| \n Primary Curriculum<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n | Control Technology<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Central Methodologies<\/strong><\/td>\n | Key Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Talk and Discussion Collaborative\/Co-operative Learning | \nActive Learning Strategies \nProblem Solving \nUse of Local Environment \nSkills Development through Content <\/strong><\/td>\n \nTalk and Discussion Collaborative\/Co-operative Learning \nActive Learning \nProblem Solving \nSkills developed as Children have a need for them. \nProjects and work developed from Children’s own experience<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n | Key Methodologies <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n | Key Methodologies <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Co-operative Group Work. | \nGuided Discovery. \nPlay and Co-operative Games. \nInvestigating\/Exploring. \nLearning through Language. \nReflection and Action. \nStory Telling. \nProblem-Solving Experiences. \nActive Learning\/ Hands-on Approaches. \nUse of ICT, Media, Photographs, Questionnaires, Interviews. \nWhole Class Teaching. \nActive Learning Process. \nEngages Children at different Levels. \nRequires atmosphere of Trust and Support. \nRequires Teacher to Guide and Direct Work.<\/strong><\/td>\n Collaborative Learning. | \nDeveloping Problem-solving Strategies. \nChildren learn to \u2018think about how they think\u2019. \nLearning with Technology not about Technology. \nCross-curricular Integration. \nMore Relevant and Meaningful Learning. \nImproved Confidence and Self-esteem. \nChildren create External Structures to facilitate Conceptual development. \nChildren become Designers. \nChildren learn to control their Environment with Technology.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n | Co-operative Learning Roles <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n | Co-operative Learning Roles<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Questionner | \nRecorder \nSpeaker \nEncourager \nObserver \nResearcher<\/strong><\/td>\n Questionners | \nRecorders \nReporters \nEncouragers \nObservers \nResearchers \nBuilders \nDesigners \nOrganisers \nPhotographers \nProgrammers <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n | Group Learning <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n | Group Learning<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Sense of Purpose | \nLearning from\/with Others \nLanguage Skills \nSense of Democracy \nInterpersonal Skills <\/strong><\/td>\n Sense of Purpose | \nLearning from\/with Others \nLanguage Skills \nSense of Democracy \nInterpersonal Skills <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n | Collaborative Learning <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n | Collaborative Learning<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Aims to provide opportunities for students to engage with knowledge, concepts and skills in a way that allows them to make connections between their existing experience and the \u2018new learning\u2019 they are engaged in.<\/strong><\/td>\n | Aims to provide children with the opportunity to create external structures with which to facilitate conceptual development and to enable children to develop problem solving strategies and skills at their own pace and in their own way. | \nAims toprovide children with a means of controlling their environment with technology and improving their confidence in the future use of such systems. \nPupils will externalise their thinking and reflect on what they are doing and how they are learning i.e. thinking about how they think. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n | Teacher’s Role <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n \n | Teacher’s Role<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Supportive Environment | \nCollaborative Ground Rules \nSubject\/Materials \nGroup Size Assignment of Students \nClassroom Organisation \nTask and Expected Outcomes Explained \nMonitor and Intervene \nGroup and Individual Reflection \nTalk and Discussion \nOpen-ended statements \nBrainstorming \nCircle Work \nAgree\/Disagree<\/strong><\/td>\n Supportive Environment | \nEncouraging Peer Tutoring \nCollaborative Ground Rules \nGroup Size Assignment of Students \nClassroom Organisation \nTask and Expected Outcomes Explained \nMonitor and Intervene \nGroup and Individual Reflection \nTalk and Discussion \nOpen-ended statements \nBrainstorming \nLearning with Pupils<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n |