Making Semantic Waves In The Classroom

& Thinking Skills

Making Semantic Waves In The Classroom

Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) a framework for the study of Knowledge and Education

Basil Bernstein Pierre Bourdieu Karl Maton

Making Semantic Waves In The Classroom

Semantic Waves

Making Semantic Waves In The Classroom

Semantic Gravity

Weak Semantic Gravity

SG-

Strong Semantic Gravity

SG+

Abstract ideas/concepts

Contextualized/detailed ideas

Revolution

Russian Revolution

Causes of the Russian Revolution

Secondary Sources narrating the events of the Russian Revolution

Primary Sources – rich in detail

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Semantic Density

Strong Semantic Density

SD+

WeakSemantic Density

SD-

Highly Condensed Symbols

Common meanings of words

Au (chemical symbol for

Gold)

My dad’s got a gold tooth

The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in

purple and gold

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Semantic WavesStudent Essays

Classroom Activities

Time

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Semantic Profiles

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Teacher unpacks an idea, explains, makes it more concrete so students can understand.

Associated with Instructivist pedagogies (Chalk & Talk, Lecture)

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Teacher helps a student reconstruct knowledge, draw conclusions, tease out ideas.

Associated with Constructivist pedagogies (Group discussion, problem based learning, discovery method)

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

The Down Escalator

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

The Abstract Flat line

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

The Concrete Flat line

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

The Full Semantic Wave

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

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What’s this got to do

with Thinking

Strategies?

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Predict – Observe - Explain

Predict

Observe

Explain

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Thinking Maps – Circle Map

Give context and detail to a concept

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Thinking Maps – Double Bubble Map

From details of a novel map similarities and differences between characters

From the map draw conclusions about key themes and concerns of the novel

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SG-/SD+

SG+/SD-

Time

Thinking Hats

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How do Semantic Waves work in your subject discipline?

What Thinking Strategies help to create Full Semantic Waves?

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Karl Maton’s Thinking Hat!