What if I gave you 70 hours to research learning?
learning, professional development, thinking Tagged learning, practitioner enquiry, research May 25th, 2009
Well that is what some teachers at St Mary Star of the Sea College are given every year.
They will head in to the new year with the resources to study, measure, design and implement a plan to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. Using the principles which underpin the NSW Quality Teacher Framework, these leaders and their teams will create a cycle of action learning as courageous and innovative as their imaginations will allow.
Most importantly, they will listen to what students have to tell them about their learning.
What would your students say if you asked them, say, at the end of a lesson:
- what point in the lesson was the most exciting?
- what did you learn today that was valuable?
- how would I know you succeeded in this topic?
- what would you tell next year’s students about this lesson?
Practitioner enquiry – an ethical approach to student learning.
What should we be asking?
May 26th, 2009 at 8:20 am
nice – A learning teacher is a student learning.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:22 am
What a wonderful opportunity.
70 hours to research learning in your own school!
What better way to discover the learning needs of the students in your own school. The findings of the researchers really has the potential to challenge and change the practices of teachers to provide quality and engaging experiences for students.
May 26th, 2009 at 8:25 am
In PDHPE with the implementation of the new syllabus we have been reviewing programmes and allowing student feedback. Perhaps it would be good to follow up as a more formal research approach. Special focus is on the mental health issues and we are aware of the revised Mind Matters and are hopefully using that.