Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hB2KE9m01051; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:14:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:14:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200312022010.hB2KAmXV040689@mail4.mx.voyager.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "carol E. Kubota" <bclcc499@net-link.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:848] Re: from Lisa, Re: experiential learning X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: CoreCommMail Status: O Content-Length: 3484 Lines: 104 Dear Lisa, What is the EFF method? This is the first time that I have heard about it. Carol E. Kubota Battle Creek Language and Culture Center Director/Language and Culture Specialist (ESL) > Good morning, everyone, > Below is a response to Eileen's inquiry on experiential learning from AE/ESOL > teacher Lisa Mullins. Everyone, please read on! Thanks, Jackie > > > > ******************************************* > > Hello Jackie, > I can't send this to the listserv because I don't have plain text. Would you > post this message for me? Thanks, Lisa > > I have found one of the most powerful activities we can engage our students in > is the goal setting process. I teach multi-level ABE and ESOL classes. I am > also an avid user of EFF and its components. I use the teaching/learning > cycle steps to guide me when making lesson plans or learning activities. The > goal setting process is the best way to motivate adults. I am a former > welfare recipient. I returned to my education at 30 years old. The goal > setting process was the sole factor that kept me going. I knew my goal, I > knew the steps I needed to take to reach the goal, and I had the evidence that > I had come a long way from where I started. Since the goal setting process > was so powerful in my life I have used it at varying degrees with my students. > Now with the EFF plan/process it fits into every student's life. We spend > time setting goals, making substeps, listing timelines, and > revisiting/revising our goals! . The students love it and rely on the goal > plan to help them see achievement and know what to do next. This also helps > them look beyond the GED as a goal. It is a substep in most cases. > Another aspect of EFF that has had a great impact on my life is the "make a > plan to capture evidence" step of the T/L cycle. In this step you must ask > yourself what do I want the results of this learning activity to look like. I > must focus on what does the "expert" version of the task look like, what can > my students do now, and what steps do I need to teach to reach that expert > version. > I learned about both these processes in PD training, but it has been the > real-life use in my classroom that has helped me understand the significance > of these two activities: goal setting and making a plan to capture evidence of > learning. > Lisa Mullins > Hawkins County Adult Education > Rogersville, Tennessee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eileen Eckert <eileeneckert@hotmail.com> > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 2:46 PM > Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:838] experiential learning > > > > Hi all, > > While we consider questions of attending PD, I wanted to ask about PD as a > > "generative" activity on the part of teachers--in other words, not > something > > we attend and receive but something we do ourselves (develop > professionally > > through learning). > > > > Would some of you be willing to share a powerful experience you've had, > what > > you learned from it, and what impact it has had so far on your teaching? > I'm > > especially interested in experiences that occurred outside the bounds of > > formal professional development activities, and maybe outside the bounds > of > > your professional life, or at the intersection of personal and > professional. > > > > Thanks, > > Eileen > > -- CoreComm Webmail. http://home.core.com
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