A New Pedagogy for Deep Learning Framework

This week I put together a bit of a draft on the framework that will inform the development of education experiences at the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary. I'll be rewriting all the activities and experiences we offer to schools to align with this framework and I hope that the framework evolves over the period of the Masters project so that a robust and easily accessible process for lesson planning, that incorporates much of the theory around New Pedagogy for Deep Learning (NPDL) is created.

The trick with the NPDL framework, presented by Fullan and Langworthy, is that the pedagogical approach is blend of approaches already in use by school and research practitioners, it needs to be flexible and meet the needs of the school and classroom environment. An approaches I've used to inform this framework is the 5e Instructional model, but authentic, productive and critical pedagogy have also contributed to my thoughts, as are the more practical concepts of blended learning, direct instruction and the work of McWilliams on the Meddler in the Middle. 

One thing I have not covered in this framework, highlighted by the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) is the importance of the Learning Environment in developing an approach to learning. In the context of the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary this is an important element because the environment is very different than a classroom, thus the classroom dynamics and pedagogical approach would be unique. The DET has a nice video describing their framework.

I've started explaining the framework in a further blog