Well I came unstuck straight away. I hadn't factored in the short breaks and time in the buses moving from venue to venue.
I have been able to quickly reflect upon the Breakout Sessions as they were both very relevant to what I am currently working on in my school. I have been able to sift the information through the filter of my current needs.
The Keynote speakers were speaking about more theoretical issues, ones that I needed to ponder upon.
Prof Yoram Harpaz spoke on "The ideologies of education: in search of the pedagogical sentiment."
From this I took the idea that we need to choose one meta-ideology. By moving between Socialisation, Acculturation and Individualism perspectives we are creating confusion in our students. Effective schools teach by one and as students move from teacher to teacher there is congruence.
I also took the idea that teachers experience dissonance when their personal belief is at variance with what is expected in the school. I have worked in schools where this is so and it makes for a very uncomfortable situation.
Following this talk I have a clearer idea of how ideologies influence my teaching and work within my team at school.
The second Keynote speaker was Dr Adam Lefstein - "Teacher Professional Discourse and Learning: What we talk about when we talk about learning."
From this I took that the language and methods of teacher talk are not always effective. After sharing how we don't use our talking time effectively he shared how to do so in smarter ways.
and five challenges:
Photos by Alex Le Long on Twitter.
So to sum up - the themes that have come through loud and strong today have been:
- Honesty in dealing with others. They deserve it and so do I.
- Continue to work on developing the team. It is important.
- Keep working on how to have effective learning conversations.
- And work out how the school ideology, mine and those in the team can all be clearly stated so it is obvious we are working towards the same goal.
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