-
driven knowledge and skills to real-world
challenges
In other words, a task we ask students to
perform is considered authentic when
students are asked to construct their own
responses rather than select from ones
presented and the task replicates
challenges faced in the real world.
8. Characteristics of Authentic
Tasks
Traditional Authentic
Selecting a Performing a Task
Response Real-life
Contrived Construction/Appli
Recall/Recognition cation
Teacher-structured Student-structured
Indirect Evidence Direct Evidence
9. For example:
If I were teaching you how to play golf, I
would not determine whether you had met
my standards by giving you a multiple-choice
test. I would put you out on the golf course to
"construct your own responses" in the face of
real-world challenges. Similarly, in school we
are ultimately less interested in how much
information students can acquire than how
well they can use it. Thus, our most
meaningful assessments ask students to
perform authentic tasks.
11. Scenes from the play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTqe
aNngLKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44GK
ZrErSFQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD8YF
i5LYUw&feature=related
12. Task:
When preparing for a role, actors
definitely do their homework. Whether the
role is historical or fictional, actors must
delve into the script and discover the
heart, mind, and soul of a character. In
this case the characters are from the
Shakespearean play Othello
They do this in primarily 3 ways:
13. 1.
Textually
– extracting all possible
information from the Othello. What does
the Shakespeare directly say about the
character? What do other characters say
about a character? What does the
character say about themselves?
14. 2.
Inferentially
– using all textual clues to infer
information about a character. What
does the Shakespeare imply about the
character? What do a character’s
actions imply about that character? How
do other characters react to a
character? What does that imply?
15. 3.
Interpretively – adding necessary information that
is not textually based, but remains consistent with
collected character knowledge. What else does
an actor need to know in order to “flesh out” the
character? What was the family of the character
like? What happened in the past to make him/her
act this way? What baggage does the character
bring to the scene? What educational
background? These questions could go on
forever; however, it is important to discern which
questions are appropriate and important to ask
concerning the character you choose from the
book Othello
16. What you must do
Go to any one of the blogs and interact with other
students and get there view of the characters
http://theshakespeareblog.com/tag/othello/
http://blog.iqmatrix.com/iq-matrix-products/william-
shakespeare-othello-mind-map
www.shakesphearehelp.com/othello.htm
Write a character analysis of your character from the
Shakespeare play of Othello. It should cover all 3
aspects of analysis and conform to the course writing
standards. Length should be approximately 2-3
pages.
18. What makes it an authentic
task
What make it authentic is the fact that they
will need to interact with the text
Not only that what they read will not be
sufficient so they will be required to actually
go out and do research on the characters
They would have to physically engage in the
task by researching, going to the interactive
blogs or even asking questions to there peers
to find out what the character was all about.
19. Conclusion:
Whit authentic learning it becomes important to
make sure that it becomes child centred and
relates to the real world. Now also with authentic
tasks what becomes important is that when you
give that task you need to make sure that the
child can not only relate to the task but also
interact with it. The more a child is able to
outsource and discover for themselves what they
should learn the more they can relate to it. When
they are able to see what it is they must do they
can learn. Through out the presentation I have
shown not only what authentic learning is but also
how it can be done and what needs to be
incorporated when performing authentic learning.
20. References:
Visible Knowledge
Project, http:crossroads.Georgetown.edu/vkp/resources/glossary/a
uthenticlearning.htm
North Central Regional Education
Laboratory, www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/scie
nce/sc500.htm
Project-Based Learning, www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/pbl.htm
The Shakespeare
blog, http://theshakespeareblog.com/tag/othello/
blog.iqmatrix, http://blog.iqmatrix.com/iq-matrix-products/william-
shakespeare-othello-mind-map
21. Continued:
Homepage of authentic task design run by Reeves, Oliver and
Herrington http://www.authentictasks.uow.edu.au/index.html
Authentic assessment toolbox
http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm
Effects of technology in the classroom
http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudent
s.html#improved
Jan Herrington's link to 9 videos on authentic learning
http://www.youtube.com/user/JanH119/featured
Jan Herrington's home page on authentic learning
http://web.me.com/janherrington/AuthenticLearning/Home.html
