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What |
WIFLE is a process that allows the student to express their thoughts, ideas, opinions, concerns, feelings etc about their learning or learning situation. | ||||||
| Why |
This strategy is a structured process to allow students to express themselves in a safe and scaffolded manner. It can also be used to diffuse emotionally charged situations so emotions can be dealt with in a timely open fashion. Teachers may choose to use this process to ascertain students thoughts and emotions. |
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| How |
This process can be used at any point in the learning situation however it is most powerful when emotions are evident (happy, excited, frustrated, irritated annoyed angry, flat etc) 1. Students are in a circle or at table groups. In turn they begin their response by saying “What I feel like expressing is ……………” 2. If a student does not wish to “WIFLE” they pass. 3. If during the WIFLE process, it is evident that there is an issue, then it may be desirable to implement another cooperative learning process such as: Ø brainstorm strategies to address the issue Ø affinity the suggested strategies Ø force filed analysis an issue Ø relationship diagraph the issues with the broader context Ø radar chart the issues to show the relationship with the context etc
Generally, students each get one turn but it could continue until “WIFLE’s” are exhausted |
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