WeeLisa and Learning

Weekly task number 1 for the Applied Practice paper was to reflect on our own reflective practice. But why I here you ask?  Well to be honest to make us reflect. It is not just the concept of reflection but how we reflect and what we do with our light bulb moments and learning after reflection. Our recommended reading was 'Reflecting on Reflective Practice' Finlay, 2008. Finlay critiques the application and merits of several different reflective models. So using Jay and Johnson's (2002) 3 step model: Descriptive, Comparative and Critical, to reflect on my current reflective practice. Just like many teachers time is a rare commodity. Most of us continually reflect to improve our teaching to improve student engagement and achievement, but we rarely take the time to sit down and actually writing it down, let alone analyse and annotate our reflections. I do believe many of us constantly action on our reflections. Personally I feel like my teaching reflections are constantly...

Just submitted my last assignment for these papers. It was interesting trying to reflect on both papers in one essay. The change initiative I implemented was the flipped learning model with my Level 2 Physics class. We were 3 weeks behind the other classes due that fact that i could not use my right arm in term 1. So to ensure my classes received quality instruction and support I trialed the flipped model outlined by J Bergmann and A Sams in Flipped Learning for Science instruction. To implement the change I used the 8 Steps of change outlined by J. Kotter. This strategy has been very successful: The overall results were really good for the students Mechanics assessment: 7 Not Achieved, 12 Achieved, 7 Merit and 3 Excellence grades. This was a reversal of the other 3 classes. Class 1 was 19N, 2A, 5M and 0E. Class 2 was 13N, 6A, 0M and 1E. Class 3 was 10N, 6A, 2M and 0E. All four classes have a similar demographic of ability and results from the previous year. I think the flipped mo...

Welcome to my blog.  As you can see I am just getting started. I am looking forward to learning more about Leadership and Digital and Collaborative learning while I study my Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Practice - Digital and Collaborative Learning, with the MindLab and Unitec. This Blog is for my own reflection and learning. But I am also looking forward to what other educators may also do within their own practice and pedagogy. Thanks for visiting. WeeLisa