Hattie – 21 out of the 26 top factors that have a positive impact on student learning are attributable to the teacher and their work in the classroom.
? maybe we should look at what we spend on teachers compared to other areas such as infrastructure, etc
Challenges to innovating
- School perspective
- Leadership and priority
- Does $ and time = change or progress?
- Accountability measures
- How can we try and scale this cheaply?
- can we?
- Should we
- is it time to realise that we can’t
- What about student results at the end of year 12
- Inappropriate Teacher training?
- Teacher perspective
- Fear and loss of control
- No longer the font of all knowledge!
- Students correcting the teacher – Google reference live in class. This can be good! Collaborate and share this
- Teachers need to be comfortable with ICT – some teachers are scared of the tech
- Web 2.0
- software
- “But I don’t have the time”
- BUT removing the legwork does not remove the teacher learning… Support is really important
- What about year 12 results?
- Inappropriate Teacher Training
It is important that teachers realise that they do not have to know, understand and use everything! Students can help! Don’t limit the students experiences because you don’t know how to do something.
Any teacher that is worried about being replaced by technology probably should be – Gary Stager (US)
Pre service teacher training – is there a new model needed:
The most important thing for teachers is to contextualise the skills. Rather than teaching with technology, have them learning with technology.
Research to get – Dr Neville Johnstone; Jeffery and Yates – contextualisation of PD
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