Hayden Laird
PHILOSOPHY OVERVIEW
| believe education should begin with getting to know
what students have; their previous experiences, knowledge, belie(s and ideas. Then taking these and
providing them with educative experiences, that
may challenge students: but develop them into critical thinkers with the
ability o inquire. collaborate and lve sustainably ina world that is extensive
inrace, culture, gender/sexual & socio-economic diversity.
The students | teach will be part of the future global society. | will faciltate the change |
wish to see in the world.
TH
CENTURY
Goal 1
Students will be active inquirers, who critically think, develop knowledge and not passively receive it
‘As Dewey (cited in Webster & Ryan, 2014) explains, education should be viewed as a constructive agency
of improving society, that realises children and youth represent the future of society.
Goal 2
Develop students into learners who have an attitude to go on learning (Dewey, 1938), to care about issues
and who are open and willing to have their understandings challenged and clarified. Who can also give
careful considerations to the potential long-term consequences of their actions, take personal
responsibilty for making judgements and acting upon these (Hope-Rowe, 2018).
Goal 3
Teachers will facilitate learning as the construction of ideas, knowing that information is not passively absorbed
through dictating ideas to students. Knowledge is constructed internally. ideas are built upon ideas through
guidance in a learning community. Instead of focussing on amounts of knowledge, focus on processes and learning
through educative experiences (Webster & Ryan, 2012).
THE PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORKS
USED TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS
lew Pedagogies for Deep Learning
ictorian State Government [DET], 2018)
My students will recieve Project-based/Inquity Learning on
topics which are relevant to them in their current and future
world, they will have @ voice and agency in their learning
and experience blended learning. My classroom will be
Leveraging Digital through embedding digital technologies
into lessons to amplify and broaden learning. Learning
partnerships will be formed: teachers.
dnd te wider, even global community will all be involved
where possible to create a Learning Envronment with
climate and culture for interactive learning.
High Impact Teaching Strategies
(Wictorian State Government IDETI, 2017)
Where project-based/inquiry leaming is not quite the
right fit. | will rely on some strategies from HITS. These
Include Structuring Lessons, Explicit Teaching, Worked
Examples and Differentiated Teaching. These strategies
callow plans to be in place for curriculum learning areas
which are more teacher directed and will always have
various student abilities to cater for, ensuring students
are prepared with skills such as mathematics, literacy -
reading, spelling and grammar in their writing and
‘providning opportunities for public speaking