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Providing good feedback

Providing good feedback, Tips and resources on how to give and receive feedback from students

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Leading science at Newton Moore

This specialist science school runs two programs. The first of these, Science Horizons - Beyond the School Gate, aims to make science relevant by active learning and research in the natural environment. The second program, Science Engineering, is a new initiative that is designed to further develop students’ passion in a field of science that is particularly relevant to Western Australia. Professional collaboration and mentoring are key approaches that have led to the programs achieving, Newton Moore Senior High School is located in Bunbury, Western Australia and has approximately 620 students. The school has a strong commitment to innovation through the implementation and development of future-focussed learning programs and is a Pathfinder School within Microsoft's Partners, . The school has a strong commitment to innovation through the implementation and development of future-focussed learning programs and is a Pathfinder School within Microsoft's Partners in Learning program

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Creative problem solving

Practical subjects require a range of flexible classroom management strategies to cope with students working on individual projects. The teacher describes some of the approaches that she has developed to respond to situations where her students may be separately engaged in research, folio, and group activity work with whole class feedback and/or demonstration. In working with colleagues, she emphasises the need to ensure that the content and strategies used are engaging and flexible, Centralian Senior College is the largest senior secondary education provider in Alice Springs. The school was established in 2005 and has approximately 600 students in years 10, 11 and 12. As the Arts Co-ordinator of the College, the teacher recognises the need to have flexible and appropriate classroom management approaches suited to both the subject area and to age of the students that she and her colleagues teach. She models these in her own classes and assists colleagues to adopt strategies

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Classroom observation in practice

informed feedback from another teacher who is familiar with the need of the students in the class she, A teacher at a primary school in Western Australia discusses with two colleagues approaches and attributes of her teaching. With a non-teaching member of the school's staff, who has been at the school for five years, she uses classroom observation and a review of a lesson, recorded on video, to highlight practical ways that students can be engaged through verbal and non-verbal behaviour. She, Yiyili Aboriginal Community School is part of the Aboriginal Independent Community Schools network of Western Australia. The school is located in the East Kimberley Region. It caters for K-10 students from Yiyili and the surrounding outstations: Ganinya, Goolgaradah, Kurinyjarn, Pullout Springs, Rocky Springs and Moongardie. The school has six equivalent full-time teaching staff and 12 equivalent full-time non-teaching staff. Within the East Kimberley Region, there are limited opportunities

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How many syllables in hippopotamus?

In this Illustration, Glenda explains her process for developing a love of literacy in her kindergarten classroom. She shares examples of ways that she builds upon children's learning to advance literacy skills over the course of the year. Glenda uses multiple strategies to help young learners make connections between the written word, oral language and pictures. She highlights the importance of a child's voice as a fundamental element in developing their literacy foundation, Warracknabeal Memorial Kindergarten is situated in the Northern Wimmera, around four hours north-west of Melbourne. There are three staff, one early childhood teacher and two educators. The 4-5 year old program provides 15 hours of preschool education each week for every child, and the program structure is a free indoor/outdoor program with move-able snack and lunch routines

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Cellular respiration

At St Mary's College, the students undertake an experiment to reinforce their understanding of cellular respiration. As the students undertake the practical lesson measuring the carbon dioxide production from five solutions the classroom teacher who is also the science coordinator circulates among the groups. Asking open and closed questions that unpack their observations, the teacher helps the students establish connections with their prior learning and encourages deeper learning, St Mary’s College in Hobart was founded in 1868 and provides a K-12 education for girls (and K-2 for boys). The college has implemented the Australian Curriculum for science from Foundation to Year 10 and offers a wide variety of science subjects at the senior years including biology, chemistry and earth sciences. The college has established a Women in Science Centre and participates in a range of events including the University of Tasmania Science Fair to increase opportunities for students

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Collaborative teaching in science inquiry

Two grade six teachers discuss how they work collaboratively with the Head of Science at their K-12 school in integrating Science into their unit of inquiry on sharing the planet. The unit focuses on the central idea that children worldwide face risks and challenges. In this lesson students learn about earthquakes, drawing on other subject areas such as math, to understand how earthquakes affect the physical environment, Located 20km south of central Melbourne, Mentone Girls' Grammar is a Foundation to Year 12 school founded in 1899. Science is a main focus at the school and students in Year 5 and 6 are taught STEM subjects by specialist teachers from the Senior School. In Year 5, students undertake a STEM year in which every topic connects to Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. As a result of the strong emphasis on Science, the school has high student uptake of Science electives at Year 12

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Improving professional practice

The teacher believes self-reflection is fundamental to learning; for teachers as well as for students. Having set professional goals that were personally challenging at the beginning of the year, the teacher uses opportunities to reflect on her progress with the school Principal and her mentor. The feedback she has received from her peers is positive, and she explains how she has used this to develop skills in an area she once found challenging. The teacher articulates the importance of new, Ross Park is the oldest government primary school in Alice Springs. Previously, the school has used the Territory’s locally developed teaching standards. Now, Ross Park Primary School is using the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The teacher has been at the school for four years and currently teaches a Transition/year 1 class. She has negotiated a number of goals with her principal at the start of the year. These have been aligned with the focus areas and descriptors

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Safe use of electrical appliances

The teacher uses questioning and demonstration to explore with her students in a year 6 science lesson the safe use of electrical appliances. She focuses discussion on practical issues relevant to her students such as the use of electrical appliances in areas where contact with water is possible, or appliances that use water in their operation. Following a theoretical explanation, she uses a simple experiment to demonstrate to students whether electricity is conducted through water, Coolbinia Primary School is located in the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The primary school offers classes from kindergarten to year 7. Within the primary school there are approximately 270 students. In year 6 there are 31 students. The video where students observe an experiment to see whether electricity will flow through water is an extract from a number of lessons focusing on energy conservation and sustainability

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Effective Feedback

Effective Feedback, The research is clear: effective feedback practices can greatly improve student learning and teaching quality. Use these evidence-based, practical tools to introduce or enhance feedback in your setting

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