CCC Cluster Teaching As Inquiry

Teacher: Roger Fenemor School: Papanui Primary Date: 1.8.2010

Goal 1: Increase capability of teachers and principals to improve students’ learning and achievement through e-learning. (Highlight one or two bullets)

Create a supportive learning environment
Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
·  Be included in all lessons at their level as appropriate to their individual needs
·  Celebrate their learning by displaying a range of their work
·  Interact positively with other students
·  Interact positively with the teacher
Facilitate shared learning
Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
·  Take part in discussions to reach understanding
·  Share and explain their opinions/ideas
·  Question and challenge others appropriately
·  Work cooperatively to achieve group goals
Encourage reflective thought and action
Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
·  Discuss how well they have worked
·  Identify what they should do differently in the future to get better
·  Reflect on their goals to guide their action
·  Use thinking tools to help them learn
Enhance the relevance of new learning
Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
·  Help decide the learning intentions and success criteria
·  Know what they are learning and why
·  Help decide what they are learning about
·  Identify their next learning step using the success criteria
Make connections to prior learning and experience
Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
·  Share what they have learnt with others
·  Learn through authentic, real life tasks and experiences
·  Build on what they already know
·  Relate learning to their everyday lives

Research Questions:

·  What strategies will I use to help my students celebrate their own work

§  Provide opportunities for the students to show their work and what they have learnt.

§  Praise and encourage the students and their learning and work.

§  Provide time for the students to practice, make mistakes and to improve their work until they feel they have really accomplished and achieved something remarkable

·  How will I gather evidence to show increased opportunities for students to celebrate their own work.

§  Photos and movies of the children undertaking the various learning activities before during and after.

§  Work plan showing increasing opportunities during Term 3 for children to work on various whanau based activities.


Goal 2: Integrate ICT into the NZ Curriculum (Highlight one bullet)

Integrate ICT
Teachers provide opportunities for students to:
·  Make informed decisions about when to use ICT for learning
·  Use a range of ICTs for communication and collaboration
·  Use a range of ICTs for critical thinking and researching
·  Use a range of ICTs for creativity

Learning Area: English

Concept: Communication

Strand: Creating meaning for themselves or others (speaking, writing, presenting)

Making meaning of ideas or information they receive (listening, reading, viewing)

Context: Te Papa….nui - Connecting our Cultures

Research Questions:

·  What tools and strategies will I use to help my students communicate and show collaboration during the processes and learning they have undertaken.

·  Group work to suggest/make up actions for songs/poems for show

·  Buddy work for trips during week 1 to museum Ko Tane and Papanui High.

·  Paired artwork/printing.

·  Leaders modelling Maori language/culture by giving directions

·  Various thinking tools to reflect on the process and communicate their ideas.

·  How will I gather evidence to show increased opportunities for students to communicate and show collaboration during the processes and learning they have undertaken.

·  A show

·  Work displayed in an art gallery format

·  Powerpoints with the learning process/work displayed

·  Powerpoints, photos and movies uploaded to the school wiki

·  Self assessment undertaken at appropriate time

·  DVD of show

Goal 3: Strengthen professional learning communities and increase collaboration within and across schools.

Research Question:

·  How will I share the results of my action research with my school and cluster colleagues?

§  Share at staff meeting

§  Planned (postponed) meeting with ICT cluster to share results

·  What happened as a result of my actions? (Based on the evidence I gathered)

§  Opportunities were created for children to celebrate their learning by displaying a range of their work through dances, songs, artworks and model making. TThis is evidenced by:

o  A show

Work displayed in an art gallery format

Powerpoints with the learning process/work displayed

Powerpoints, photos and movies uploaded to the school wiki

Self assessment undertaken at appropriate time

o  DVD of show

·  What are my next steps for teaching and learning?

§  Allow more opportunities for students to use various ICT tools.

§  Plan to utilise the class projector to enhance learning activities.

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