There is broad agreement in the teacher learning research that students are impacted at the highest rates when
teacher learning occurs over time.
Opportunities for
teacher learning occur along the professional continuum, from preservice field experiences to a multitude of opportunities for in - service teachers to engage in job - embedded learning.
Not exact matches
Whatever genuine
learning takes place
occurs when the help offered by the
teacher... is accepted willingly by the student as an aid toward making the meanings his own.
Some parents assume that
learning occurs in the classroom and it is the
teachers responsibility.
However, their difficulties with
learning and / or using language
occur across all environments, situations, and with different communication partners (parents, siblings,
teachers, etc.).
Much
learning in schools
occurs in informal and unplanned ways as
teachers and school leaders introduce new initiatives, try new approaches and
learn from experience.
Teachers and principals who are engaged in professional practice must advocate for professional development and training that is characterised by these Principles of Procedure if authentic, lifelong professional
learning is to
occur.
When the
teachers are of mind to lower the school walls, to genuinely collaborate with homes, to distribute the control of the
learning and teaching, to understand that formal schooling occupies less than 20 per cent of the children's
learning time each year and to recognise the
learning and teaching
occurring in the remaining 80 per cent, the school can then seriously contemplate a Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) program.
Of course all good
teachers ask probing and reflective questions, but the individual and consistent interaction that
occurs in the music lesson or weekly band rehearsal is one of the best examples of the way positive
learning dispositions can be ingrained in students.
Since extensive research shows that a ratio of positive - to - negative feedback of between 3 - 1 and 5 - 1 is necessary for healthy
learning to
occur,
teachers might consider a strategy called plussing that is used by Pixar animation studios with great success.
Learning best
occurs when the student becomes the
teacher, and while sharing a project doesn't seem like formal teaching, the experience offers a chance to showcase
learned information.
Although there is plenty of data to understand the growth of charter schools or the numbers of students in districts, because blended
learning is a phenomenon that doesn't
occur at the school level — it instead
occurs at the level of individual classrooms and
teachers — capturing what's happening is difficult.
The existence of an orderly
learning environment throughout the school — established through positive rather than negative means, whereby there are high levels of
teacher consistency about how it is «enforced» and structures in place to ensure that all students are known well by at least one adult in the school — is a fundamental precondition for improved teaching and
learning to
occur on which the subsequent improvement in student
learning outcomes can be based.
And if we understand how this works — if you think about it, if you're in a classroom where you feel psychologically and physically safe and secure because your
teacher is doing a great job of leading and developing a space that you feel like you're prepared to have a go and participate, take risks, because we need that to
occur in
learning.
This evidence suggests that capable
teachers are able to promote student
learning equally well regardless of class size (at least within the range of variation that
occurs naturally among grades).
And that, Symonds
teachers say, is where real
learning occurs.
It wasn't always easy to teach in the way that the
teachers in this study believed
learning should
occur, as current structures in many Australian schools focus on testing and often quite narrow assessment regimes.
How can
teachers prove that deep, rich
learning is
occurring through making?
Mainstream
teachers have the opportunity to observe in the Montessori classrooms and discuss the theory underpinning the materials, their presentation and the independent
learning which
occurs under the Montessori
teacher's direction.
How will
teachers know that
learning has
occurred?
When we break down our objectives, we make
learning more incremental, and we, as
teachers, can think through all the
learning that needs to
occur and how long that might take.
It was a great experience for both the students and me, and it allowed the
teacher to informally showcase the excellent teaching and
learning that
occurs.
In other words, the curriculum spells out not only what
teachers are to teach and students are to
learn, but also when this is to
occur.
High - quality teaching
occurs when
teachers come to the classroom with a toolkit of knowledge and skills that they employ based on a set of effective practices and that lead, over time, to student
learning.
Challenging as well as informative Some of the most powerful
learning occurs when professional development causes a
teacher to re-evaluate their fundamental beliefs around mechanisms of
learning and effective teaching.
In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Rick and Bill Ayers, coauthors of the book Teaching the Taboo, discuss what is taboo in schools, what should be taught by
teachers, and where
learning should
occur.
When feedback is focused on the goal and is informative and actionable, then as Hattie explains, the greatest effect on student
learning occurs when the
teacher becomes aware of their own effect on
learning.
According to Fink when
teachers impart students with a range of skills, and insights about the educational process that students will see as meaningful and salient to them they promote student engagement in the
learning process and greater
learning occurs.
«I love two things about Doug Lemov and the Uncommon Schools team: a relentless focus on student
learning, and a dedication to the proposition that the best professional development
occurs when
teachers learn from
teachers.
Results indicated professional development based in reform delivery methods (not workshops or short trainings),
occurred over time with more than 25 hours of content involved groups of
teachers learning together, was focused on the subject taught by the
teacher, required
teachers to be active participants in their
learning, and cohorent, i.e., aligned with standards and
teacher goals, was more likely to lead to increases in
teacher knowledge and changes in practice.
We no longer even assume that face - to - face contact with a
teacher inside a building called a «school» is the only possible circumstance in which instruction and
learning can fruitfully
occur.
At that time, it was incredibly innovative to have elementary students rotate to different spaces with different
teachers while having some
learning occur online.
«Visible
Learning and Teaching occurs when teachers see learning through the eyes of students and help them become their own teachers
Learning and Teaching
occurs when
teachers see
learning through the eyes of students and help them become their own teachers
learning through the eyes of students and help them become their own
teachers.»
Duration and span of the professional development activities were also important; with activities lasting longer and
occurring over time having a greater effect on
teacher learning.
The calm, assertive, respectful
teacher chooses to take all the time needed to build classroom culture and routines, calmly knowing that only in that culture can great
learning occur.
The programs shared seven common features: they were focused on the subject areas that
teachers teach; incorporated active
learning; supported collaboration; used models and modeling to demonstrate effective practice; provided expert coaching and support, offered opportunities for feedback and reflection, and were sustained in duration, often unfolding over months or years, rather than
occurring in a single, «drive - by» after school workshop, as is often the norm.
Nevertheless, contrary to these beliefs, high - quality teaching and
learning and active student engagement can still
occur in strict,
teacher - controlled classrooms, even when the class size is large (Hiebert et al., 2003; Huang & Leung, 2004).
While our analysis indicates that ability grouping and DI
occur simultaneously, there is still much to
learn about how
teachers make meaning of these practices and the extent to which changes in the larger institutional environment inform their decisions.
It provides a clear definition of the concept and its differences with individualized and differentiated instruction and discusses various elements of educational technology, such as laptop programs for students and
teacher use of
learning management systems, that are necessary for personalized
learning to
occur.
For successful
learning to
occur, it is critical that
teachers take into account four significant considerations before teaching begins.
Research shows that in order for professional development to be effective, it should be a deliberate process that
occurs within the context of
teachers» daily activities in the classroom environment and connects back to student
learning.
Leadership effects on student achievement
occur largely because effective leadership strengthens professional community — a special environment within which
teachers work together to improve their practice and improve student
learning.
a) Engage leaders in building understanding of new
learning ecosystems that shift how, when, and where
learning occurs, and in developing
teacher competencies to transform
learning.
These partnerships
occur, and have full impact, when family engagement activities are connected to student
learning — and when there is capacity building and support for both families and
teachers.
By creating a safe place for students and
teachers to authentically express themselves, we create environments where effective teaching and
learning can
occur.
The strands advocate for: a) synthesizing our knowledge base and developing guidelines for a repertoire of supervision and mentoring practices; b) examining essential practitioner roles
occurring in today's new partnerships and models; unpacking the
teacher educator's boundary - spanning roles and practices; and
teacher educators
learning from others about current research and practices in professional development schools.
Hess LP Tool 26 Use to analyze
teacher - student roles, plan for how
learning will
occur, conduct walkthroughs looking for evidence of rigor
Teachers must recognize effectiveness through the lens of cause and effect relationships
occurring during a lesson (e.g «Because you created the
learning criteria with the students and modeled how to use the rubric, students were successfully self - assessing to improve their essays...»).
To what extent did
teacher reflections explain how lessons were implemented and why student
learning did or did not
occur?
For true and successful project - based
learning,
teachers need to listen to students, let them lead the project, and allow those «C» missions to
occur.