‘Noticing’ our Educational Practice: a prerequisite for innovation?

1. ‘Noticing’ our Educational Practice: a prerequisite for innovation? Karen Clark, Rita D’Alton-Harrison, Lesley Glass, Joy Jarvis, Sharon Korek, Mary Simpson, Norman Thomas, Rebecca Thomas

2. The purpose of this work was to: • Open up different possibilities for classroom practice for the benefit of student learning • Develop and sustain a collegiate staff learning community with energy and commitment to enquire into and enhance educational practice

3. Paying Attention to Classroom Practice Noticing Wide-awakeness being present – noticing – marking - recording

4. What are our lenses? What are our assumptions about: Learning Teaching Our roles Purposes of education Students…. Where do these come from? How can we take a critical perspective?

5. Looking at Examples of Teaching What do you see? What does a colleague see? Try another perspective Look closer Look wider Look through these lenses: Independent learning Technology in learning Learning communities Student-staff relationships ……….

6. Activity: • Choose a recorded example of a moment in a teaching and learning session • What do you first notice? Record your response on the paper provided • Now notice something different and record this • Compare what you have noticed with what has been noticed by others

7. Learning and Impact • What have we learned? • What is the impact?

8. Learning and Feedback • On the post-its provided please identify: • one thing that you are thinking about or • one thing that you are going to do as a result of participating in this workshop Thank you