The MONSTER ACADEMY - Pedagogical Background of the

Workshop “Educational theories and didactical concepts”

TENCompetence winter school 2009

Monday, 2.2.09
Innsbruck, Grillhof

Sandra Schaffert & Wolf Hilzensauer

Salzburg Research
Learning Objectives for the work shop
| to sentise participant for pedagocial approaches
and how to implement
| to give some insights into, at least one, learning
approach
| to initiate and foster reflection and discussion about
pedagogical settings
Pre-Assumptions
| We were asked to make a „work shop“
| The prior knowledge of the participants concerning
our topic is very diverse
| We do not only want to talk about pedagogical
approaches, because we have the feeling that this
would not be enough.

Group work /
collaborative learning
Reasons for our Didactical Concept
| A variation of the problem based learning approach
| PBL needs authentic problem and reflection
| No „authentic“ problem, but a story (because it can serve as good
„guideline“ for the work shop, it is easier to find a common ground, it can
serve as an cognitive „anchor“)
| The reflection will be done by „oberservers“ (monitoring the group work
and the work shop itself) and by personal storytelling afterwards (in the
weblog)
| Challenge „group work“
| to initiate cooperative learning is tricky – we deal with that with three
different group work regulations which are known from cooperative
learning (intervention)
Our Timeline ….

THIS WORKSHOP THE WINTER SCHOOL

INDIVIDUAL
GROUPWORK REFLECTION

15 MIN INTRO COMMON (online)

INTRO
60 MIN GROUP WORK REFLECTION
40 MIN PRESENTATION
10 MIN
(& SHORT DISCUSSION) 45 MIN ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSIONS

(if asked, also if not)

TIME
Underlying Didactical Concepts and Topics ….
THIS WORKSHOP THE WINTER SCHOOL

INTRO, GROUPWORK & PERSONAL

PRESENTATION REFLECTION
COMMON
INTRO (PROBLEM BASED LEARNING/ PERSONAL
REFLECTION
INST- ANCHORED INSTRUCTION/ STORYTELLING
RUC- EPISTEMIC GAME/
(PART
TION STORY BASED INSTRUCTION)
OF PBL)
ADDITIONAL
TOPICS DISCUSSIONS
45 MIN
- PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
- COGNITVE APPRENTICESHIP (...)
- INQUIRY BASED LEARNING

INTERVENTION:
COOPERATIVE
LEARNING

STRUCTURED MONITORING & FEEDBACK

TIME
 Three levels of action

Meta Level Monitoring and Reflection (implemented in work shop design),

e.g. of collaboration and the workshop desing itself
Personal Reflection (as storytelling/comments in our Weblog)

Concrete - PROBLEM BASED LEARNING

Topics - COGNITVE APPRENTICESHIP
- INQUIRY BASED LEARNING

Underlying the overall didactical approach and the „interventions“

Pedagogical (a combination of things
Approach known from PROBLEM BASED LEARNING/
ANCHORED INSTRUCTION/
EPISTEMIC GAME/
STORY BASED INSTRUCTION/
COOPERATIVE WORKING)
Concrete Assignments, Materials etc.

http://monsteracademy.wordpress.com
Contact

Sandra Schaffert & Wolf Hilzensauer

Salzburg Research
Jakob-Haringer-Str. 5/III
A-5020 Salzburg
Phone: +43-662-2288-429/-323
Fax: +43-662-2288-222

wolf.hilzensauer@salzburgresearch.at
sandra.schaffert@salzburgresearch.at