Anita's Teaching as Inquiry Blog

Building assessment capable learners especially Māori learners to raise  student achievement in writing , by deliberate acts of teaching, which includes oracy and whole body learning in my design.   I feel that these are ongoing problems. Upon Reflection....I want to see learners as agents of change, being resilient to take on learning challenges and not want learning done to them, be curious and learn through exploration and adventure. (Assessment capable) I want to see learners writing for a purpose, language gifted to enrich their vocabulary there are still the mechanism of writing that can be barriers or our learners. We can overcome that in many ways, which I covered in previous Inquiries and continue to do so, for example using our whole body to write, spell and communicate.                                                 ...

Key Words assessment capable student achievement in writing whole body learning I have had the privilege to being a within school member for three years. Over this time I have inquired into many areas of literacy and how I can engage learning and shift my practise Some of the major areas I have inquired into which have caused shift are.. Linking movement to Reading and Writing, which includes the whole body. Building relationships with whānau and knowing thy learner. The learning design reflects our design thinking. To start the year our TOD's were lead by Carolyn Stuart from weaving futures, specialist in Deign Thinking.    Where we learnt about empathy mapping and creating 'Learner User' Stories. To help us build deeper relationships with our Maori learners and parents. This has given me more of an insight to knowing the narrative of a learner and their  whānau The Challenges of student learning that I will be f...