Anita's Teaching as Inquiry Blog

Inquiry Question: Build assessment capable learners, especially Māori Boys to increase their oral language capability to improve their writing                                             How am I going to implement this? Gift language as a scaffold for talking and writing Model picture talk Context related to interests Value high expectations of talk Use multimodel features in my learning design to support writing Scaffold writing frameworks Use Stonefields high leverage practises to enable assessment capable learners Use School Talk to support the learning Student learning: I want to see these learners showing confidence in speaking, and transferring their talk into writing. I want to see learners using their gift of language into their writing. Broaden their ideas and extend their vocabulary. Teaching hypotheses I felt it was important to...

Combi Tool Gathering Data This tool developed by Jannie van Hees looks at the factors contributing to talk. Here are results from my five target learners.  1 - Yes                  2 - Sometimes                        3 - No Summary Mainly our Maori learners find it difficult to share their ideas in a meaningful way. Having the language is barrier for these learners. The learners who find it easier share many ideas, and show overall confidence  Summary This data tells us that these learners find it difficult to respond clearly. Understanding of the teacher can always be a barrier. Therefore important for our learners to have visuals when explaining things. Summary There is a real range in this area. This requires our learners to be creative and innovative in their learning and thinking. Where learners apply their understanding....