approaches to learning general secondary school “otets paisii” smolyan,bulgaria

Approaches to learning

General Secondary School“Otets Paisii”

Smolyan,Bulgaria

Different methods and learning strategies

-There are various ways in which students absorbs information. Differences in approaches to learning information are not only individual they depend on many factors.

-Modern understanding is that learning is a creative process. It is not just learning a compulsory school system information, and it is synthesized from various sources and constantly searching for new and modern ideas and theories associated with it.

-The main strategy for learning is asking questions to the teacher. Innovative awareness within the education is precisely that students need to be motivated to look for knowledge from the teacher, and not be forced to accept it.

Our concept We conducted a survey among teachers and students of our school General Secondary school “Otets Paisii”. Teachers teach different subjects and the questions are common, affecting everyone. The answers are presented in five point scale.

1 - slightly 2 - average 3 - well 4 - very well 5 - perfectly

Questionnaire teachers

1.What is the role of the individual work in class? 2. What is the place of creative tasks?3. During the new lesson do you let students ask own questions and form creative tasks? 4. How important is homework?5. Do you use discussion and debate in the lesson? 6. Do you think the survey method increases activity of the student?7. To what extent do you use teamwork in class? 8. How important is IT in the teaching process?


Questionnaire

students

1. Do you think that you learn the lesson better through the individual work in class?

2. Do you prefer the creative tasks in the lessons?

3. Do you ask your own questions, which are out of particular tasks?

4. To what extent do you think that the homework help you to learn new material?

5. Do the debates and discussions in class help you to learn the material? 6. Do you prefer to learn by doing research?

7. Do you prefer to work in a team? 8. Do you think the studying new lessons is easily by using the IT?

9. When you learn the greatest difficulty encountered when:

a) separating the essential from the trivial to the lesson

b) long texts in textbooks, containing large amounts of information

c) not experiencing difficulties

10. When you study do you use: a) a notebook b) a textbook c) additional reading d) Internet11. In preparation you use flash cards (cards, which on one side is written question word, word, and the other answer, the definition of the translation of words)? a) Method I know, but do not use it b) I use it in certain subjects c) I use them for all subjects and check my knowledge after pile of unused cards is gone so I've learned a lesson. d) Method I did not know but would like to try12.In your preparation do you use the technique of Feynman which is very simple: You need a slip, pen and 20 minutes. Then explain himself (or someone close, a roommate, a cat) what you learn, but as someone who has no idea what it is all about. Use drawings, diagrams, metaphors, comparisons and analogies. a) you have not even heard of this method of learning b) methods I know, but do not use it c) I use it in certain subjects ........ d) Method I did not know but would like to try


Individual work

17%

213%

320%

427%

533%

students

211%

342%

442%

55%

teachers

1 - slightly 2- average 3- well 4- very well 5- perfectly

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

7%

13%

20%

27%

33%

0%

11%

42% 42%

5%

students teachers

slightly average well very well perfectly

123%

225%

315%

48%

530%

students

231%

332%

437%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%5%

10%15%20%25%30%35%40%

22%25%

15%

8%

30%

0%

31% 32%37%

0%

studentsteachers

Creative tasks



Asking the questions

129%

232%

317%

47%

515%

students

110% 2

33%

319%

424%

514%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35% 29%32%

17%

7%

15%

10%

33%

19%24%

14%

students teachers



Homework

129%

217%

310%

420%

524%

students

15% 2

5%

321%

442%

526%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

29%

17%

10%

20%24%

5% 5%

21%

42%

26%


students teachers


Discussion and debate

113% 2

5%

313%

420%

550%

students

16%

339%

450%

56%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

13%

5%

13%

20%

50%

6%0%

39%

50%

6%


students teachers


Doing research

115% 2

18%

328%

418%

521%

students

211%

337%

432%

521%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

15%18%

28%

18%21%

0%

11%

37%

32%

21%



students teachers

Teamwork1

13% 23%

331%

413%

541%

students1

12%

218%

329%4

29%

512%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

13%

3%

31%

13%

41%

12%

18%

29% 29%

12%


students teachers


IT

17% 2

10%

322%

415%

546%

students

244%

339%

411%

56%

teachers

1 2 3 4 50%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

7% 10%

22%

15%

46%

0%

44%39%

11%6%


students teachers


Learning new lesson

A B C D0

5

10

15

20

25

9- Difficulties10- When you study do you use:11- Flash cards 12- The technique of Feynman

a notebook a textbook additional reading Internet

Additional materials

9 10 11 120

5

10

15

20

25

A

B

C

D

a n o teb o o k

a tex tb o o k

ad d i t i o n a l read i n g

I n te rn e t

Difficulties When you study Flash cards The technique of do you use:

Feynman

Proposals to harmonize teachers' methods with students' needs

•More individual work in the school subjects•More creative tasks•More attention to the passive students who are indifferent during the lessons •Appropriate homework •Discussions and debates to occupy an important place in the teaching process•Teachers should advice and help students to find important and ignore the trivial to the individual approach

Thank you for your attention

Mariya Chaparova

Mariya Peevska

approaches to learning general secondary school “otets paisii” smolyan,bulgaria

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