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Raising expectations. High expectations of school leaders, teachers, students, parents and community members support the educational achievement of all students at all stages of schooling, particularly during critical transition points. Raising expectations.
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Raising expectations High expectations of school leaders, teachers, students, parents and community members support the educational achievement of all students at all stages of schooling, particularly during critical transition points.
Raising expectations Aspirations are the hopes and goals people hold for their own or others’ achievements. Expectations are the beliefs and assumptions people have about their own or others’ likely achievements.
Raising expectations Click here to view Professor Barbara Comber’s video excerpt 1
Raising expectations What are the aspirations of students in your school or classroom? How do your expectations of your students match their aspirations?
Raising expectations What children come to believe about themselves is a result of the messages from significant others such as parents and teachers.
Raising expectations There is no research that supports the view that students from low SES backgrounds will have less learning potential than more advantaged students or that their failure is inevitable. Henderson & Berla, 1995
Raising expectations Students whose parents communicate high expectations of them are more likely to believe that they are capable of achieving high educational outcomes.
Whose responsibility is raising expectations? FAMILY TEACHER STUDENT COMMUNITY PRINCIPAL
Raising expectations Click here to view Professor Peter Freebody’s video excerpt 2
Raising expectations Teachers’, parents’ and students’ expectations of themselves and others are mutually shaped. One aspect of ‘expectations’ cannot be considered without taking account of the important role played by others.
Raising expectations Teachers’ expectations of students may be influenced by: • students’ prior achievements • language and cultural backgrounds • social and economic class • gender • classroom placement • personal characteristics such as appearance • behaviour and attitudes to learning • community • media.
Raising expectations Overwhelmingly, the research indicates that, of the factors that schools can control, quality teaching is the greatest single factor in students’ achievement and that, in fact, quality teaching makes the difference. Rowe, 2002
Raising expectations A focused application of the Quality Teaching framework, supported by professional learning opportunities, has the potential to reconnect students over time, this in turn challenging teachers’ beliefs and expectations in ways that might reinforce a more positive cycle of increasingly high quality pedagogy for low SES and ATSI [sic] student groups. Griffiths et al 2007
Raising expectations When teachers set high but attainable goals foracademic performance, academic performanceusually increases. Burke, 1995
Raising expectations Students expect their teachers to know what they’re talking about, to treat all students fairly and to create classroom environments which support learning.
Raising expectations Students who believe that they are competent and are capable of achieving high standards are more likely to be motivated to learn.
Raising expectations Parents are more likely to see education as crucial to their children’s chances of future success, and hold higher aspirations for their children than they held for themselves.
Raising expectations • Click here to view Professor Jenny Ruge's video excerpt 3
Raising expectations - activity 3A Consider how the student in the video was supported by the class teacher, parents, support teachers and others to improve his literacy skills.
Raising expectations – activity 3B Consider the following questions: • Where are we/am I now? View the school or (draft) plan Look for evidence of high expectations • Where would you like to be? Brainstorm ways to raise expectations in the school or (draft) plan for the future • What actions are required to get to question 2? • What are the challenges to overcome?
DANGER!! LOW EXPECTATIONS CAN BECOME SELF FULFILLING PROPHECIES Raising expectations STOP