The FORCE Awakens
Time efficient learning and teaching tips
Dr Shabna Rajapaksa
DDMSE University of Melbourne Paediatrician, Ballarat
LEARNER TEACHER
FALLACY OF FAMILIARITY
MYTH #1
Learning should be….
• Effortful
• Involve retrieval of information
• Involve practice periodically
Effortful, retrieval, practice
TESTING IS ONLY FOR EXAMS
Myth #2
Testing is part of learning
• Identify gaps in knowledge to target learning
• Calibrate perceived
knowledge against actual abilities
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s
ignorance”
Confucius (559-471BC)
LEARNING IS ONLY
DRIVEN BY ASSESSMENT
Myth #3
Deeper learning is..
• Stronger when it matters
– Context
– Importance – Relevance
Creating learning objectives…
• Topic
• Learners
• Time
Learners
• Topic: Non accidental Injury in children
• 4th year med students
– Group of 8
• 1 hour
Learning objectives
• Epidemiology of child abuse in Australia
• Describe the patterns of injury associated with physical abuse and neglect
• Explain how to do a preliminary assessment of risk of abuse and when to refer
WHAT WERE THE 3
MYTHS AND TRUTHS?
Learning…..
• Is enhanced when effortful, involves retrieval and
practice
• Testing is learning
• Deeper learning occurs when presented in
context, relevance and importance
FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM
Teaching Tip #1
KEEP IT INTERACTIVE - QUIZ/ DISCUSS
Teaching tip #2
GROUPS
INDIVIDUALS
ADD RELEVANCE - CASES
Teaching tip #3
CHILD PROTECTION
• Important
• In 2015-16 61,000 cases of CP were substantiated
• Victorian Law changed in 1990s after the death of Daniel Valerio
Your lesson….
LEARNING
• Effortful, retrieval and practice
• Testing is learning
• Learning in context, importance and
relevance
TEACHING
• Flipping the Classroom
• Interactive – quiz, test, group work,
• Case/s
– how and why?
Questions?
“Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.”
Benjamin Franklin
