In order for children to become real-world problem solvers, we need to provide them with authentic learning experiences that engage their interests and spark curiosity!
Provocations foster and open doorways for critical and creative thinking (moonshot thinking) and encourage meaningful questioning habits.
Health Provocation.mp4Effective provocations (like the one above):
Facilitate and challenge thinking or preconceived ideas.
Invite whole class discussions and draw on different perspectives
Initiate exploration and set students on their own path of discovery.
Christ The King Catholic Primary School has seen some huge success through the internationally recognised First Lego League (FLL) competition. This is competition engages teams in research, problem-solving, coding, and engineering – building and programming a LEGO® robot that navigates the missions of a Robot Game.
A major part of the FLL experience is each season's Challenge. This is an Innovation Project where teams are required to identify and solve a relevant real-world problem. We have found these learning experiences to be invaluable for our students' growth in the areas of both STEM Education and robotics, particularly through the development of authentic community partnership. This includes contacting experts in the fields relevant to the themes and ideologies of each season's Innovation Challenge.
Like the First Lego League experience, our innovated inquiry process of Problem-based Learning begins with the same approach of presenting students with a provocation the challenges them to consider the perspectives of others, identify the issues and design a plausible solution; underpinned by STEM education.
First Lego League 2020 Replay Season Challenge Comic. Christ The King's FLL Team, Cre8Te The Future Team, have won the Regional Championship Award 2-years running.
"If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow"
John Dewey
