Lecture by Ramon Grau. Erasmus+ "Ready for Innovative Teaching?"

1. School Organization
Integrated Studies
Barcelona, April 2016

2. 1A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:15 – 9:15 SP SC CA/GE NS
9:15 – 10:15 MA/GE MA TC NS CA
10:15 – 11:15 PE MU SP/GE SC TU
11:15 – 11:45 Break Break Break Break Break
11:45 – 12:45 SP SC OPT EN OPT
12:45 – 13:45 EN AC PE AC MA
15:15 – 16:15 NS CA MU
16:15 – 17:15 TC EN MA
MA: Maths 4h
PE: Physical Education 2h
SP: Spanish 3h
EN: English 3h
NS: Natural Sciences 3h
TC: Technology (IT) 2h
CA: Catalan 3h
MU: Music 2h
AC: Arts and Crafts 2h
SC: Social Sciences 3h
OPT: Optional subject 2h
TU: Tutorial 1h
(GE: German, optional 3h)
Standard Timetable for a First Year Secondary School Class in Spain

3. Integrated Studies 12 h
1A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:15 – 9:15 SP SC CA/GE NS
9:15 – 10:15 MA/GE MA TC NS CA
10:15 – 11:15 PE MU SP/GE SC TU
11:15 – 11:45 Break Break Break Break Break
11:45 – 12:45 SP SC OPT EN OPT
12:45 – 13:45 EN AC PE AC MA
15:15 – 16:15 NS CA MU
16:15 – 17:15 TC EN MA
MA: Maths 4h
PE: Physical Education 2h
SP: Spanish 3h
EN: English 3h
NS: Natural Sciences 3h
TC: Technology (IT) 2h
CA: Catalan 3h
MU: Music 2h
AC: Arts and Crafts 2h
SC: Social Sciences 3h
OPT: Optional subject 2h
TU: Tutorial 1h
(GE: German, optional 3h)

4. Integrated Studies 12 h
1A Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:15 – 9:15 SP IS CA/GE IS
9:15 – 10:15 MA/GE MA IS IS CA
10:15 – 11:15 PE MU SP/GE IS TU
11:15 – 11:45 Break Break Break Break Break
11:45 – 12:45 SP IS OPT EN OPT
12:45 – 13:45 EN IS PE IS MA
15:15 – 16:15 IS CA MU
16:15 – 17:15 IS EN MA
MA: Maths 4h
PE: Physical Education 2h
SP: Spanish 3h
EN: English 3h
IS: Integrated Studies 3h
IS: Integrated Studies 2h
CA: Catalan 3h
MU: Music 2h
IS: Integrated Studies 2h
IS: Integrated Studies 3h
IS: Integrated Studies 2h
TU: Tutorial 1h
(GE: German, optional 3h)
Timetable for a First Year Secondary School Class at Institut Quatre Cantons

5. 1st ESO 2nd ESO 3rd ESO Term
This is me! I Know What You Did This Summer The Year I Became Fifteen
1stResearch in the Forest IS External Proposal (autumn) IS External Proposal (autumn)
Poverty and Human Rights Forces and Movement Lifestyles and Health
Stories from Heaven Conflicts A Place to Live In
2nd
Let’s Prepare an Exhibition How Does the World Work? Science in the Kitchen
A Research on Antarctica
The World of Dinosaurs
Project Rivers
Environmental Problems
Differences
Sustainable Energy for Everyone 3rd
A Trip through History IS External Proposal (spring) IS External Proposal (spring)
- No books
- New students groups (different from the rest of the classes)
Integrated Studies 5/6 weeks

6. Focus on student activity
Projects
Research
Cases
Activity Sequences
Individual work
Pair work
Group work
Team work
Problem solving/Contents in context
Learning Environment at Institut Quatre Cantons
Teacher’s explanations
Diversification of assessment tools
Results of the individual work (research, projects, daily work)
Oral presentations
Exams

7. BLOOM’S SCALE OF STUDENT LEARNING
MEMORIZING REPETITION DRILLS EXAMS AND KNOWLEDGE TESTS
Remembering
Defining, identifying, describing information,
remembering data or facts repeating
explanations or arguments.
Understanding
Explaining with own words, interpreting,
predicting consequences, identifying similar
situations
Applying
Using ideas in new situations, applying
knowledge in new contexts
Analyzing
Identifying organization, selecting key
elements, realizing the intention,
summarizing, organizing contents,
distinguishing between important and
unimportant
Evaluating
Justifying, giving arguments, judging according to a
criterion, assessing own and others´ productions
Creating
Relating ideas, designing, improving, imagining
new solutions, producing, inventing
WHY?
Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised
WHAT DOES LEVEL MEAN?
WORK PROPOSALS TO STUDENTS
KNOWLEDGE
REPRODUCTION
KNOWLEDGE
PRODUCTION

8. Thank you