Nau mai, Haere mai!. I'm an educator based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This is my professional blog where, from time to time, I share a few reflections and wonderings about my teaching practice.
Monday 23 September 2019
Satisfying Results: Teaching as Inquiry - Update - End of Term 3, 2019
Hi Kiriwai, I loved hearing the success you have had in your inquiry so far. It is always interesting to see progress happen quickly. I really liked how you talked about the people who have help you. How do you encourage them to make brain movie? I would like to start doing this with my class. Cheers Clarelle.
I feel very fortunate to be able to draw on the experience of colleagues here at PES including yourself - these discussions have helped fine tune my inquiry as I figured out the reading behaviours of my students that needed 'fixing' while also providing a starting point for possible interventions.
I think you will have a lot of fun introducing 'brain movies' to your class. Typically, I ask my students to read a chunk of text then have them take a few seconds to make a movie in their brain of what they have just read. This is not a new technique by any means but I have found that the concept of a 'brain movie' was easier for them to grasp compared with being asked to 'visualise' or 'make a picture in your head' of the content of a text. I would love to hear how you get on with your class.
Hi Kiriwai,
ReplyDeleteI loved hearing the success you have had in your inquiry so far. It is always interesting to see progress happen quickly. I really liked how you talked about the people who have help you. How do you encourage them to make brain movie? I would like to start doing this with my class.
Cheers Clarelle.
Kia ora Clarelle,
DeleteI feel very fortunate to be able to draw on the experience of colleagues here at PES including yourself - these discussions have helped fine tune my inquiry as I figured out the reading behaviours of my students that needed 'fixing' while also providing a starting point for possible interventions.
I think you will have a lot of fun introducing 'brain movies' to your class. Typically, I ask my students to read a chunk of text then have them take a few seconds to make a movie in their brain of what they have just read. This is not a new technique by any means but I have found that the concept of a 'brain movie' was easier for them to grasp compared with being asked to 'visualise' or 'make a picture in your head' of the content of a text. I would love to hear how you get on with your class.
Nga mihi,
Kiriwai