Cathkin High School makes learning 'real' through Glow
Jaye Richards, a biology and psychology teacher at Cathkin High School in Cambuslang, has found her Glow ‘road test’ enormously successful in reinforcing learning objectives.
Keen to discover how Glow could enhance learning and teaching in her classroom, Glow Mentor Jaye dedicated one third of teaching time to a Glow project examining the effects of water pollution. Armed with the theory of how depleted oxygen levels affect the ecosystem, pupils applied their knowledge to the Yangtze River in Asia, the River Don in Sheffield and the Gulf of Mexico.
Jaye established a Glow Group containing a range of media for pupils to study and compare, including videos, podcasts and newspaper articles. Pupils used the material to study each river, explaining their findings and posting their work on the discussion board.
‘The Glow project took the topic and made it ‘real’ to my students,’ said Jaye. ‘Young people need to relate to their learning or they disengage, and Glow allows us to adapt our approach to education. We can’t sleepwalk our way into the classrooms of the 21st century.’