Nadine Sorrensen University of Auckland
30th September 2014 NZLA Conference Tauranga
What is student agency? Why would we want to develop agency in our students
Video clip Derek Wenmoth Ten Trends EDTalks
When they have agency for learning that means they have the power of learning
Key Messages about student agency
- importance of students being active participants in their learning
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- students knowing:
- WHAT they need to learn
- HOW they need to learn'
- WHY they are learning the skill or strategy
Remember
- these traits and dispositions need to be taught explicitly
- checking that the student can articulate the learning
has the student been scaffolded to talk about what they can do and what their goals / next steps for learning are.
You will also need to track and monitor the learning
can the student transfer the learning to other contexts
One way of thinking of learner agency is when learners have the power to act. Agenc is when learning involves the activity and the initiative of the elarner
Self Regulating Students set goals
- You need to know where your students are at and where they are heading - expectations, rates of progress and acceleration
- LLP Gap Analysis
- Nat Stds Illustrations
- Students monitor their own progress, and talk
Use sheet and have conversations with chn , whanau what sorts of things have supported them in their learning
pg 2 this covers the what and the why
Pg 1 Stg 1 Pg 2 Stage 2 know the learner gap Analysis
bottom of pg 2 NOTE: Acceleration vs Remediation
Self Regulating Students need Scaffolding
The Use of Visual Scaffolding
What is scaffolding?
Temporary support that assists students to reach higher levels of comprehension and skill acquisition that they would not be able to acheive without assistance.
What is Visual Scaffolding?
VS are diagrams or images that are used with learners to represent a skill or strategy to prompt or remind them about what to do within their learning VS are useful to support ESOL or early learner taht may have limited visual word vocab (limited words they can read)
Hoe can we use Vis Scaffolding
1. Support student learning
visually representing the sc for the learning
sentence frames / sentence prompts with images
planning templates with images
2. Develop student agency
Pic: Visual Scaffolds in Success Criteria: Also in back of books are Essential Spelling list and when we see them in writing we highlight at the back of book
Pic: Visual Scaffolds in planning for writing Who, when, how, where, why?
Pic: Vis Scaffolds in planning for writing looks like, sounds like, feels like, tastes like, smells like
Pic VS in writing - finger spacing - letter sound association use an ice block stick or a clear counter to provide finger spaces.
Pic Visual Scaffolds in reading
Pic How will I scaffold student learning to build knowledge to Decode, Encode, Make meaning and think critically?
- articulate their learning
- describe the success criteria in their own words
Pic The Importance of Student Voice
Opportunities to gather student voice:
- at the start of a lesson
- tell me what you are learning today and why....
- During the lesson
- Describe the success criteria and the strategies that they are using to demonstrate their lesrning
- Show me in your reading or wrting where you are using your skill you are able to demonstrate your learning
- After the lesson:
- Howw did you go with your learning
Pic: Using Mentor / Model Texts (handout)
What is a model text?
When should I use it?
What are some of the strategies that I can use to incorporate a model text into my teaching to support the learning of reading and writing
Use models from stories that we are reading eg Roald Dahl books
Pic How to use a Model / mentor text (handout)
start with a model then compare with chns writing
Pic Visual Scaffolds to map progress and achievement of students
Idea! have the colour wheel on the wall and chns names are at each colour. Success Criteria is listed as well so students know where they need to head to next.
Pic Vis scaffolds to map progress and achievement of students. Using e-asTTle writing matrix
can be shared with next teacher at end of the year.
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