Sep 28 2008
What is improvement?
Yesterday saw me up and away to Stirling bright and early for day two of my second module of the MEd. The theme of the day was ‘What is improvement?’ - however, I don’t remember ever actually addressing this question!
Most of the morning was spent considering the nature of ‘ability’, ‘attainment’ and ‘assessment’. I’m still amazed that it’s possible to take some words we use everyday and pick them apart which leads to a long and complicated discussion. We finished this session by considering how all of these concepts are interlinked and how they impact on learning. This was followed by a discussion on the uses of metaphors on the classroom - should we be ‘covering’ or ‘exploring’ the curriculum?
Most of the afternoon was spent considering the focus for our assignment. For this module we have to prepare a proposal for a professional enquiry intervention in our classroom which aims to improve learning. I’m thinking of trying to address the mindset of my pupils: trying to encourage a different approach to their learning. Got to think how this can be evidenced though!
