Learner Agency Questionaire

Learner agency:

A teacher oriented exploration into the affordances and limitations to developing learner agency in years 4-8 Aotearoa/New Zealand classrooms.

Semi-structured questions for interviewee participants

1.    What is your understanding of learner agency? (definition)

2.    Why do you think it is important for teachers to develop the skills of learner agency in learners? (purpose)

3.    What are some effective ways you have developed learner agency? (actions, examples/scenarios, artefacts)

Student goal setting

Real life contexts - storybook, outdoor learning space, planting manuka/kawakawa, bees, ducks - breakfast club, chair making, pest trapping, school welcome film.

Passing on this knowledge to younger students (and older - Whangarei Girls)

Cooperative learning, problem based learning, high expectations, habits of mind, g/mindset, 

Whanau Kauri after school groups

4.    What has been the impact of developing learner agency? (outcomes for the teacher and/or the learners?)

5.    What are some factors that have supported you developing learner agency? (enablers)

6.    What are some factors that have limited/been barriers to you developing learner agency? (barriers)

7.    Do you differentiate opportunities for the development of learner agency? (cultural, special learning needs) How?

8.    What has made the greatest/least impact? Why do you think that is?

9.    What other comments do you have regarding this area?