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Learning Inquiry

  • What happened as a result? Assessment is the process of gathering, analysing, interpreting and using information about students' progress and achievement to improve teaching and learning. Refer to Assessment Online
  • Classroom observations play a key role in supporting teachers' understanding of effective literacy instruction.. This presentation by Trish Holden looks at some ways of ensuring that these observations can be used to effect change that will impact on student learning. The teaching as inquiry template can be used effectively as the basis for classroom observations as it uses student and teacher learning needs as the basis for planning. 
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Teaching and Learning

The Guidelines for Effective Adolescent Literacy Instruction outlines the principles of effective literacy instruction.

The English curriculum guide is available online. These guides have been designed to help teachers create quality teaching and learning programmes. They support teachers in their planning for the alignment of standards to The New Zealand Curriculum.

Teaching Inquiry: Planning to meet student needs

How can literacy learning needs be addressed in the teaching and learning programme?

How does research inform my inquiry?

  • Enhancing Content Literacy in Physical Education Cathy Buell & Andrea Whittaker. 2001.This article describes the role of literacy in Physical Education and outlines some instructional strategies that teachers can use to build, and then assess, literacy skills.

How will progress be monitored?

Your inquiry will determine the ways in which progress should be monitored. For example, you may decide to monitor progress through student writing, oral responses, research skills and/or presentations.

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Teaching and Learning

The Guidelines for Effective Adolescent Literacy Instruction outlines the principles of effective literacy instruction.

Level 6 and 7 learning programme design snapshots: These snapshots were designed by teachers to capture specific ideas or contexts to support the learning of diverse students. 

Learning Inquiry

  • What happened as a result? Assessment is the process of gathering, analysing, interpreting and using information about students' progress and achievement to improve teaching and learning. Refer to Assessment Online
  • Classroom observations play a key role in the Secondary Literacy. This presentation by Trish Holden looks at some ways of ensuring that these observations can be used to effect change that will impact on student learning. The teaching as inquiry template can be used effectively as the basis for classroom observations as it uses student and teacher learning needs as the basis for planning.

Teaching and Learning




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