CCC Cluster Teaching As Inquiry s1

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

o Work displayed in an art gallery format

o Powerpoints with the learning process/work displayed

o Powerpoints, photos and movies uploaded to the school wiki

o 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.