ENHANCED TEACHING STRATEGIES - The Design Process of a Support System for Teachers

Narin Akrawi

2010

Abstract

In this paper we present the design process of a knowledge-based system, called Mentor. When designing Mentor, our aim is to give the teachers opportunity to reflect upon their current teaching strategies and provide guidance on how to improve their teaching. The purpose of emphasizing the design process for Mentor is to identify, capture and validate, at an early stage, important pedagogical aspects. A thorough design process will help us to implement a system according to the users’ requirements regarding functionality and the users’ interaction with the system. In Mentor Bloom’s revised taxonomy is used as a basis for classification of different objectives and skills that educators need to reflect upon in facilitating a student-centred learning environment (SCL). Moreover, the revised taxonomy is used to relate the teachers’ teaching strategies to the taxonomy and as a basis for generating feedback to the teacher. This feedback is individualized since it is related to the information the teacher has provided the system concerning his/her teaching. The result of tests showed that Mentor could be used as a tool for provoking teachers’ reflections at all level of the educational system.

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Akrawi N. (2010). ENHANCED TEACHING STRATEGIES - The Design Process of a Support System for Teachers . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 72-81. DOI: 10.5220/0002781200720081


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@conference{csedu10,
author={Narin Akrawi},
title={ENHANCED TEACHING STRATEGIES - The Design Process of a Support System for Teachers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={72-81},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002781200720081},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - ENHANCED TEACHING STRATEGIES - The Design Process of a Support System for Teachers
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Akrawi N.
PY - 2010
SP - 72
EP - 81
DO - 10.5220/0002781200720081