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Shaun Hawthorne IFTE Presentation April, 2011 contact Shaun by email – hawthornes@westernsprings.school.nz. Presentation Outline. Facts about writing in NZ. Talking Points. Are there any questions or queries in regard to any of the graphs shown here?
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Shaun Hawthorne IFTE Presentation April, 2011 contact Shaun by email – hawthornes@westernsprings.school.nz
Talking Points • Are there any questions or queries in regard to any of the graphs shown here? • Were there any surprises for you in this data? • Do you take any messages from this data?
Introduction to the resource Teacher’s Book Resource • A brief history of teaching writing in NZ • Evidence from research for effective practices in teaching writing • Assessment practices for writing • Links to the NZC’s effective pedagogies • Classroom examples for each of the identified effective practices • Appendices describing a few examples of particular approaches in more detail You could flick through the book if available to show these sections – orient to book
DVD of Effective Practices 2.5 hours of footage were taken in 4 classes over 4 or 5 points in each teachers class during 2010. Two ways of viewing examples of teacher practice • View by classroom and teacher – about 35mins for each of four classrooms and teachers from Yr 9 – 12 • View by practice – two or three brief extracts from the different classes that relate specifically to one of the practices
Four key studies which informed Effective Practices in Teaching Writing • Myhill, D., et al (2008). • Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). • Alton-Lee, A. (2003) • Langer, J. (2002).
Section from DVD Lynda McTaggart’s Year 9 class intro to poetry – first 10 min or so of ‘School # 1’
Talking Point • What do you think are some underlying beliefs or attitudes or principles about teaching writing that Lynda McTaggart may hold from viewing this clip?
NZATE believes that some key principles/beliefs that underpin effective teaching of writing are:
Reflection Point • To what extent do you think your own and/or your department’s teaching of writing aligns with these principles?
Talking Point • To what extent do you think your own and/or your department’s teaching of writing focuses on each area of knowledge that students’ need to be effective in their writing?
Section from DVD Emphasising that writing is a process section
Talking point Share some thoughts or ideas on what has been shown or exemplified in these two examples.
Talking Points • To what extent to you think your own and your department’s teaching of writing aligns with these seven effective practices? • Where would you start if you were going to make a change in your teaching of writing? • How might this resource assist you in PD around the teaching of writing?
Section from DVD Goal directed work and inquiry section
Ten ideas on how you could use this resource in PD in your department… • Have a session like this one to introduce the key ideas and the resource to everyone. • At each of seven department PD mtgs play one of the seven effective practice examples and discuss – also copy and read the information about that practice from the teacher’s book resource. In addition you could look at Appendix 3 and the suggested activities that link to each practice. Discuss how the department could improve their work on this practice. • Give everyone a copy of different sections from the teachers’ resource to read before a dept. PD mtg and then discuss the ideas and implications. Could view related segments from the DVD. • Watch each of the ‘Play by School’ options in 4 department PD mtgs and discuss the things you notice and take from the work of each of the teachers.
Contd… • Look at the section on Assessment in the teacher’s book and discuss this in relation to the practices your department adopts in relation to writing. • Look at how the ideas link to the NZC pedagogies by reading this short section in the book. • Give everyone a copy of Appendix 3 as a resource to help with planning. • Copy and discuss the ideas in Appendix 1 and/or 2 and see how applicable they may be to the work of your department. • Make copies of the Lit Review of the resource for those teachers interested in following up on the research evidence or further studies that support each practice. • Use the principles, 4 areas of knowledge and skill and the seven effective practices (+ ideas from Appendix 3 and each of the Classroom examples summaries etc) as a tool or lens through which you can review your department’s writing programme and units…
Supplementary slides A summary from some key studies about effective ways of teaching writing that show the evidence behind the seven practices.
From: “Effective Ways of Teaching Complex Expression in Writing” (Myhill et al, 2008)
From: “Beating the Odds: Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well” (Langer, 2001).
From: “Writing Next”: Meta-analysis of effective strategies for improving writing (Graham & Perin, 2007)
From: “Writing: Teachers and Children at Work” 20th Anniversary Edition (Graves, 2003)
From: Bennet Woods Elementary School study (Pressley et al, 2007)
