What's the buzz? Teaching as Inquiry! : Virtual Learning Network. Professional Learning that makes a difference to students. Hamish on ICTs in Education. Teaching as inquiry - useful readings and links / Teaching as inquiry / Assessment in the classroom / Home - Assessment. For schools and teachers wanting to find out more about teaching as inquiry, there is a wide range of information and resources available on TKI and associated sites.
Below is a selection of useful links. Teaching as Inquiry - an explanation from the Education Gazette This article from the Education Gazette (July 2009) provides an easy-to-understand explanation and examples of Teaching as Inquiry. It includes a clarification of the concepts by Dr Claire Sinnema, University of Auckland, who helped write the New Zealand Curriculum’s description of Teaching as Inquiry. PLT Inquiry Cycle This online resource summarises the work of Helen Timperley on the Inquiry Cycle, in an easy to follow format including examples, for use by Professional Learning Teams. Teaching as Inquiry. Ask yourself the big questions Teaching as inquiry is an important aspect of effective pedagogy.
WAYNE ERB reports ight students in Chanda Pinsent’s class hadn’t done as expected when learning paragraph structure so she knew she had to try something different. The Gladstone School teacher moved from a whole-class approach to work with the eight as a group. Chanda had shown written examples to the whole class but now she showed another student’s writing as an exemplar of actual student work, explaining its features before giving the group another go. The underlying process that Chanda went through – checking where her students were at, choosing an appropriate strategy and finding what happened as a result of her teaching – is an example of teaching as inquiry, which also takes more in-depth forms. That section of the curriculum document is getting attention – Chanda says the effective pedagogy pages, including teaching as inquiry, have always stood out to her.
Key points An important difference. Here are some examples of inquiry questions on Pedagogy... - Teacher Induction. ECET2 – Technology as a Powerful Enabler of Teacher Inquiry, Collaboration, and Professional Development. Recently I had the honor and privilege of attending ECET2: The Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teachers and Teaching Conference, sponsored by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Since the conference, I’ve been thinking a lot about its implications. The conference was so much more than three takeaways, but three are key, in my opinion: Opportunities for professional growth and development abound because of technology.Intentional teacher inquiry and collaboration is rewarding work that is possible, now more than ever, because of technology.Elevating and celebrating teachers is not entirely about how others treat and view our profession. We can choose to engage in activities which impact our professional self-image. Approximately 200 teachers from across the nation convened in La Jolla, California, at the beautiful Hyatt Regency.
Teacher Talk Survey In preparation for ECET2 I designed a ten question survey (Teacher Talk) to guide my thinking before and during the conference. The learning design studio: collaborative design inquiry as teachers’ professional development. Yishay Mora* and Orit Mogilevskyb aInstitute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK; bTechnologies in Education Program, The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Abstract The learning design studio is a collaborative, blended, project-based framework for training teachers in effective and evidence-based use of educational technology.
Arguably, teachers are the primary change agents in any educational system. Several decades of research have produced an extensive body of scientific knowledge of effective ways to use technology to support learning. Claire Amos. Teaching as inquiry - links to examples of practice / Teaching as inquiry / Assessment in the classroom / Home - Assessment.
Teachers around New Zealand are finding the Teaching as Inquiry model a useful way to systematically and effectively investigate the effectiveness of teaching and learning in their classrooms.
Link to some stories below. Case study from Epsom Girls' Grammar, based on an ICT PLD contract In this video Claire Amos, director of e-learning at Epsom Girls Grammar, discusses the application of the Teaching as Inquiry model to professional learning in the school, in this context an ICT PD contract. She highlights the importance of starting not with ICT goals, but with the students’ learning needs. Teaching as inquiry model / Pedagogy / The arts / Home - Senior Secondary. Questions to consider The cycle of action and reflection is a dynamic process that unites theory and practice.
It is critical to most learning and teaching situations in the arts. Teachers ask questions and reflect on their teaching. Using teaching as inquiry to guide an eLearning action plan. Teaching as inquiry model / Pedagogy / The arts / Home - Senior Secondary.