Today the teacher's of Pt England had a teacher's only day and we spent the morning hearing from DMIC Don. It was a great session refocusing our mindset on various elements of DMIC Instruction. Below are my notes from that session.
DMIC-Don
April 2019
All the things we already know about maths (including follow up tasks and content knowledge) does not change with DMIC. Strengths with behaviour management and key competencies does not change. All that changes is the delivery of the mathematical content.
Complex Instruction
- Promotes a different way of understanding of how people learn
- A different image of what it means to understand a mathematical idea
- Norms
- Accountability
- Grouping
- Standing back and observing from a distance
- Provides opportunity for students to show what they know
- Teacher is able to pull from student interactions for sharing back
Social and Academic Status
In GI, the community values, family, inclusion, reciprocal relationships, leadership (church, chief, school), family/culturally centered events, sports)
-confidence (DMIC; NO hands up….keep the control on the teacher not on the confident child who continually volunteers)
Assigned Value?
- English has more assigned value than other languages.
-non-fluent English speakers do not have the same competencies as those of native English speakers
-Asians are always good at maths
-Status at PES is often determined by those who are/are not able to self-regulate and use language to accurately express themselves.
Status GeneralisationHelps us understand how the characteristics between people differ and how they are pooled so that status is allotted
In GI, the community values, family, inclusion, reciprocal relationships, leadership (church, chief, school), family/culturally centered events, sports)
-confidence (DMIC; NO hands up….keep the control on the teacher not on the confident child who continually volunteers)
Assigned Value?
- English has more assigned value than other languages.
-non-fluent English speakers do not have the same competencies as those of native English speakers
-Asians are always good at maths
-Status at PES is often determined by those who are/are not able to self-regulate and use language to accurately express themselves.
Status GeneralisationHelps us understand how the characteristics between people differ and how they are pooled so that status is allotted
- Status is local and changes within settings
- Status differences in classrooms reflect those of wider society
- Many local status characteristics derive from the school and class culture
- Children watch and interpret teacher’s actions to see what is valued?
The effect of status
When students work in small groups the differences in status (not strengths or motivation) shapes who talks, who others listen to, and who’s ideas direct what decisions are made.
It is better to consider students as having low status instead of low kids, low achievers, struggling students because this means teachers will look for more effective ways to open up the maths for all students.
What does being “smart in maths” means?
-How can we build this into our classroom culture?
-Why do we listen? Focus on listening to understand
When students work in small groups the differences in status (not strengths or motivation) shapes who talks, who others listen to, and who’s ideas direct what decisions are made.
It is better to consider students as having low status instead of low kids, low achievers, struggling students because this means teachers will look for more effective ways to open up the maths for all students.
What does being “smart in maths” means?
-How can we build this into our classroom culture?
-Why do we listen? Focus on listening to understand
Presenting back: Roles need to be defined as things that need to be done. However, student involvement in presenting back needs to be fluid. Every student should be presenting at some point during the talk back.
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