improving external results in english, an inquiry approach
DESCRIPTION
Short presentation to English teachers to help focus their thinking using Timperly's inquiry cycle.TRANSCRIPT
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?!
Inquiry!!Planner!Overlay!
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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