Episode 88 - Matt Magowan - Split Screen Teaching, Learning Rivers, Universal Screening and Fundamental Movement

yeah sure and we've had a few of the guests talk about international baccalaureate or ib i know you're familiar with with dr will patz or will and megan and and um marcus down as well um What do you think the key differences are between what some of the listeners would see as the UK national curriculum and how does the IB differ from that?

Sure.

One of the key things for me, which is something which I'm passionate about, would be the idea of what IB calls the approaches to learning, which are things like social skills, self management skills, thinking skills, communication and research.

And it's the idea of these being skills which can be taught and they are needed by students to be independent, adaptable learners which i think is what we're aiming to do so it's not just the idea of like teaching that content but what you need to do within your specific p lesson but it's also around how are we able to identify these social skills and explicitly teach those to support those students which a skill which are really really important for them not just within your p space but in another lesson which they've got within the homeroom or within the arts or within the playground or what we really want is that transfer of learning beyond the classroom.

Yeah, and I think that's, for me, the key thing that stands out, which is so different in IB, that there are real strong links to the whole person and that wider learning, that individual characteristics thing and values is really, really important.

And I know you've been doing and exploring, still exploring, ways of doing that in physical education.

And one of the key things that you've shared with me is the concept of split-screen teaching.

which builds on Guy Claxton's work.

So maybe for the listeners, before we kind of explore what that looks like, what is split screen teaching?

Sure.

So Guy Claxton is an educational author, theorist, and really enjoy reading his work.

In one of his books, he talks about split screen teaching.

And I think it's important to understand his view of learning.

And he uses this analogy of a learning river.

he basically says there's different levels of learning at each different levels of learning happening all at once so the top of the river you might have your subject specific um learning taking place so for example we're in a p space it might be like tactical principles students understanding that we need to create space uh to attack okay then below that uh we have the i don't think it's I'm trying to think about it right now.

We have a second level anyway is about developing like an example would be like developing movement skills, decision making and game awareness and its literacies, skills and literacies.

And the bottom level is your learning dispositions or what would say within the IB would be things like your ATLs and the learner profile attribute.

And that's examples that would be like being a reflective learner, being collaborative and being resilient might be some examples of what that might be.

So if I was thinking about what that might look like within a PE lesson, if we were to say to take a grade two net games unit, we might start off playing, say, a game of two square.

Now, as you look at it, the game might just really be focusing on a very simple underarm throw and catch, and that might be that physical skill.

Now,

as a player, you also need to be a little bit of a thinker.

We're expecting you to analyze where your opposition person is so you can then think about where you're going to return or where you need to move to to actually collect the ball as well there might also be other areas like regulating emotions thinking about where you are in a specific game is it really tight have you just lost a point you should have won are you holding on to that It's something bad happen at recess, which you've brought in to your lesson.

So whilst it might just look like you're focusing on that underarm throw and catch, there's all these other different levels which are happening within that student's brain in order for them to be successful within that lesson.

So the idea is for the screen teaching is about making that visible to the students and making them aware of it.

yeah sure and we've had a few of the guests talk about international baccalaureate or ib i know you're familiar with with dr will patz or will and megan and and um marcus down as well um What do you think the key differences are between what some of the listeners would see as the UK national curriculum and how does the IB differ from that?

Sure.

One of the key things for me, which is something which I'm passionate about, would be the idea of what IB calls the approaches to learning, which are things like social skills, self management skills, thinking skills, communication and research.

And it's the idea of these being skills which can be taught and they are needed by students to be independent, adaptable learners which i think is what we're aiming to do so it's not just the idea of like teaching that content but what you need to do within your specific p lesson but it's also around how are we able to identify these social skills and explicitly teach those to support those students which a skill which are really really important for them not just within your p space but in another lesson which they've got within the homeroom or within the arts or within the playground or what we really want is that transfer of learning beyond the classroom.

Yeah, and I think that's, for me, the key thing that stands out, which is so different in IB, that there are real strong links to the whole person and that wider learning, that individual characteristics thing and values is really, really important.

And I know you've been doing and exploring, still exploring, ways of doing that in physical education.

And one of the key things that you've shared with me is the concept of split-screen teaching.

which builds on Guy Claxton's work.

So maybe for the listeners, before we kind of explore what that looks like, what is split screen teaching?

Sure.

So Guy Claxton is an educational author, theorist, and really enjoy reading his work.

In one of his books, he talks about split screen teaching.

And I think it's important to understand his view of learning.

And he uses this analogy of a learning river.

he basically says there's different levels of learning at each different levels of learning happening all at once so the top of the river you might have your subject specific um learning taking place so for example we're in a p space it might be like tactical principles students understanding that we need to create space uh to attack okay then below that uh we have the i don't think it's I'm trying to think about it right now.

We have a second level anyway is about developing like an example would be like developing movement skills, decision making and game awareness and its literacies, skills and literacies.

And the bottom level is your learning dispositions or what would say within the IB would be things like your ATLs and the learner profile attribute.

And that's examples that would be like being a reflective learner, being collaborative and being resilient might be some examples of what that might be.

So if I was thinking about what that might look like within a PE lesson, if we were to say to take a grade two net games unit, we might start off playing, say, a game of two square.

Now, as you look at it, the game might just really be focusing on a very simple underarm throw and catch, and that might be that physical skill.

Now,

as a player, you also need to be a little bit of a thinker.

We're expecting you to analyze where your opposition person is so you can then think about where you're going to return or where you need to move to to actually collect the ball as well there might also be other areas like regulating emotions thinking about where you are in a specific game is it really tight have you just lost a point you should have won are you holding on to that It's something bad happen at recess, which you've brought in to your lesson.

So whilst it might just look like you're focusing on that underarm throw and catch, there's all these other different levels which are happening within that student's brain in order for them to be successful within that lesson.

So the idea is for the screen teaching is about making that visible to the students and making them aware of it.