Teaching and Learning Group
The Teaching and Learning Group members:
- Andy Hulse, Plantsbrook School
- Clive Wright, Bishop Walsh
- Peter Wood, John Willmott School
- April Slater, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
- Ros Gellis, Arthur Terry School
- Helen Williams, Fairfax
- Rebecca Maiden, SCSG
1. The group have been undertaking a project across schools looking at factors which influence student engagement.
- Stage One - observations
- Stage Two - a teaching and learning day
- Stage Three - student focus on effective strategies
- Stage Four - final report and sample materials into schools
To read the interim report click here.
2. The interplay between emotion and learning was further explored and a report is in progress. For more information contact Jill Cable
3. Mindset and Motivation
The group have looked at the work of Carol Dweck on the entity and incremental theory of intelligence. Students holding the belief that intelligence is malleable are more resilient and perform better in the long run than those who see intelligence as a constant. The group has prepared resources for use with staff, parents and students. Pilot projects are in progress in Bishop Vesey’s School, Sutton Girls School, John Willmott School and Plantsbrook School.
Dweck presentations and resources below
- Year 7 learning methods
- How the brain learns (ppt presentation)
- Malleable Intelligence (doc)
- Boosting Intelligence (pdf)(
- Developing intelligence record sheet (docx)
- Develop Your Intellgence presentation (Clive Wright, ppt)
- Entity and incremental theory (Dweck, ppt)
- Fixed and growth mindsets diagram (pdf)
- Fixed and growth mindsets and use of praise (Peter Wood, ppt)
- How the brain learns (ppt)
- Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition (pdf)
- Intelligence getting started questions
- Presentation to Year 7 Parents (Clive Wright, ppt)
- Self Theories: The Mindset of a Champion (Dweck, pdf)
You may also like to visit Geoff Petty's website for more Teaching and Learning resources.
Images courtesy of Sutton Coldfield College, Arthur Terry Scool and Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls