ANALYSE PART 1 Formal Operational Stage 11 years + This stage young people are expected to develop the capacity

y for abstract, systematic, scientific thinking. 1 Hypothetico - deductive reasoning - The capacity for abstract, systematic thinking enables adolescents, when faced with a problem, to start with a hypothesis, deduce testable inferences, and isolate and combine variables to see which inferences are confirmed. 2 Hypothetico - deductive reasoning is shown in the plan when the teacher practises and checks for understanding. The students have to think about each individual component of a computer and categorise them into Input, Output etc, showing that they can hypothesise and test different given variables. The assumptions made in the plan are consistent with theory and my given class of all girls with a low SES background. The lesson plan is easy as an introduction lesson in computing as low SES background students might not have a computer, and would be easy to grasp the basics of the subjects being taught.3 ANALYSE PART 2 Learning theory = cognitive Cognitive learning is about enabling people to learn by using their reason, intuition and perception. This technique is often used to change peoples' behaviour. But people's behaviour is influenced by many factors such as culture, upbringing, education and motivation. Therefore cognitive learning involves understanding how these factors influence behaviour and then using this information to develop learning programmes. The teacher uses Working Memory and the students observe what the teacher is teaching.4 The cognitive learning coincides with the teachers style as he/she is using is expository teaching. Expository teaching is believed to be knowledge acquired primarily through reception rather than through discovery. Concepts, principals and ideas are presented and understood, not discovered.5 In this case, the teacher presents the class with materials in a careful and organised manner. Deductive reasoning is also used, the teacher starts off with general information then moves on to more specific information.
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Effective teaching and support of students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds : Practical advice for institutional policy makers and leaders. Department of Learning and Teaching. Sydney 2012. Professor Marcia Devlin.
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Woolfolk, Anita and Margetts, Kay. (2010). Educational Psychology. China: Pearson Australia.p.267 Woolfolk, Anita and Margetts, Kay. (2010). Educational Psychology. China: Pearson Australia.p.306

EVALUATE One of the weaknesses of this lesson plan is that we dont know if the class is co-ed or single sex. Lets presume it is an all girls class and describe the strengths and weaknesses of this plan. Having an introductory lesson to computing will see if the girls become or are already engaged in the concept of Computers. Derry and Phillips concluded that females in single sex classes were receiving a more positive learning experience. The results also showed that teachers spent more time on engaged skill learning time. In the co-ed classes the study showed less learning time and more distractions.6 This is important as well for low SES backgrounds to develop technological skills at a basic level for future understanding and better employment opportunities. Students with low SES backgrounds would very well suit this lesson plan as it is very basic and introductory to the world of computing. As stated before, statistics show that low-income earners most probably dont own a computer. Studies show that low SES students struggled to interact with classmates, couldnt afford to go to university which further affected long-term financial prospects and that there should be an increased focus on those with low SES through educational and financial opportunities.7Being in some sort of computer/technology course can help future job prospects possibly in administration where computer systems are used heavily. Coming from a low SES background can have its disadvantages but working with computers is beneficial in all areas. MODIFY 1) One change or modification to the lesson plan would be to cater more for the all-girls class. With previous research I have gathered that girls are more attentive to tasks and schoolwork if they are properly engaged by their teacher and are given girly things to do. E.g. write in a journal/diary for an English task. For a computing class, I would suggest to practise using a computer by creating a very basic website or even a document of their favourite movie stars or singers, or to choose their own topic that they are interested in. 2) Another change or modification to cater for a class with low SES students I think would be to divide the lesson over a few days as they are most probably new to the computer/technology world. Some of these concepts could be hard to grasp, and involving everybody in the class in group activities or choosing a student to demonstrate something new that they have learned could help engage the students. Giving the students homework would be hard to delegate if they dont have computers, so designating one class in a week where students get to complete basic tasks in Word or PowerPoint. 3) Something that I would do particularly to try and get a group of all girls interested would be at the end of the first few lessons to hand out a survey that they complete and hand in to the teacher for feedback and what else they would want covered.

Derry, J. A., & D, A. P. (2004). Comparisons of selected student and teacher variables in all-girls and coeducational physical education environments. Physical Educator, 61(1), 23-34.
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Jackson, B., & Marsden, D. (1962). Education and the working class. Some general themes raised by a study of 88 working-class children in a northern industrial city. New York: NY: Monthly Review Press

DEFINE AND EXPLAIN A wicked problem is more than one single problem by itself - it's a multiple of issues adding up to become a 'wicked problem'. Some of these wicked problems can be economic, social, political and even environmental issues present in todays society. A problem that could arise in the classroom could be the learning styles by individual students. 8One way to assess this problem is if a students learning style is assessed at the beginning of the class, and the results are used to direct him or her through a succession of learning activities designed to meet his learning needs.

Tackling Wicked Problems, A Public Policy Perpective. Australian Government. Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2007.