1. PALSI Student Orientation
Peer Assisted Learning and Supplemental Instruction (PALSI)
Hokling Cheung
Office of Education Development and Gateway Education (EDGE)
January 2012
2. reason for existing.”
~
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own
- Albert Einstein
3. “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
- George Bernard Shaw
4. Who are you?
Why are you here?
What is PALSI or peer
assisted learning? Why?
Please introduce yourselves to at
least TWO NEW friends sitting
nearby.
Tell them what you expect to
GAIN from this peer assisted
learning scheme, PALSI.
5. Intended Learning Outcomes
Through the peer assisted learning scheme, PALSI students, i.e. YOU are expected
to be able to
identify your learning needs & interests
apply effective learning attitude, strategies and skills
collaborate with other learning partners to learn more
actively and reflectively
explain the expectations and outcomes of your own
programme and courses
identify opportunities for discovery and innovation
6. PALSI is a peer-assisted learning scheme using Supplemental
Instruction (SI) model. PALSI aims at enhancing students'
understanding in course materials and improve students’ overall
learning and reasoning skills.
Regularly scheduled, out-of-class
and peer-facilitated review
sessions are open to all students
taking the PALSI courses.
7. ?
Peer Assisted Learning
Senior year students No spoon feeding! How does learning happen?
who have performed PALSI Leaders should What is effective learning?
well in the department design and arrange the Consider
core courses. Not sessions to encourage Content knowledge
necessary experts. They active, collaborative Intellectual thinking skills
should possess and reflective learning. Learning needs & attitude
• content knowledge Learning strategies and skills
• positive attitude Deep learning
• effective learning
strategies
Maricopa Community Colleges, 1997
Miller et al, 2006
8. Why peer assisted learning?
What can I gain from
learning with the PALSI Leaders
and other PALSI Students?
9. This is a
This is a
snake.
tree.
This is a
faded leaf.
This is a branch.
This is a high
mountain.
This is a
cave.
17. Learning And Study Strategies Inventories (LASSI)
SKILL WILL Self-Regulation
Students' learning Students' receptivity to Students manage, or self-
strategies, skills and learning new information, regulate and control the whole
thought processes related their attitudes and learning process through using
to identifying, acquiring interests in college, their their time effectively, focusing
and constructing meaning diligence, self-discipline, their attention and maintaining
for important new and willingness to exert their concentration over
information, ideas and the effort necessary to time, checking to see if they have
procedures, and how they successfully complete met the learning demands for a
prepare for and academic requirements, class, an assignment or a
demonstrate their new and the degree to which test, and using study supports
knowledge on tests or they worry about their such as review sessions, tutors or
other evaluative academic performance. special features of a textbook.
procedures.
H&H Publishing, 2011
18. Motivation
Two typical ways to motivate people.
What are the differences between these two types of motivation?
19. RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJcl
There are many reasons to motivate
people. Find out what you believe and
value. Motivate yourself and stay
Is it true that the higher the highly motivated until you achieve
reward, the better performance? your goals.
20. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
1. Be proactive
2. Begin with the end in mind
3. Put first things first
4. Think win-win
5. Seek first to understand, then
to be understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the saw
Image source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_7_Ha S.R. Covey (1989)
bits_of_Highly_Effective_People.jpg Image source: www.change-management-coach.com
21. Time Management?
Image source: http://justinlim.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/of-rocks-pebbles-and-sand-who-are-the-rocks-in-your-life/
23. “The 21 Things Every First Year College Student
Should Do”
24. An Old Farmer & His Four Sons
I am too old So he sent his sons, one by one,
and it’s about to the farmland at different
time … time.
Which son
could inherit
my farmland?
27. Why do I have to bend myself and keep sweating here?
The work is too hard and is never ending.
28. Wow. What a
blessing this
farmland is!
There are so many
fruits and crops
waiting for us.
29.
30. It was but a same farmland. Why
the four sons would have so
different reactions to it?
My Sons, make good use of this
farmland together. There will be
moments of hardship to make
you feel hopeless and exhausted.
However if you FOUR can work it
out together and share, you will
see the abundance of
opportunity and blessing that it
can bring to you.
Special thanks to Stan Zimny
for granting us the permission to use these four photos dated 2 September 2011.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanzim/400760551/
33. It is a knowledge hub where you can
collaborate with a lot of masters, peers
and friends through different activities
and make use of resources and services
to facilitate your own journey of
knowledge, discovery and innovation.
Cherish your learning buddies!
World rankings
110 QS World University Rankings 2011
15 QS Asian University Rankings 2011
34. Make good use of the PALSI Scheme
• Come to EVERY session
• Do ask questions
• Learn how to fish
• Contribute!
• Be friendly
• Be open minded
• Enjoy!
36. Preparing the 1st session
Content & Activity
About me & you
Learning
PALSI scheme and sessions
Conclusion
37. Anyone who stops learning is old,
whether at twenty or eighty.
- Henry Ford It is not hard to learn more. What is
hard is to unlearn when you discover
yourself wrong.
When the student is - Martin H. Fischer
ready, the master
appears.
- Buddhist Proverb
In everyone's life, at some
time, our inner fire goes
out. It is then burst into flame
by an encounter with another
human being. We should all
be thankful for those people
who rekindle the inner spirit.
- Albert Schweitzer
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Consider this as a ref to PALSI LeadersSource:http://www.managetrainlearn.com/page/conscious-competence-ladder“Applications of the Conscious-Competence LadderHere are some of the ways for trainers to apply the principles of the Conscious-Competence Ladder.i. at the first stage, Unconscious Incompetence, focus on the benefits of learning the skill not on the process of learningii. at the second stage, Conscious Incompetence, help people through the arid plain of learning when more goes wrong than rightiii. at the third stage, Conscious Competence, give people lots of tips, tricks, and techniques to help them achieve some successesiv. at the fourth stage, Unconscious Competence, praise the learner and reinforce the learning.”The GILS Model: Leader Perspectivehttp://www.gilsmodel.com/index.php?id=10Accelerated Learninghttp://www.alcenter.com/what_is.phpOther notes:Presentationhttp://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/alternatives-to-bullets/
Self-mastery:Be Proactive Take initiative in life.Take responsibility for your choices and the subsequent consequences that follow.Begin with the End in Mind Self-discover and clarify your deeply important character values and life goals. Envision the ideal characteristics for each of your various roles and relationships in life.Put First Things First Plan, prioritize, and executeWorking with others:Think Win-Win Genuinely strive for mutually beneficial solutions or agreements in your relationships.Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Use empathetic listening to be genuinely influenced by a person.creates an atmosphere of caring, respect, and positive problem solving.Synergize Combine the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals no one person could have done alone. Self-renewal:Sharpen the Saw Balance and renew your resources, energy, and health to create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle.
It is hopeless. There is no single trace of life.
Wow. Everything buds. There are so many opportunities.
The work is too hard and is never ending. Why do I have to bend myself and keep sweating here?
Wow. What a blessing this farmland is! There are so many fruits and crops waiting for us.
You will not stay here forever. It will be hopefully one of the critical stages of your life.
