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Teacher inquiry and knowledge-
building cycle
How have we contributed to existing student outcomes?
What do we already know that we can use to promote valued
outcomes?
What do we need to learn to do to promote valued outcomes?
What sources of evidence/knowledge can we utilise?
What do they already know?
What sources of evidence have we used?
What do they need to learn and do?
How do we build on what they know?
Design of
tasks and
experiences
Teaching
actions
How effective has what we have learned and done been
in promoting our students’ learning and well-being?
What are our own learning
needs?
What has been the
impact of our changed
actions?
What are our students’
learning needs?
What outcome am I
looking for and how will I
measure it?
Measure the outcome to
check whether the changes
have been successful
Wananga
teachers are able to engage in effective teaching interactions with Māori students as Māori.
Ako
teachers can use strategies that promote effective teaching interactions and relationships with their learners.
Kotahitanga
teachers promote, monitor and reflect on outcomes that in turn lead to improvements in educational achievement for Māori students
The Effective Teaching Profile, Cultural Competencies and the Teaching as Inquiry Model:
Manaakitanga –teachers care for their students as culturally
located human beings above all else.
Mana motuhake -teachers care for the performance of their students.
Ako –teachers can use strategies that promote
effective teaching interactions and relationships with their learners.
Who is in my focus group and what do I want to help them achieve?
What is my baseline data telling me?
What strategies will I use for my focus group?
Kotahitanga –teachers promote, monitor and reflect on
outcomes that in turn lead to improvements in educational achievement for Māori students.
Nga whakapiringatanga –teachers are able to create a secure, well-
managed learning environment.
Wananga –teachers are able to engage in effective teaching
interactions with Māori students as Māori.
What are my next steps?
What has happened as a result? What am I doing to help focus group achieve?
Small steps
Philosophy
◦ Tuakana/Teina type activities
◦ Whanau type activities
Relationship building
Te Reo
◦ Terminology and kupu
◦ Whakatauaki
Myths and Legends
Mental capacity is hereditary. It can not be changed by environment or experience
Your brain will shrink if you don’t drink 6-8 glasses of water
Reality Bites
Each brain is unique
All brains are not equally good at everything
The brain is a complex and dynamic system and is changed by daily experiences
Learning
Is a constructivist process
develops in stages
is affected by emotion
Involves focussed attention and peripheral perception
Bottom-ish line
Feedback is important
Information is retained best when facts and skills have recognisable contexts
I read all this in a book
Making Classrooms Better: Lessons from the Cognitive Revolution that Transform Our Teaching
Book by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
A practical, classroom-oriented guide to best-practice teaching.
Hattie’s top ten
Student self assessment/ marking
Response to intervention
Teacher-student relationships
Teacher credibility
Formative assessments
Classroom discussion
Teacher clarity
Feedback
Reciprocal teaching
Spaced vs mass, but I skipped that chapter
Resource
http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/what-works-in-education-hatties-list-of-the-greatest-effects-and-why-it-matters/
And
provide opportunities for Māori learners to bring what they know to their learning and to express themselves as Māori through topics or contexts of learning which are culturally responsive
Rita Pierson
A colleague said to me one
time, "They don't pay me to like the
kids. They pay me to teach a lesson.
The kids should learn it…Case
closed.” Well, I said to her, "You
know, kids don't learn from people
they don't like."
Resource
http://tekotahitanga.tki.org.nz/About/The-Development-of-Te-Kotahitanga/Effective-Teaching-Profile
Feedback/forward
Feed-forward will always be feedback if what we say isn’t accepted.
◦ Conversation
◦ Trust
◦ Examine formative assessments
◦ Look for ways to fill gaps rather than mark gaps
Reciprocal teaching
Share direction
Provide opportunities for students to participate in teaching others, peers
The Effective Teaching Profile, Cultural Competencies and the Teaching as Inquiry Model:
Manaakitanga –teachers care for their students as culturally
located human beings above all else.
Mana motuhake -teachers care for the performance of their students.
Ako –teachers can use strategies that promote
effective teaching interactions and relationships with their learners.
Who is in my focus group and what do I want to help them achieve?
What is my baseline data telling me?
What strategies will I use for my focus group?
Kotahitanga –teachers promote, monitor and reflect on
outcomes that in turn lead to improvements in educational achievement for Māori students.
Nga whakapiringatanga –teachers are able to create a secure, well-
managed learning environment.
Wananga –teachers are able to engage in effective teaching
interactions with Māori students as Māori.
What are my next steps?
What has happened as a result? What am I doing to help focus group achieve?