Journaling Reflective Teaching and Action Research helping you

Journaling, Reflective Teaching and Action Research helping you PASS THE DELTA Phil Quirke AE 258

Introduction Journaling Reflective Teaching Action Research Tutorials

Journaling ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Introduction to Journals How to start my Journal Your Journal depending on Your Module focus Module 2 Assignment One, Stage Two The Reading You Have To Do Our DELTA Blog Key Questions An E-Portfolio and File Management

Introduction to Journals “The task of articulating what kinds of places our classrooms are (and what kinds of teachers we are) may help to force our awareness of how we see our classrooms and perhaps where our blindspots are. This awareness may be thrown into sharper relief by being reflected off another person (in this case myself through the journals). ” Inside Teaching. Bowen & Marks. Heinemann. 1997

How to Start my Journal Identify 3 things you are happy with in your teaching you would like to change or improve in your teaching you would like to investigate further which you believe could give your teaching a new dimension. Complete the table below and explain to a colleague why you have written what you have. HAPPY CHANGE INVESTIGATE

Your Journal with a Module Focus ◦ MODULE ONE Definitions dictionary Classroom activities Reading reflections ◦ MODULE TWO Reflective Writing on Your Teaching ◦ MODULE THREE Your Research Journal

Module Two – PDA Stage 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. reflect and comment on their beliefs and practices as a teacher, identify key strengths and weaknesses in their teaching comment on the positive and negative effects of these on their learners identify the possible reasons for these key strengths and weaknesses produce an action plan for the development of their teaching in response to the significant weaknesses they have identified select approaches, procedures, techniques or materials that will allow them to develop their teaching skills and enhance their learners’ learning experiences select and/or design methods and/or documents for gathering data that will allow them to focus specifically on their performance in their assessed assignments 1, 000 words

The Reading You Have To Do ◦ Cambridge ESOL Reading Lists 60 books per module So, that works out at how many books per week? ◦ How much are you reading? ◦ The Reading I have sent for this week ◦ So, START READING

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Key Questions What are the KEY QUESTIONS you would like us to investigate together?

Your E-Portfolio This is Your DELTA File Management How are you going to save everything? Where? Back-up? YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE

Reflective Teaching ◦ ◦ ◦ Introduction to Reflective Teaching and Writing The Post Lesson Evaluation in Module 2 A Reflective Writing Framework Further Reading Reflective Teaching Techniques For Module One For Module Two For Module Three

Introduction to Reflective Teaching & Writing A Reflective Model

The PLE in Module 2 STRENGTHS: (Don’t forget these) WEAKNESSES: (Limit these to the changes you’d make in the lesson and the main areas which you want to work on) WHAT I WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY: (Changes you’d make to this lesson next time you teach it) WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON AS A TEACHER: (Tie these into the weaknesses above) HOW AM I GOING TO WORK ON THESE AREAS: (Make sure this is a detailed action plan stating how you will do this, the stages involved with measurable and attainable goals) a detailed action plan – this is bolded and enlarged because this is so often the weakest part of the post-lesson evaluation and reflection and is the single biggest cause of failures in this section. 300 -500 words

A Reflective Writing Framework

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Reflective Teaching Techniques For Module One RISK AND GROW For Module Two ASSIGNMENT CHOICES For Module Three ACTION RESEARCH FOCUS

Action Research ◦ ◦ ◦ Problem Identification – What? Preliminary Investigation – What exactly? Hypothesis – Possible Solution Plan Intervention – Does it work? Outcome – The result Reporting – How do we let others know? . . . leading to. . . ◦ Further investigation

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WHAT EXACTLY? How are you going to observe what is currently happening? How will you decide on possible solutions?

HYPOTHEIS Possible Solution(s) What ways can we experiment with different solutions?

PLAN INTERVENTION Does it work? How can we observe and measure if what we are doing is making a difference? How can we collect and collate that data?

OUTCOME The Result How can we report on what we have done and demonstrate the difference we have made?

REPORTING How do we let others know? This is easy for the DELTA because the assignment submissions are our REPORTS But think about using your work further: PD sessions? Circulated summaries? Presentations? Publications? Others?

Further Investigation What now? Where do we go from here?

TUTORIALS YOUR SUPPORT GROUPS READING DEMANDS MODULES IN DECEMBER AND JUNE CONFIRMATION TUTOR SUPPORT AND TUTORIALS PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND AMMOUNT

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