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Objectives
What is Bansho?
Purposes of
Bansho
How to design a
Bansho Plan?
What is Bansho?
What is Bansho?
A technical word developed by the Japanese
education community
Effective use of the blackboard
use or organisation of blackboard
Literal translation board writing
A critical teaching skill in Japan
When conducting student-centred
discovery-oriented lesson in mathematics
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Third
International Mathematics and Science Study, Videotape Classroom Study, 1994-95.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Third
International Mathematics and Science Study, Videotape Classroom Study, 1994-95.
Problem
Questions
Pupil voices, opinion, things noticed
Pupils solutions
Pupil discussions
Important mathematical ideas
2.
Help pupils Remember What They Need to Do
and Think
Problem
Directions
Tasks
Questions
new ideas
Manipulating (sorting, lining up, categorizing,
moving directions, etc.) objects on the board and
thinking about or discovering mathematical ideas.
Why?
To help organise pupils thoughts & thought
processes
To model good organisation & foster organised notetaking skills
To give structure to pupil discussion
To provide a place to record pupil discussion
To record the collective pupil ideas that evolve from
the discussions
To impart a mathematical idea through collective
pupil ideas
To provide a visual summary of the entire lesson
To enhance pupils learning experiences and
understanding
To help pupils see the progress of the lessonYoshida,
Other impacts
Pupils can learn how to organise their own
thinking and to take notes in an organised way
Handouts that are based on the blackboard
organisation plan further encourage good note
taking
A well organised lesson plan and blackboard plan
lead to a well constructed and focussed lesson,
which in turn helps pupil understanding
A Blackboard Plan
Subtraction
The Blackboard
Plan
Multiplication
The Blackboard
Plan
Volume
The Blackboard
Plan
Parallel Lines
The Blackboard
Plan
The Blackboard
Plan
Permutation
The Blackboard
Plan
A Blackboard Plan
Problem
clues
previous
knowledge
methods to
solve
Students
Idea
Task
Summary
exercise
exercise
exercise
Students
Idea
What has
been
learnt?
Steps
(1) Showing the
problem
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