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Reflective Question –How does my practice reflect that I engage in critical inquiry, gathering, analysing and using evidence to inform my learning and actions.
As part of my job as an LwDT facilitator, I have the opportunity for a wide range of professional learning. This has enabled me to critically engage with evidence and professional literature.As referenced in my evidence I have had the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of Professional Development opportunities. I have attended Conferences and workshops, as well as many internal opportunities for upskiling in my work as a facilitator, both at CORE education and at Christ's College.I have also been involved in the Education Community attending Educamps, being active on Twitter, as well as my involvement with the Connected Educators Group. For the past two years we have also contributed to the Connected Educator month in conjunction with CORE Education. My time as a CORE e-Fellow in 2013 also enabled me to engage in critical thinking and also exposed me to a variety of new ideas and literature. I have been a presenter at ULearn 13 and ULearn15. These are my ED Talks. I have also read various books written by Educationalists, read blogs by well-respected educational thinkers eg Derek's blog (Derek Wenmoth) Learning with ees (Steve Wheeler) as well as blogs by Steve Mouldey and Claire Amos. I also read other blogs by a variety of NZ ,Australian, American and UK Educators. I particularly like Steve's blog about shadowing a Yr 10 student.This made me think about the Year 10 students I have taught, the 20% of Year 10 students who are disengaged sitting in our classes. I f I was to go back teaching, I know I would look at those year students in a different, empathetic way.Carol Dweck and John Hattie are two educationalists who have influential vies on learning. This is a blog post I wrote on their views.My blog post about Hattie and Dweck - Teachers as change agentsI have also been thinking about the move to ILE and changes teachers will need to make. However, I do think that we need to make changes to allow students to develop skills they need in 21st C. This blog post from my Professional Learning Blog expands those views and also references other Educationalists commenting on the changes we need to make.
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