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- 1. Action Stations Today I will be sharing with you … *What is action research and how can it affect your teaching? *Action Stations, the result of my journey through action research, empowering each child
- 2. Action Stations You may find yourself …. - exposed to a program that could fit with your philosophy in teaching and learning - considering ways to apply teacher action research in your own classroom - developing an
- 5. The power of a question peakambassadornetwork.com
- 7. Action Stations Common place for playing and learning as platform where they can discuss the learning process and thinking Make own choices
- 8. Investigating learning Developing hauora, a sense of belonging and a curiosity for learning Holistic approach catering for the What is Action Stations?
- 9. Creating e-learners Encouraging persistence and striving for success Applying language and cognitive skills Managing gross motor skills ActionStations
- 10. Planning Action Reflection Every day for over an hour How it works
- 11. Getting Started
- 12. How do I know which station to choose? How long do I stay at a station? How do I know I am learning something? How can I A focus questions
- 13. * knowing what to do * your brain is working * listening for new ideas to try * thinking means you are learning * you can see or hear learning in your brain * think for yourself instead of just doing what your friend is doing What is Thinking?
- 14. * finding out what to do * you are doing something harder * your brain is popping up new words like fireworks * when your brain is talking to itself * it's when you scratch your What is Thinking?
- 15. Negotiate Self manage Plan Make decisions Make choices Action Stations
- 16. share learning, achievements, success, problems, new ideas inspire more learning, develop curiosity in a new station, motivate a want for success developing Reflectio n
- 19. To make meaning from new learning, children need time to internalise information, create links and develop understanding. We cannot create that meaning for them as it is generated from within The Value of Questioning
- 20. Scaffold Challenge Extend gain information develop new ways of thinking Celebrate The Value of Questioning
- 21. We like to sing with our ukulele’s together. We are learning to use the ukulele properly and to tell stories and sing songs with music. We are really proud of how well we can play the ukulele now.
- 22. I wanted to try something new so I tried to make a sun. I was learning how to cut carefully to make my sun look great. The tricky part was cutting the lines straight to the middle.
- 23. Key competencies Thinking Relating to others Participating and contributing Using language and symbols Self management Areas of Developmental Growth Cognitive Gross motor skills Fine motor skills Cooperative Emotional Language Multiple Intelligences Naturalist Interpersonal Intrapersonal Visual /Spatial Logical/Mathematical Musical rhythmical Kinesthetic Verbal linguistic
- 25. Positive Minus Interesting Next Steps Teacher Reflection
- 26. Why Action Stations Works Children own the learning Engages children Personalised learning Purposeful activities directed by learning needs
- 27. This is the best thing about school my wee one tells me. Developing inquisitive minds and evidently a real stimulus to learning judging by the "daddy can we google..." conversations we have over dinner! Parent Comments
- 28. “She is so confident now and is making and designing her own things, experimenting and asking questions all the time. She has become very creative but also with the expectation that we can achieve success.” “Action Stations is the only thing my child talks about at Parent Comments
- 29. “I’m really proud of my learning at Action Stations.” “I love building new things and sharing with my friends.” “Action Stations are fun because I can practise writing so I can get better on my own.” Kids Comments
- 30. “There were some days I thought the children were just playing around and not actually achieving any learning. It wasn’t until reflection time that I realised they were learning so much in persistence, perseverance, social skills, cooperation and developing Teacher Comments
- 31. “The strategies that the kids are learning at Action Stations are clearly being transferred into maths time. They support each other’s learning and problem solve collaboratively. They have the language to talk about what Teacher Comments
- 32. “Initially I was very sceptical and could only see more work, not less. Our day was already busy – how were we going to do something else as well? Once I got set up, my reading time is now stress free. I am confident the kids are learning while I am busy with small group teaching. I Teacher Comments
- 33. Create Change
- 34. Lateacha Blogspot My professional Online Journal Te Hauora 2 Class Blog Action Stations Blog
Editor's Notes
- Action research is a sustained effort to problem solve through inquiry.Make time to just observe children, their reactions to their learning and their discussions which will provide enormous amounts of valuable information Gathering data / research related ideas Reflect on these Take a risk and trying new thingsGet children involved in the learning process.
- Mostly its about believing -Belief in myself to create change-Belief in the capabilities of the children-Having a dream of what education should be and how I can make a difference.My philosophy is very strong in children being empowered to be independent capable learners regardless of the abilities, strengths and personalities.The challenge is how, as teachers, do we do that?And I love a challenge!!!I tried many things over the years that people had recommended, shared, discovered. But nothing had really captured exactly what I wanted to achieve, because I wasn’t asking or being asked the right questions or staying on the right path.
- The most important part of action research is questioning and reflective -What if….-What else could I try…-How could I do that even better?For the purpose of action stations my philosophy in education my questions always came back to …… How can I create opportunities for children in my class to investigate learning? How much freedom and choice should they be given to make choices? How can we provide choice and cover all curriculum areas required while catering for individual and diverse needs?
- Action research is professional development. A collaborative effort engages knowledge building, and idea improvementWe all have knowledge of experiences in the classroom. Sharing them collaboratively to problem solving, share difficulties to facilitate resolution, or develop new ways of thinking or doing. Guides your efforts to become a better teacher, researcher and active listener for colleagues and students. Get the light bulb turned on and think differently. Interact with ideas to generate new ones.
- The theory of Constructivism best describes what I believe children bring to learning Children constructs new understanding through a combination of prior learning, new information and readiness to learn. They make choices about what new ideas to accept and how to fit them into their established views of the world.This is the foundation for action stations.
- You become more in tune with your class and aware of how they learn. Children having ownership of their learningempowered to make choices and direct their own learning Creates a community of learners in a positive and supportive environment.Action stations is a way to identify the needs of a child and where learning blocks are happening. It can range from emotional to physical, social to academic.
- My journey has opened doors for me that reflect my philosophy, pedagogies and empower children by just believing in this process. Action Stations is a programme where children are How to plan for learningjustifying choicesreflecting developing success criteria sharing and celebrating their learning
- The whole programme is structured around three parts - planning, action and reflection. All three are vital and essential to engage in every day. We use the programme daily during the time we do guided writing or reading groups. Children are required to be independent. This created a community of learners who all are teachers and have something to offer the whole class.
- Planning stageStations visual cue cards are displayed on the wall in a grid format. Each of the stations are carefully set up and designed to create opportunities to maximise learning and growth through play at the child’s own pace and developmental stage.
- As a whole class we develop success criteria for our key competency focus for the week. It must be written up and visual for the children to refer back to. This is where we learn the language for learning and focus on our gaol or aim for the action part.These are overall questions that support learning and guidance for children. They are displayed for a week and reviewed dailyKey competency questions are designed to engage students in thinking before they choose a station.
- Sign for thinking lets me know if chn are engaged in discussion and refocuses them well. These stay displayed for the week to reflect on and refer back to regularly to develop language and refocus purpose for action stations.
- Sign for thinking lets me know if chn are engaged in discussion and refocuses them well. These stay displayed for the week to reflect on and refer back to regularly to develop language and refocus purpose for action stations.
- Action StageChildren are invited to place their names under a station of their choice. At this time children are learning to plan, make decisions, negotiate and self-manage as there can only be 3 people at each station. Children can move from one station to another at any time. They can only touch their name tag though. If a station is not being used always ask the children why as it may be that they don’t know where it is, how to use it, or too hard for them. This then becomes a teaching opportunity. At that point you can make decision to remove the station and replace with something the children come up with.
- Children who visit station up close report back on their learningChildren volunteer to share their learning, achievements, success, problems, new ideasAn important step to inspire more learning, develop curiosity in a new station, motivate a want for success.Identify children that are not engaging or developing language of learning or yet able to reflect
- Displayed for you to refer to as you develop confidence with questions.
- Harder for some but will encourage a community.
- During reflection time, children can process new information and make sense of their learning. Our role is to support learners and involve them in self-assessment activities.
- We question during all three stages
- Its not always about the end product sometimes its celebrating the learning process
- Planning is important to engage all learning styles, key competencies and multiple intelligences.
- Recognising the value of reflection that create action stations I believe it is vital to continue reflection in all areas to keep ahead and in tune with progress and challenges. From these we develop next steps to ensure we are catering for the needs of the children and foreseeing potential problems or opportunities for extending learning.A PMI simple quick and effective.
- It’s not always about the end product, but the journey Community of learners supporting each other everyone has something valuable to contribute.We miss successes and goals when we only think about what we end up with.
- Parent comment on blog
- Create change in your class to empower children Follow their lead and you will be blown away with what you can achieve together.Ask ….”What if…..?”
- Reflection is so important I now have my own reflective blog.Action station blog is linked to this. It is a one stop shop for new ideas and inspiration of ways to motivate and engage the learning process in your classroom.Our class blog has ideas for creating independent learners in new entrant classroom. We interact with other classes. TeAriki website is also valuable for learning about professional discussions