improving external results in english, an inquiry approach

Improving external results

Using Teaching as Inquiry to help clarify your thinking about a way

forward.

What can we do at this early stage to help improve external

results ?

No one can come in and give you the book of strategies, the

worksheet or the PowerPoint to answer that question because

it’s different for each school, each class, each student.

They would be strategies to fix an undiagnosed problem.

This session will:

1. Facilitate a discussion and shared thoughts from the group

2. Outline the inquiry approach (Timperly’s model)

and how it can help you plan

What can we as teachers control when it comes to maximising

the effectiveness of teaching and learning :

In the classroom?

• Knowing the learners, student and whanau voice

• Feedback and assessment, Where am I going, how am I going,

where to next?

In our courses?

• Are all students affirmed? Able to contribute? Challenged?

Empowered? Do they have a sense of purpose?

(Carol Anne Tomlinson)

• Text selection: chosen for the learners or the teacher?

Issues we might look into in our focusing inquiry.

What works and what doesn’t(According to Hattie)

Meta analyses Rank order by effect size out of 138)

Teacher clarity

Providing formative evaluation

Ability grouping

Feedback

Teacher student relationships

Meta cognitive strategies

Retention

Meta analyses Rank order by effect size out of 138)

Teacher clarity 8

Providing formative evaluation 3

Ability grouping 128

Feedback 10

Teacher student relationships 11

Meta cognitive strategies 12

Retention 136 (negative effect size)

Whatknowledgeandskillsdoourstudents

needtomeetimportantgoals?

Whatknowledgeandskillsdoweas

professionalsneedtomeettheneedsofour

students?

Deepenprofessionalknowledgeandre ineprofessionalskills.

Engagestudentsinnewlearningexperiences

Whathasbeentheimpactofour

changedactionsonoutcomeswevalueforourstudents?

InquiryPlannerTimperly(2011)

· Specificcurriculumgoal?· Whatdotheyalreadyknow?· Whatsourcesofevidencehaveweusedand

howadequatearethey?· Whatdotheyneedtolearnanddo?· Howdowebuildonwhattheyknow?

· Howhavewecontributedtoexistingoutcomes?

· Inwhatareasandwithwhomarememosteffective?

· Inwhatareasandwithwhomarewelesseffectiveandwhy?

· Whatdowealreadyknowthatwecanusetopromotebetteroutcomes?

· Whatdoweneedtolearnanddotopromotebetteroutcomes?

· Whatsourcesofevidence/knowledgecanweuse?

· Howeffectivehaswhatwehavelearnedanddonebeeninpromotingourstudents’learning?

· Whatshouldwekeepgoingandwhatshouldwestop?

· Whatshouldwechangeandrefine?

· Whatnewchallengeshavebecomeevident?

Whatknowledgeandskillsdoourstudents

needtomeetimportantgoals?

Whatknowledgeandskillsdoweas

professionalsneedtomeettheneedsofour

students?

Deepenprofessionalknowledgeandre ineprofessionalskills.

Engagestudentsinnewlearningexperiences

Whathasbeentheimpactofour

changedactionsonoutcomeswevalueforourstudents?

InquiryPlannerOverlayTimperly(2011)

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· Specific!curriculum!goal?!· What!do!they!already!know?!· What!sources!of!evidence!have!we!used!and!

how!adequate!are!they?!· What!do!they!need!to!learn!and!do?!· How!do!we!build!on!what!they!know?!

· How!have!we!contributed!to!existing!outcomes?!

· In!what!areas!and!with!whom!are!me!most!effective?!

· In!what!areas!and!with!whom!are!we!less!effective!and!why?!

· What!do!we!already!know!that!we!can!use!to!promote!better!outcomes?!

· What!do!we!need!to!learn!and!do!to!promote!better!outcomes?!

· What!sources!of!evidence/knowledge!can!we!use?!

· How!effective!has!what!we!have!learned!and!done!been!in!promoting!our!students’!learning?!

· What!should!we!keep!going!and!what!should!we!stop?!

· What!should!we!change!and!refine?!

· What!new!challenges!have!become!evident?!

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What!knowledge!and!skills!do!our!students!

need!to!meet!important!goals?!

What!knowledge!and!skills!do!we!as!

professionals!need!to!meet!our!needs!of!our!

students?!

Deepen!professional!knowledge!and!reBine!professional!skills.!!

Engage!students!in!new!learning!experiences!

What!has!been!the!impace!of!our!

changed!actions!on!outcomes!we!value!for!our!students?!

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· Specific!curriculum!goal?!· What!do!they!already!know?!· What!sources!of!evidence!have!we!used!and!

how!adequate!are!they?!· What!do!they!need!to!learn!and!do?!· How!do!we!build!on!what!they!know?!

· How!have!we!contributed!to!existing!outcomes?!

· In!what!areas!and!with!whom!are!me!most!effective?!

· In!what!areas!and!with!whom!are!we!less!effective!and!why?!

· What!do!we!already!know!that!we!can!use!to!promote!better!outcomes?!

· What!do!we!need!to!learn!and!do!to!promote!better!outcomes?!

· What!sources!of!evidence/knowledge!can!we!use?!

· How!effective!has!what!we!have!learned!and!done!been!in!promoting!our!students’!learning?!

· What!should!we!keep!going!and!what!should!we!stop?!

· What!should!we!change!and!refine?!

· What!new!challenges!have!become!evident?!

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What!knowledge!and!skills!do!our!students!

need!to!meet!important!goals?!

What!knowledge!and!skills!do!we!as!

professionals!need!to!meet!the!needs!of!our!

students?!

Deepen!professional!knowledge!and!reBine!professional!skills.!!

Engage!students!in!new!learning!experiences!

What!has!been!the!impact!of!our!

changed!actions!on!outcomes!we!value!for!our!students?!

Inquiry!!Planner!Overlay!

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Further reading

Hattie, John: Visible Learning

Tomlinson, Carol Ann: Fulfilling the promise of the Differentiated

Classroom.

Timperley, Helen: Realizing the power of Professional Learning