Teaching as inquiry

“Teachers are at the heart of school improvement, and with all the change in the world and new understandings about learning it is essential that they too keep learning. “

(Stoll, Fink & Earl, 2003)

In this session:• the teaching as inquiry process and its place in the NZC• characteristics of schools and classrooms where teaching as inquiry is evident• examples from schools, and key resources

Teaching as inquiry

Teaching as inquiry

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-documents/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum/Effective-pedagogy

Teaching as inquiryEncourage teachers to:• inquire into their own teaching methods• assess its effectiveness• learn new or alter practices where necessary.

Teachers are regarded as “ongoing learners in the area of improving their teaching.”

Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2

What forms does inquiry take?Action researchCritical dialogueClassroom observationsJournalsCritical data analysisAppreciative inquiryPort foliosWriting (including story telling)Text analysisProgramme evaluation

http://instep.net.nz/inquiry_and_evidence_based_practice/inquiry_based_practice/what_forms_does_inquiry_take

EDTalk - Helen Timperley

Helen Timperley, Professor of Education at The University of Auckland, talks about ways teachers can gain knowledge through cycles of inquiry into their practice. Start clip at 2.13.

http://www.edtalks.org/video/professional-learning-makes-difference-students

More reading:http://www.mp.gov.rs/resursi/dokumenti/dok195-eng-IBE_teacher_professional_learning_and_development.pdf

Teaching as inquiry - leadersSupport teachers with: • systems and processes for introducing teaching as inquiry.• promote culture of trust, open mindedness• allow for fallibility• encourage persistence.

Help teachers: • meet in groups to understand process and put it into practice• investigate data• reflect on problems of practice• consider approaches that will help students.

NZ Curriculum Update 12

Teaching as inquiry - teachers• meet often to focus on learning and teaching activities• base discussions on good data and information• commit to group decisions• record information about students’ learning and note actions to improve learning

• write end-of-term classroom and syndicate programme evaluations• observe and give feedback on one another’s practice, noting issues, ideas to follow up•invite students to participate in process.

NZ Curriculum Update 12

Teaching as inquiry - schools• learn together• draw on external expertise to build teachers’ understandings• systems integrate teaching as inquiry into classrooms, across the school• link PD programmes and teaching as inquiry

• teaching as inquiry expected and monitored.

Discussions about:• shared problems of practice• analysing data to discover successful teaching strategies and where improvements are necessary• deciding on appropriate teaching strategies and approaches.

NZ Curriculum Update 12

What’s in your inquiry toolbox?

School examples - primary

Video: Newmarket Primary School – developing school-wide inquiry. Includes a resource outlining advice for leading inquiry. Duration: 4:07 http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Leadership-programmes/Ako-in-action/Wendy-Kofoed-school-wide-inquiry Video: Newmarket Primary School - modelling inquiry with teachers. Duration: 4:23http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Leadership-programmes/Ako-in-action/Wendy-Kofoed-accelerating-Maori-and-Pasifika Paper: Ilam School - teaching as Inquiry (Download paper top RH of screen.)http://digitalcommons.nl.edu/ie/vol2/iss1/5/Video: Ilam School approach to effective pedagogy Duration: 6:58http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Media-gallery/Effective-pedagogy/Ilam-pedagogy

Video: West End School deprivatising practice – plus discussion resource Duration:2:23http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Leadership-programmes/Ako-in-action/Gary-Punler-deprivatising-practice#block-1-button

School examples - secondaryKelston Girls’ Carol Jarrett describes introducing teaching as inquiry in her departmenthttp://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Ministry-curriculum-guides/Secondary-middle-leaders/Supporting-effective-teaching/Supporting-teaching-as-inquiryDuration: 4:49

Epsom Girls’ Claire Amos talks through the process of introducing teaching as inquiry to develop school-wide e-learning action planshttp://www.edtalks.org/video/using-teaching-inquiry-guide-elearning-action-planDuration: 6:42

Flaxmere College principal Louise Anaru describes a school-wide approachhttp://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Leadership-programmes/Ako-in-action/Louise-Anaru-leading-pedagogical-changeDuration: 3:04

Papatoetoe HS principal Peter Gall describes a teacher’s inquiry on student engagementhttp://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Leadership-programmes/Ako-in-action/Peter-Gall-supporting-inquiry-approachesDuration: 1:14

Teaching as inquiry - resource collection

New Zealand Curriculum – effective pedagogy sectionhttp://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-documents/The-New-Zealand-Curriculum/Effective-pedagogy

Curriculum Update 12 – Understanding teaching as inquiryhttp://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Ministry-curriculum-guides/Curriculum-updates/NZC-Updates

INSTEP – Inquiry and evidence based practicehttp://instep.net.nz/inquiry_and_evidence_based_practice

Assessment - using evidence for learninghttp://assessment.tki.org.nz/Using-evidence-for-learning

A suggested teaching as inquiry process for teachers of te reo Maorihttp://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-guidelines/Teaching-and-learning-te-reo-Maori/A-suggested-teaching-as-inquiry-cycle

Teaching as inquiry - elements of teaching effectiveness (Professor Graeme Aitken)http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Assessment-in-the-classroom/Teaching-as-inquiry

ResearchDirections for learning: The New Zealand Curriculum Principles, and teaching as inquiry May 2011 (published 22/7/11)In early 2010, the Ministry of Education asked the Education Review Office (ERO) to conduct an initial evaluation, and a follow up evaluation one year later, to investigate how schools were using the eight principles and the teaching as inquiry process as outlined in The New Zealand Curriculum.

Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2 (published 5/11)This study reports on ways in which innovative schools and teachers have been working to implement The New Zealand Curriculum across all three years of the project.

Monitoring and Evaluating Curriculum Implementation: Final Evaluation Report on the Implementation of The New Zealand Curriculum 2008–2009 (published 1/4/11)This report presents findings from a national evaluation of the implementation of The New Zealand Curriculum. The project sought to establish a national picture of implementation progress in English-medium schools in the first two years following the curriculum's launch in November 2007.