Teaching As Inquiry With A Focus On Priority Learners

Author : Lindsey Conner
Publisher : Nzcer Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 192723171X

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This book shows how teaching as inquiry can be built into the everyday work of classrooms to make a difference for all students, particularly priority learners. Based on findings from the Secondary Student Achievement project, it is richly layered with whole-school, classroom and learner perspectives. The author highlights the successes that emerged as teachers re-examined their curriculum and teaching practices with the goal of raising the achievement of the priority learners they had identified. The introduction takes the reader back to the basics of what teaching as inquiry is and then the book steps through aspects of the inquiry process, from identifying students' needs to developing feedback loops to evaluate student progress and teacher learning. It's a focused and deep approach, with just four or five students the subject of inquiry at a time. The research took place in secondary schools but the issues and strategies and the interactions with students will have resonance for all practitioners. This is a professional learning approach with wide application across sectors, as well as internationally. Detailed and varied case studies and guiding questions engage readers and will get them started on their own teaching as inquiry journey. Professor Lindsey Conner is the Director of the Science and Technology Education Research Lab at the University of Canterbury. Previously, Lindsey has been a teacher educator at the Christchurch College of Education and University of Canterbury, and a secondary school biology teacher and Head of Department. She has also been a national examiner, a developer and examiner of national standards assessments, and an international consultant on developing science curricula and assessment practices and development projects on teacher education.

Author : Conner Lindsey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1050097569

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Teaching as Inquiry, with a Focus on Priority Learners by Conner Lindsey Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463512459

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Student Perspectives on School by Anonim Pdf

In order to increase knowledge and understanding of educational settings as inclusive communities we strive to understand what supports inclusion as well as to critique barriers. Increasingly we are seeking to understand inclusion from the inside, from the perspective of the students. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child upholds children’s rights to express their views in matters that affect them and to have those views taken into consideration and acted upon, that is, actively included in decision-making. A serious consideration of Article 12 involves two rights: the right to express a view and the right to have those views given due weight. In this volume we will share a compilation of research from Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond that aimed to access and listen to the views of students. We have brought together voices of students from different educational contexts, seeking their perspectives on learning, wellbeing, disciplinary procedures, literacy intervention and what makes schools good.

Author : Jyoti Rookshana Jhagroo,Patricia Martha Stringer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789819950997

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Professional Learning from Classroom-Based Inquiries by Jyoti Rookshana Jhagroo,Patricia Martha Stringer Pdf

This book provides authentic practice-based inquiries by pre-service teachers. Their reflective narratives showcase their individual inquiries as they navigated their self-chosen professional learning journeys through the teaching as inquiry framework. The narratives advance what it means to be a reflective practitioner in practice and highlight necessary dispositional skill sets to attain valuable professional learning through inquiry. Through an inquiry stance, pre-service teachers are liberated from being knowledge consumers to local knowledge producers relevant to their practice. The dissonance this shift creates, negates the ‘comfortable doing’ of teaching to make the act of teaching authentic, relevant, and powerful.

Author : Richard J. Meyer,With Linda Brown,Elizabeth DeNino,Kimberly Larson,Mona McKenzie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135459628

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Composing a Teacher Study Group by Richard J. Meyer,With Linda Brown,Elizabeth DeNino,Kimberly Larson,Mona McKenzie Pdf

There has been a flurry of writing about teachers as inquirers and researchers as well as books about children as inquirers. This volume brings these two areas together -- teachers and students are inquiring at Ridgeway Elementary School. It demonstrates the importance of thought collectives as forums for student and teacher learning. The children in the primary classrooms in this book are working to understand the world around them and their place in it as literate individuals. Their teachers are studying themselves and the students. No other book describes the way this work affects children, teachers, and the ethos of the school in which the work occurs. In that sense, this book is groundbreaking in that it is an honest portrayal of the joys and sorrows, the successes and the stumbling blocks, the clear vision, and the obfuscating that teachers live as they enact a life of asking questions, being curious, wandering, and wondering. Acknowledging and honoring the many faces of inquiry in schools, this book demonstrates the children's inquiry, their teachers' inquiry, and the place of that inquiry in schools. It lays out the ways in which inquiry is fundamental to teaching and learning in a democracy in which all of the members of the community have a voice in deciding curricular directions and ways of presenting learning. Teachers are presented as thinkers and learners, not merely as technicians enacting others' views of what is to be learned and when. Readers will find teachers dealing with the real issues of life in schools; they will see how teachers can use their existing situations as points of departure for their growth and their students' learning.

Author : David Slavit,Tamara Holmlund Nelson,Anne Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135838195

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Perspectives on Supported Collaborative Teacher Inquiry by David Slavit,Tamara Holmlund Nelson,Anne Kennedy Pdf

Supported collaborative teacher inquiry (SCTI) describes the process of professional development in which teacher teams build collaborative structures for the purpose of inquiring into aspects of their own instructional practice. Professional development performed collaboratively and grounded in "the work teachers do" is a highly effective forum for challenging existing beliefs about content, learners, and teaching and using data and research to reflect on, and possibly change, instructional practice. The contributors to this volume describe supported collaborative inquiry as a framework for teacher professional development and provide specific empirical evidence found in examples of SCTI. The chapters focus on the building of collaborative support structures, nurturing an inquiry stance, progressing through an inquiry process, and the various kinds of support mechanisms necessary to engage in SCTI. This seminal work in teacher research will be of interest to scholars, students, teachers, and administrators seeking insight into teacher education, teacher leadership, and teacher inquiry.

Author : Alberta. Alberta Learning,Alberta. Learning and Teaching Resources Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Inquiry-based learning
ISBN : 0778526666

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Focus on Inquiry by Alberta. Alberta Learning,Alberta. Learning and Teaching Resources Branch Pdf

Author : Mary Hill,Martin Thrupp,Contributors
Publisher : Cengage AU
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780170416771

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The Professional Practice of Teaching in New Zealand by Mary Hill,Martin Thrupp,Contributors Pdf

The Professional Practice of Teaching in New Zealand contains a wealth of information that pre-service teachers need to know in order to learn to teach effectively. Written specifically for the New Zealand setting, it highlights the range of knowledge and skills that teachers require in order to make a positive difference to their students’ lives. This new edition has been fully updated to exemplify the latest research and align with the current New Zealand context. New chapters on topics such as effective teaching in modern learning environments, Maori learners and diverse learners add new depth to the text and sit alongside a new introductory chapter that welcomes students to the profession of teaching in New Zealand. Throughout the text many case studies, activities and stories from real-life teachers and students help readers to link the theory to their classroom practices.

Author : Olwen McNamara,Jane McNicholl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351201735

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Poverty Discourses in Teacher Education by Olwen McNamara,Jane McNicholl Pdf

As economies across the world continue to struggle, there is growing evidence that the vulnerable in society, especially children, are paying the greatest cost in terms of reduced opportunities for access to equitable life chances, the most vital of these being education. Juxtaposing the ongoing failure of education systems to address disadvantage with the widespread belief in the vital importance of the training of teachers raises another issue, namely that remarkably little is known about the effective preparation of pre-service teachers to ameliorate educational disadvantage and, additionally, that little attention appears to be given to this in most teacher preparation programmes. This book attempts to redress this balance and is structured by three themes that focus on national policy, pre-service teacher preparation programmes and individual pre-service teachers. The book reveals a disheartening picture of complex patterns of inequality across and within individual countries, together with an incomplete understanding of the intersectional mechanisms - political, ideological, social and cultural - that link poverty and educational disadvantage. Contributions from five different countries, however, provide evidence of positive signs that interesting, innovative and intellectually sound developments are happening at a local level and offer a valuable contribution to the debate about how teacher education can create levers for change. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Education for Teaching.

Author : Elizabeth A. Kahn,Andrew Bouque,Dawn Forde,Thomas M. McCann,Carolyn C. Walter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475850369

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Inquiry Paths to Literacy Learning by Elizabeth A. Kahn,Andrew Bouque,Dawn Forde,Thomas M. McCann,Carolyn C. Walter Pdf

Inquiry Paths to Literacy Learning, a collection of chapters from secondary teachers and university researchers, offers English language arts teachers several models and considerations for how to design and implement inquiry-based teaching and learning. As the contributors demonstrate, an inquiry approach can significantly boost student achievement, understanding, and transfer of learning. The chapters in this collection present classroom-tested approaches, activities, and assignments that teachers can use right away, but that also serve as models for designing learning experiences that most engage and benefit learners. Focusing on issues that adolescents find consequential, the sample learning activities promote the development of complex literacy skills, engage students in evidence-based reasoning, and foster an environment of cooperation, collaboration, and respect for different points of view. Together, the contributions in this book envision the English language arts classroom as a supportive environment for authentic inquiry and for the genuine democratic processes involved in grappling together with tough perennial and contemporary issues.

Author : Lenkaitis, Chesla Ann,Hilliker, Shannon M.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522585459

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Engaging Teacher Candidates and Language Learners With Authentic Practice by Lenkaitis, Chesla Ann,Hilliker, Shannon M. Pdf

Teacher candidates need authentic practice with language learners so that they can test and hone their skills based on the concepts learned in their teacher education programs with real students. These candidates need practice before and beyond student teaching and fieldwork. If they are given the chance to practice during as many teacher education courses as possible and have access to language learners throughout their programs, they can focus on applying the specific content of each class they take in a real-world context with real students. Engaging Teacher Candidates and Language Learners With Authentic Practice highlights strategies teacher educators can use to give their teacher candidates authentic practice attached to coursework. By focusing on ways that authentic practice has been integrated into teacher preparation programs and studies that have been realized, this publication will provide practical ways for others to provide this authentic practice, which is much needed in teacher preparation programs. This book highlights topics such as pedagogy, student engagement, and intercultural competence and is ideal for educators, administrators, researchers, and students.

Author : Christine D. Clayton,James Farrel Kilbane (Jr.)
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education, Secondary
ISBN : 1433170450

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Inquiry in Tandem by Christine D. Clayton,James Farrel Kilbane (Jr.) Pdf

Inquiry in Tandem explores how engaging in teacher and student inquiry simultaneously promotes professional development that impacts teacher practice and student learning in powerful ways.

Author : Dixie Goswami,Ceci Lewis,Marty Rutherford,Diane Waff
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807777367

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On Teacher Inquiry by Dixie Goswami,Ceci Lewis,Marty Rutherford,Diane Waff Pdf

On Teacher Inquiry could be read as an answer to the question, “Teacher research: What’s in it for the students?” This book offers a framework, examples, and practical guidelines for teacher researchers on how to design and conduct individual and collaborative inquiries that build new knowledge and theories about teaching and learning. “What a jewel of a book!” —Ann Lieberman, Senior Scholar at Stanford University “On Teacher Inquiry is for those who cherish what the editors call ‘the habit of inquiry’ because they understand that teaching is always about learning, both theirs’ and their students’.” —Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Bringing to life what it means to create a web of meaning for students and collaborative learning communities for teachers, the book portrays how teacher research fosters both reflective teaching and affirmative experiences for diverse students.” —Ann Lewin-Benham, author of Powerful Children “Teacher researchers have long endeavored to bring the heartbeats and breathing of living classrooms to the educational community. This volume continues in that great tradition.” —Bob Fecho, University of Georgia “Both as a resource for those new to teacher inquiry and for the more experienced, the book makes a very important contribution to this exceptional series.” —Susan L. Lytle, Founding Director, Philadelphia Writing Project, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Author : Anthony Shaddock
Publisher : ACER Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781742862309

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Using Data to Improve Learning by Anthony Shaddock Pdf

Using Data to Improve Learning: A practical guide for busy teachers

Author : Barbara MacGilchrist,Margaret Buttress
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847877635

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Transforming Learning and Teaching by Barbara MacGilchrist,Margaret Buttress Pdf

`Transforming Learning and Teaching is well worth reading. The story of five schools acting together to improve what they do is a heroic and admirable one, especially in the present climate. The pressure to comply with prevailing orthodoxy, rather than devise orginal treatments, has been too strong for many to act with the same courage and insight as the five Redbridge schools, but it can be done with enthusiasm and integrity, as these teachers, heads and pupils show′ - Ted Wragg, The Times Educational Supplement, Friday Magazine `Rigorous, realistic, accessible and eye-opening - this book ought to be at the well-thumbed heart of any primary school where building children′s "learning power" is a genuine priority′ - Guy Claxton, Professor of the Learning Sciences, University of Bristol This book shows how a group of primary schools transformed their learning and teaching. The authors share the practical strategies the schools used for supporting and enhancing - children′s learning - teachers′ learning - the schools′ capacity for learning. They show how the focus on learning led to significant improvements in children′s motivation, behaviour, engagement in learning and learning outcomes. This book reminds us that there is more to education than a narrow concentration on target setting and league tables. Based on an action research project in which five schools focused on developing children′s learning and thinking skills, it tells how the schools committed themselves to inclusive education and the provision of a broad curriculum. Through this commitment, the schools enabled young people to develop their confidence, their self esteem and the attitudes needed to become lifelong learners. The authors describe what worked and draw out the main lessons for: children teachers; support staff; headteachers; parents; external consultants. This book is for school leaders at all levels and for practising teachers. It will also be useful to student teachers, those who work with schools in an advisory capacity and those involved with school improvement, educational leadership and developing learning and teaching in the classroom.