PDA 1 LEARNING LOG

During the delivery of yourPDA you should keep a log of key moments in your teaching which will help you to think more critically about your pupils’ learning and your role in the learning process. Keeping a learning log can prompt you to ask pertinent questions about what is happening in your classroom such as the following:

  • Did the strategy/activity work? How do I know?
  • How did my pupils benefit?
  • What did I learn?
  • What shall I keep doing? Why?
  • What shall I stop doing or do differently? Why?
  • What should I try for the first time? Why? When?

The following template is provided for your optional use and the completed example below is designed to guide you in the process. You may wish to adapt the template for your own purposes or record your learning in another format, e.g. by devising a ‘blog.’ For those opting to complete their portfolio in e-format, the Pebblepad e-portfolio system offers slick and creative online tools to record reflections such as the ‘Blog’, ‘Experience’ and ‘Activity’ tools.

Date / What was the Lesson Activity/Strategy? / What Happened? / What Next?
15 October 2010 / Year 9 French Lesson on theme of ‘Au Café’
Pupils were tasked to work in groups of four to plan, rehearse and act out a scene at a café to showcase some of the target language they have learned in the Unit ‘Eating Out’ /
  • The majority of pupils demonstrated good command of the vocabulary taught and most worked enthusiastically and well in this more pupil centred and less teacher directed group learning activity
  • However, 2 groups took longer than others to agree roles and get down to the task
  • This has reinforced the need for me to engage in some specific classroom management work with pupils to help them appreciate the importance of roles so that they are able to support each other more effectively in peer/group situations
/ I will now wish to:
  • Set aside some discrete time to work with this Year 9 class to establish and agree a set of ground rules to promote successful collaborative group work
  • Provide increased opportunities for the pupils to apply these jointly negotiated rules to group and team situations so that they are able to work and learn with increasing effectiveness from each other

PDA 1 LEARNING LOG

Date / What was the Lesson Activity/Strategy? / What Happened?
Did it work? How do I know?
How did my pupils benefit?
What did I learn? / What Next?
What shall I keep doing?
What shall I stop doing or do differently?
What should I try for the first time?

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