Saturday, 17 March 2018

Research Circle 1

What can a research circle be or do?
We said...
  • create a product for all
  • problem solve
  • observe, question
  • build a collective understanding
  • understand their context
  • support each other
  • share ideas
  • plan-do-study-act-reflect-roll out to the group
  • find out something we didn't know before
  • find a real problem and subsets of the problem... ask why
  • context dependent 
  • the journeys will be different along the way
What isn't a research circle?
We said.....
  • one person doing all the work
  • has a beginning and an end
  • not a linear process
  • not passive
What it means for me personally is ......
that it's going to be reflective, that it will be hard, frustrating, requiring commitment to explore and trial, finding time, intellectually demanding, requiring an openness to new learning, challenging my beliefs and habits, making my thinking public to the system, synthesising, analysing, being evidence-informed, being an explorer and being prepared for the hard questions.

Friday, 16 March 2018

Wales Street Circle Day 1 Reflection

Christian and Robyn wondered...

  • What does our AIP offer to explore Learner Agency?
  • What is Learner Agency? What isn't it?
  • What does it look like in the classroom? What will learners be doing?
  • Is there a desire and will for all?
  • What blocks Learner Agency?
  • What difference will Learner Agency make more of?
  • What does covering the curriculum enable/ disable?
  • Does class size make a difference?

Circle day 1 reflection

Sue and Megan wondered....
  • what can we let go of?
  • what questions can we ask about Learner Agency?
  • do our documents and culture enable learner agency?
  • what is our role in enabling Learner Agency across the school?