Heads Up Teaching and Learning Conference

1. Heads UpTeaching and Learning Conference November 2012

2. Outstandinglearning and teaching Professor Charles Desforges OBE

3. Ofsted (September 2012) Pupils to show sustained progress deep understanding skills application readiness to move on

4. Expert learners exhibit - the will to learn - ability to form objectives for learning (self challenging) - persistence in adversity - knowledge of learning processes - basic skills - creativity and flexibility (self informing)

5. achievement attitudesesp:responsibility persistence skillsesp:literacy values esp:citizenship learning

6. lo ach hi

7. Ideal teaching and learning - learner centred - cognitive and metacognitive activity - learning thinking skills - afl - effect size 0.7 sd

8. Challenge: Changes form as tasks change purposeaccumulation consolidation/practice application discovery/invention revision

9. Differentiation by presentationsupportproduction

10. When does knowledge use fail? - the knowledge is not there - knowledge is there but relevance is not seen - relevance is seen but application strategy not available - strategy available but commitment lacking

11. Teaching for knowledge use Teach: - an active knowledge base - application strategies - ‘can do’ attitude - authentic activities

12. Learning in and out of school in school out of school individual shared general specific symbolic manipulation contextualised reasoning “How can schools enable youngstersto connect and draw from all the forces for learning at their disposal?”

13. References About learning (2006) London:Demos: www.demos.co.ukBransford, J.D. et al (1999) How people learn. Washington: National Academy Pressfuturelab.org.ukOfsted (2012) Improving Schools (from Ofsted website)www.c4eo.org.uk

14. Charles Desforges c.w.desforges@exeter.ac.uk