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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?

DFI Cohort 2 Session 1

• What did I learn that increased my understanding of Manaiakalani kaupapa and pedagogy?

Learn: I learnt heaps today. Probably the most exciting for me was how to effectively use
read-writer for students. I also learnt a few tricks to assist with my mini ALIM inquiry
towards increased students learning outcomes trough improved home/school partnerships and
increasing parent efficacy and understanding of reading, writing and maths levels and what they
mean.
Create: I created an awesome group with my parents, for them to communicate with me, and
me with them
Share: So, I created a google group to share info with whanau and also a snappy poster to make
it feel less confrontational for harder to reach parents. The poster is advertising my after school
student/parent refresher sessions which are really working at accelerating below and well below
student outcomes.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow as a professional?

Loads of useful things, especially how to use Google groups. This will be useful to build transparency and whakawhanaungatanga with my students' whanau.

What did I learn that could be used with my learners?  

I learnt about using voice type properly and to use it as a tool for greater efficiency for

all students, and not just reluctant writers.

What did I learn that could improve my confidence, capability or workflow in my personal life?

Not sure, about this one yet. I think it is still early days and I still feel far from confident in terms of digital fluency.

First week of Alim

This week kauri class has begun ALIM front loading. I have six target students in the group, however I have no room for other students to make it less "levelled."

So far I have seen some promising results. I am still unsure if one particular student needs a different intervention as he still struggles with engagement and focussing in a small group (is this deficit?)