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Support for Single Gender Classes Project

What's happened so far?

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Professional Learning for teachers is underway with Unit One of Module One examining:

  • the purpose of the project;
  • clarification of the role of participants; and
  • the development of a shared understanding of the aims of the project.

Comments from participants included:

  • "I have had a few long-held beliefs/myths, busted.  A mind shift is definitely on".
  •  "The highlight of the PD was the networking with other schools and activity based sessions which promoted discussion".

Module One Unit Two focused on:

  • Single Gender 2
    • action learning and action research;
  • relevant research and its implications for classroom practice;
  • specific issues and appropriate steps for action; and
  • evaluation procedur es, presented by Karen Trimmer.

 

Comments from participants included:

Single Gender 3"Improving Educational Outcomes' jigsaw activity consolidated the learning process required by students and also in how we should be dealing with staff".

 "ACTION LEARNING - enjoyed learning about this. Making links/realising how I can do more of this".

"Developing productive pedagogy: schools should give much greater emphasis to leadership in pedagogy - not simply leadership in management".

What's coming?


Module 2 is planned for 4 August with the focus being the "Sharing of practice" with participants:


  • sharing their action learning with each other;
  • engaging in a facilitated question and answer forum on Single Gender Education with Simon Reid, Principal, Cloverdale PS ; and
  • examining a variety of research articles to suit their needs on issues related to single gender education.



Teachers meet to plan for the Single Gender Classes Project underway in five secondary schools.