What promotes powerful teaching and learning

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What promotes powerful teaching and learning?
Dianne Peck Assistant Principal, Glen Waverley
SC dpe_at_gwsc.vic.edu.au
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• Attributes of an
• effective learner

Attributes of an effective teacher
Attributes of an effective student
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Creating a shared vision

• Need to achieve organisational alignment and
  clarity of purpose.
• From to

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Factors impacting on student achievement
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The results of this study will document that the
most important factor affecting student learning
is the TEACHER. In addition, the results show
wide variation in effectiveness among teachers.
The immediate and clear implication of this
finding is that seemingly more can be done to
improve education by improving the effectiveness
of teachers than by any other single factor.
Effective teachers appear to be effective with
students of all achievement levels, regardless of
the level of heterogeneity in their classrooms.
If the teacher is ineffective, students under the
teachers tutelage will show inadequate progress
academically regardless of how similar of
different they are regarding their academic
achievement. Wright et al, 1997
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Bridging the Divide
Need to focus on BOTH the Art and Science of
teaching!
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Learning as making meaning from experience.
Richard Bawden's Visual representation of
Kolb's (Kolb 1984)
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Classroom Practice

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Espoused VB
Embodied VB
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There are lots of models out there BUT...........

• WE HAVE TO DO THE THINKING OURSELVES
• there are NO short cuts.

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What is powerful learning?

• What is learning?
• Are their different types of learning?
• If so, are some more powerful than others?
• What are the types of learning our students are
  currently experiencing?
• What is the type of learning we want our students
  to experience most of the time?

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Powerful Learning is learning that leads
to/enables
Personal Meaning
Autonomous Action
Conscious Awareness
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Teaching for Understanding

• How do we do this? Its difficult work!
• How do we know we achieve it?
• What is understanding?

Whats something you understand really well? How
did you come to understand it? How do you know
you understand it? (David Perkins TfU Guide)
Action component - Performance of Understanding
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What promotes POWERFUL LEARNING?

• Start with your own experiences. Think once again
  about the something you understand really well.
  
• What factors seemed to be critical in making it a
  powerful learning experience?
• Use your experience as a learner then add to it
  what you know about good learning as a
  teacher. (from Julia Atkin)
• Record each factor on a separate Post-It note.

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What promotes POWERFUL LEARNING?
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Conditions of Effective Learning(Mary Kalantzis
and Bill Cope)

• Condition 1
• BELONGING
• - effective learning engages the learners
  identity

• Condition 2
• TRANSFORMATION
• - effective learning takes the learner on a
  journey into new and unfamiliar terrains.

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Powerful learning...

• 1. Depends of the creation of positive, caring
  classroom relationships where all individuals are
  valued and respected.
• Unconditional love Relationship free
  zone

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Powerful learning...

• 2. Is an outcome of active construction and
  often results from undermining.
• Active learning Teaching as telling
• Builds on prior knowledge Learning as listening

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Powerful learning.

• 3. Carefully scaffolds learning, using modeling,
  demonstration, multiple e.g.s and explanations,
  extensive practice and review.
• Opportunity to learn Teaching by
• - construct skills assignment
• understanding along (this is NOT teaching!)
• the way.

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Powerful learning...

• 4. Results from intrinsic motivation. Motivates
  with the heart as well as the head.
• 2-way pedagogy builds on Teacher always
  decides
• student interests and experiences

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Powerful learning...

• 5. Results from adapting teaching style and
  content to the learners profile of learning
  styles and intelligences.
• Caters for and extends One size fits all
• learning styles and intelligences

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Powerful learning...

• 6. Produces understanding. Focuses on major
  concepts and big ideas.
• Deep understanding Chew and spew
• Tiny sub-skills

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Powerful learning...

• 7. Enhanced by metacognition (thinking about your
  thinking).
• Planning, monitoring Dont know what
• evaluating your thinking I dont know.

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Powerful learning.

• 8. Involves frequent assessment and feedback
  around clear standards. Assessment requires
  students to demonstrate understanding. Creates a
  culture of revision and redemption.
• Self/peer/teacher review Guess what Im
• Show kids what good looking for!
• work looks like.

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Powerful learning.

• 9. Is promoted by high expectations.
• Everyone can learn . Near enough is
• Be the best you can. good enough.

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POSITIVE CARING RELATIONSHIPS
POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
GUIDING THE LEARNING PROCESS
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Reflection ..

• Consider each of the components in your Powerful
  Learning model. Rate your OWN practice and that
  of YOUR COLLEAGUES
• consistently do this
• ? occasionally do this
• X rarely do this

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There are lots of models out there BUT...........

• WE HAVE TO DO THE THINKING OURSELVES
• there are NO short cuts.