4. Cluster 2010
Goal
Strengthen professional
learning communities and
increase collaboration within
and across schools.
5. Rationale Behind Teaching As Inquiry
Increased
Capability
Effective Pedagogy
Enhanced
Teaching teaching
ICT
as Inquiry &
Integration learning
practices
Professional
Collaboration
Learning Communities
6. Kura Iwa Teaching as Inquiry Cycle
Identifying Strategies
What strategies are most likely to help my students achieve
the goals and outcomes?
Strategies - my teacher actions (eg use of learning intentions), utilising ICTs (eg
digital camera, Photo Story 3)
Gathering
Goal Setting Evidence & Reflection
What is important, given What assessment approaches will measure
where I am at? the prioritised outcomes? What happened
What is important, given as a result of the teaching, and what are
where my students are at? the implications for future teaching?
Evidence - student voice, photographs, rubrics, reflections
7. Goal 1 - Increased Capability
This evidence tells us that students learn best when teachers:
Create a supportive learning environment
Encourage reflective thought and action
Enhance the relevance of new learning
Facilitate shared learning
Make connections to prior learning and experience
Provide sufficient opportunities to learn
Integrate ICT
Rationale
New Zealand Curriculum Page 36 - 38
9. Goal 1
• Goal 1 is all about further developing your teaching - focussing in on
your teacher actions that promote student learning
• Our first ‘teacher action’ focus is a cluster-wide focus on teachers
providing opportunities for their students to help decide learning
intentions and success criteria
• First step is to ask yourself where you are at with using learning
intentions in your classroom....
10. Goal 1 - Question
• Possible research questions:
- What strategies will I use to help my
students;
- be aware of learning intentions and
success criteria in an activity?
eg form clear learning intentions and
success criteria before engaging in
an activity, discuss these with the
students, display them on the wall
etc
- help decide the learning intentions and
success criteria in an activity
eg class discussion about the aim of
an activity and have the students
share their ideas about the success
criteria
11. Goal 1 - Gathering Evidence
• Ask yourself - How am I going to
provide evidence that my students
have increased opportunities to help
decide learning intentions and
success criteria?
- eg success criteria posters,
photographs of learning intentions
being displayed in the classroom,
recordings of students talking about
the success criteria in an activity,
assessment rubrics (that utilise LOs
and SCs), annotations of student
comments etc
12. Goal 2 - ICT Integration
Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional
ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different
ways of learning.
Rationale
New Zealand Curriculum Page 38
14. Goal 2
• Goal 2 is about providing your students with
opportunities to utilise ICTs to enhance their
learning. The cluster-wide focus is about using
ICTs for communication in a literacy
context.
• During ICT practicums you have been
exploring a range of tools (ie digital camera,
Picasa, iPhoto, Photo Story 3, iMovie) and
developing your ICT skills.
• Your first step is to ask yourself where you are
at with your ICT skills. The second step is to
consider the needs of your students. Think
about how aspects of what you have learned
during the practicum could be utilised to
enhance learning in your classroom
15. Goal 2 - Question
• Research Question:
- What tools and strategies will I use to
help my students use ICTs for
Communication? eg:
- taking digital photos to communicate a
message (visual language)
- enhancing photos in iPhoto or Picasa
- compiling a digital text in Photo Story or
iMovie
NB You may decide to break the
process of creating a digital text
down and involve the students in just
1-2 stages - eg sequencing the
images and/or recording the
narration
16. Goal 2 - Gathering Evidence
• Ask yourself - How am I going to
provide evidence that I am providing
my students with increased
opportunities to use ICTs for
communication
- eg samples of digital work, digital
photos taken by the children, digital
texts, photos of the children working
on their digital texts etc
- evidence may also involve sharing
the children’s work during an
assembly
17. Goal 3 - Professional Collaboration
“Opportunities to process new learning with others' was one of ten
key principles that have a positive impact on student outcomes.”
"Collegial interaction that is focused on student outcomes can help
teachers integrate new learning into existing practice."
'Teacher Professional Learning and Development' 2008
Helen Timperley
Rationale
18. Goal 3
• Cluster Sharing Sessions
- In small groups, teachers to share and
discuss learning:
- Talking about the research focus, what
has been implemented
- Share evidence of implementation (eg
photos, work samples, digital texts,
student voice annotations etc)
- Reflecting on what happened as a result
of your actions
- Identifying next steps for your learning
