Session 4: Linking Real-World to Teaching and Learning
Section outline
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Session Overview The session focuses on linking teaching and learning to real-life situations, emphasizing practical applications of knowledge and skills to enhance the learning experience.
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Welcome to this activity! 🎉 This activity includes a combination of video content, interactive learning materials, and quizzes to enhance your understanding.
Key Guidelines:
📌 Some materials are mandatory, while others are supplementary for deeper learning.
📌 The quizzes in this lesson contribute to your final grade, so be sure to engage actively.
📌 You can navigate freely between different activities, moving back and forth as needed.
📌 If you answer a quiz incorrectly, you will be redirected to additional reading materials before getting a chance to retake the quiz.💡 Tip: Make the most of all the learning resources provided to improve your performance. Good luck!
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This session video highlights the focus of competency-based learning. It explores the importance of linking teaching and learning to real-life. You will discover practical strategies such as use of scenarios in teaching and learning to enhance learner conceptualisation of real-life situations. It will enable you help the learner to transfer learning from the classroom to the community.
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Assessment Instructions for Learners:
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Read the Clues Carefully:
- Use the given definitions and descriptions to identify the correct terms related to scenario-based learning and competency-based education.
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Fill in the Crossword Grid:
- Write each answer in the appropriate horizontal or vertical space.
- Ensure correct spelling, as incorrect spelling may affect scoring.
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Apply Critical Thinking:
- Use Bloom’s Taxonomy to analyse, evaluate, and apply concepts from the learning material.
- Some answers require understanding definitions, while others need deeper reasoning and real-world application.
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Cross-Check Your Answers:
- Verify that all words fit correctly within the given spaces.
- Ensure there are no conflicting answers.
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Submission Guidelines:
- Submit the completed crossword puzzle by clicking the submission button
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Competency-Based Learning encourages linking teaching and learning to real-life situations through approaches like scenario-based learning.
Reflect on your subject area:
👉 Design an activity with a scenario and a task that helps learners apply a specific concept (e.g., number bases, linear equations, tourism, or any other topic within your subject area) to a real-life situation in their community.
👉Explain how this activity brings out at least one of the following aspects: supporting learner engagement, critical thinking, understanding  and transfer of knowledge to real-life challenges.
Instructions:
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Post your response (at least 150 words).
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Reply to at least two peers, offering feedback or suggestions to improve their scenarios.
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