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  • expression and communication of these values is essential in any valid explanation of your educational influence in your own learning and in the learning of others.  I am thinking here of values such as freedom, justice, care, love, compassion, respect and knowledge-creation
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  • 'How do I improve what I am doing?'  in  your professional practice.
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  • onversations between pairs of practitioner-researchers in which we take some 4 minutes each to outline our contexts, what really matters to us, and what we would like to improve
  • motivating you to improve your practice it often helps in the development of realistic action pla
  • After the initial conversation on values and context in relation to your desire to improve practices that relate to helping students, yourself and/or colleagues to improve their learning, I believe that you may find the following action planning process most useful.
  • 'How do I improve what I am doing?'
  • tions, ideas and actions that can distinguish an action reflection cycle: 1) What do I want to improve? What is my concern? Why am I concerned? 2) Imagining possibilities and choosing one of them to act on in an action plan 3) As I am acting what data will I collect to enable me to judge my educational influence in my professional context as I answer my question?  4) Evaluating the influence of the actions in terms of values and understandings. 5) Modifying concerns, ideas and actions in the light of evaluations.
  • Making public a validated explanation of educational influences
  • 7) As I evaluate the educational influences of my actions in my own learning and the learning of other, who might be willing to help me to strengthen the validity of my explanation of my learning about my influence with responses to questions such as: i)               Is my explanation as comprehensible as it could be? ii)             Could I improve the evidential basis of my claims to know what I am doing? iii)            Does my explanation include an awareness of historical and cultural influences in what I am doing and draw on the most advanced social theories of the day? iv)            Am I showing that I am committed to the values that I claim to be living by?
  • nhancing professionalism with TASC (Thinking Actively in a Social Context)
  • .  In producing a valid explanation for our educational influences in the learning of others I believe it to be necessary for the other's explanation of their own learning to be included in our explanation. 
  • ecognises the creativity of the other in engaging with ideas
  • I believe that Sally's writings make an original contribution to educational knowledge whilst showing that she has found useful some of my own ideas  in making this contribution.
  • Educational Enquiry (EE), Research Methods in Education (RME), Understanding Learners and Learning (ULL) and Gifts and Talents in Education (G & T) you can access these at: http://www.actionresearch.net/writings/mastermod.shtml .
  • To see the criteria used in assessing these units click on this link for the MACriteria.
  • virtual learning space for this CPD project go to http://www.spanglefish.com/livingvaluesimprovingpracticecooperatively/ . You can also read Walton's (2011 a&b) ideas on developing a collaborative inquiry.
  • In an inclusional way of being and knowing an individual recognises that they exist in a relational dynamic of space and boundaries. Hence one of the tasks of the practitioner-researcher is to express and communicate this relational dynamic in explanations of educational influence.
  • An example here would be the use of Foucault's (1977) ideas on Power/Knowledge to understand the relationships between the Truth of Power and the Power of Truth in the workplace when seeking academic legitimation for new living standards of judgment.
  • Appendix 1 Action Planner
  • You can access this curriculum at http://www.actionresearch.net/writings/bishops/bish99.pdf
  • How do we contribute to an educational knowledge base
  • Hymer, B. (2007) How do I understand and communicate my values and beliefs in my work as an educator in the field of giftedness?
  • Matt LeClair on 04 Jan 12
     
    "Action Planning In Improving Practice And Generating Educational Knowledge In Creating Your Living Educational Theory"
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    n a living educational theory approach to action research, individuals hold their lives to account by producing explanations of their educational influences in their own learning in enquiries of the kind, 'How am I improving what I am doing?' They do this in contexts where they are seeking to live the values they use to give life meaning and purpose as fully as they can. The living educational theories of professional educators and other practitioner-researchers usually explain their educational influences in the learning of their students and can also explain their educational influences in the learning of social formations. See www.actionresearch.net/writings/livtheory.html.
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  • Matt LeClair on 28 Feb 12
     
    "Valuing Workforce Members and Partners An organization's success depends increasingly on an engaged workforce that benefits from meaningful work, clear organizational direction, and performance accountability that has a safe, trusting, and cooperative environment. "
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  • Our ability to learn whatever we want, whenever we want, from whomever we want is rendering the linear, age-grouped, teacher-guided curriculum less and less relevant.
  • Experts are at our fingertips,
  • Content and information are everywhere, not just in textbooks.
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  • And the work we create and publish is assessed by the value it brings to the people who read it, reply to it, and remix it.
  • Much of what our students learn from us is unlearned once they leave us; paper is not the best way to share our work, facts and truths are constantly changing, and working together is becoming the norm, not the exception.
  • It's about solving problems together and sharing the knowledge we've gained with wide audiences.
  • Inherent in the collaborative process is a new way of thinking about teaching and learning
  • As connectors, we provide the chance for kids to get better at learning from one another.
  • In fact, we need to rely on trusted members of our personal networks to help sift through the sea of stuff, locating and sharing with us the most relevant, interesting, useful bits.
  • That means that as teachers, we must begin to model our own editorial skills
  • Collaboration in these times requires our students to be able to seek out and connect with learning partners, in the process perhaps navigating cultures, time zones, and technologies.
  • they come into contact with: Who is this person? What are her passions? What are her credentials? What can I learn from her?
  • As Clay Shirky writes in Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, "Knowingly sharing your work with others is the simplest way to take advantage of the new social tools."
  • Fortunately, social tools like wikis, blogs, and social-bookmarking sites make working with others across time and space easier than it's ever been. They are indeed "weapons of mass collaboration," as author Donald Tapscott calls them.
  • The Collaboration Age comes with challenges that often cause concern and fear. How do we manage our digital footprints, or our identities, in a world where we are a Google search away from both partners and predators?
  • What are the ethics of co-creation when the nuances of copyright and intellectual property become grayer each day? When connecting and publishing are so easy, and so much of what we see is amateurish and inane, how do we ensure that what we create with others is of high quality?
  • I believe that is what educators must do now. We must engage with these new technologies and their potential to expand our own understanding and methods in this vastly different landscape.
  • And we must be able to model those shifts for our students and counsel them effectively when they run across problems with these tools.
  • Matt LeClair on 27 Oct 11
     
    World Without Walls: Learning Well with Others How to teach when learning is everywhere. By Will Richardson Facebook 16 Twitter 25 Share 136 Email Four teachers from High Tech High. Bringing Their A-Game: Humanities teacher Spencer Pforsich, digital arts/sound production teacher Margaret Noble, humanities teacher Leily Abbassi, and math/science teacher Marc Shulman make lessons come alive on the High Tech campuses in San Diego. Credit: David Julian Earlier this year, as I was listening to a presentation by an eleven-year-old community volunteer and blogger named Laura Stockman about the service projects she carries out in her hometown outside Buffalo, New York, an audience member asked where she got her ideas for her good work. Her response blew me away. "I ask my readers," she said. I doubt anyone in the room could have guessed that answer. But if you look at the Clustrmap on Laura's blog, Twenty Five Days to Make a Difference, you'll see that Stockman's readers -- each represented by a little red dot -- come from all over the world. 1 She has a network of connections, people from almost every continent and country, who share their own stories of service or volunteer to assist Stockman in her work. She's sharing and learning and collaborating in ways that were unheard of just a few years ago. Welcome to the Collaboration Age, where even the youngest among us are on the Web, tapping into what are without question some of the most transformative connecting technologies the world has ever seen. These tools are allowing us not only to mine the wisdom and experiences of the more than one billion people now online but also to connect with them to further our understanding of the global experience and do good work together. These tools are fast changing, decidedly social, and rich with powerful learning opportunities for us all, if we can figure out how to leverage their potential. For e
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    "Lumzy is a mockup and prototyping tool for websites and applications. By "mockup", we mean a quick sketch that gives an idea of what the site or application you are planning to build will look like. When we say "prototype", we're referring to something functional, and with Lumzy we're NOT talking about simply page-linking (like so many other so-called "prototyping" tools provide). No way, we're talking about functional prototypes - where a user can perform events such a clicking on buttons, selecting values from dropdowns, filling in text fields, scrolling lists, etc..., and those events can trigger actions. These actions provide the client with the experience they'd expect from a functioning site or application, such as seeing popup windows, or alert messages, or being taken to other pages or even to other websites (yes you can launch real "live" URLs from within your prototype). "
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    " esearch methods (pdf, 89kb) This table identifies the strengths of different methods of research to help you identify the most appropriate method for your programme or activity Research question bank (Word, 100kb) A question bank that offers useful and relevant research questions to help you customise questionnaires. Questions are divided into categories including: knowledge and understanding; skills; attitudes and values; enjoyment, inspiration and creativity and activity, behaviour and progression Guidelines on involving users (Word, 38kb) This document provides useful tips on how to involve users in identifying learning opportunites Interpreting visual images (Word, 774kb) This useful guide helps you to interpret visual images as research evidence. Particularly useful in researching the impact of your learning activity with children Focus group guide (Word, 40kb) This guide provides information and support on how to run a focus group "
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  • ← More Symbaloo love: A collection of design tools Free-range vs Facilitated Discussions → Becoming aware of learner perceptions Posted on March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment A number of surveys have compared employees’ perceptions of what they need and managers’ perceptions of what employees need. These are listed by priority in the table below.
  • what employees tend to value most are those intangibles they’d receive from a positive relationship with their managers.
  • Matt LeClair on 08 May 12
     
    Becoming aware of learner perceptions Posted on March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment A number of surveys have compared employees' perceptions of what they need and managers' perceptions of what employees need. These are listed by priority in the table below.
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  • Team members who understand one another's abilities not only trust one another, they can easily distinguish the areas in which their time and talents are most effectively applied from those better left in the hands of teammates. It's easy to see how this improves the team's efficiency.
  • we described how the dialogue between individuals with different dominant strengths improves the quality of the decision-making process
  • A good manager will take the time to deconstruct the daily operation of his or her team, identifying where it bogs down and where it over-accelerates.
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  • Those insights can then be used as a basis for dialogue within the team, allowing each member to better understand his or her ideal role relative to the other team members
  • ensure that the team operates as more than the sum of its parts
  • best strategies for building a highly effective, strengths-based team?
  • With your group, determine what "team" means to each of you.
  • Do they share a common goal? A common set of measures that determine success? Are collective achievements possible -- or is this really an assortment of individuals working independently with separate measurement and goals?
  • Even when individuals do much of the team's work independently, team members can still share in the responsibilities associated with building a great place to work. Think about using the Gallup Q12 items as a common focus for better partnership and teaming.
  • f the group is working with common measurements and a shared goal, however, investing some time and thought in strengths-based team building will pay off.
  • A shared goal must be shared in both vision and execution.
  • diversity or similarity of the descriptions. How are your viewpoints alike? In what ways do you see different aspects or issues in the challenge or opportunity?
  • You might start by listing the common functions you feel your team must allocate in order to operate smoothly.
  • Ask team members to consciously consider: "Who am I, and what do I contribute?"
  • t the ideal role is unique for each.
  • Once you've allocated functions, ask the person whose name is next to each individual function to "own" that aspect of the team's operation.
  • ber that consistency and practice are the keys.
  • Make this a regular part of your team's work -- to consider not only the issues, problems or challenges, but also the ways you work together in solving or achieving them.
  • Now that you have the functions or process, consider each person'
  • Ask each person to share two of his strengths, and identify two areas within the process that are a "best fit" for him
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  • How to tap the potential of employees who are not actively engaged or are disengaged? Yes, the management studies conducted over last few years have revealed that only 11 percent of the total employee strength is actively engagement and feels a strong commitment towards their work and workplace. The rest 89 percent of the employees are either not actively engaged or disengaged. This means that the organisations are able to tap the potential of only 11 percent employees. Encouraging the rest of the workforce is still a big challenge for them.
  • Biological and Physiological Needs: These are basic human needs including food, water and shelter. Organisations can buy them lunch, offer gift cards and give time off for necessary day-to-day tasks. It not only makes their life easier but also gives them a chance to retain with the organisation. Safety Needs: Safety needs include good shelter, protection, safety, security, law and order and stability. Once human beings have enough for food, water and shelter, they want to live a comfortable and safe life. Again the mantra of keeping them with the organisation is to pay. Pay for food and loan them an amount to build their own home or buy a vehicle. Organisations can also support their children education. Belonging Needs: It is a basic human need that they always want to be associated with something. They want to belong and to be belonged. The managers can establish friendly relationships with their subordinates so that they feel that they are an important asset of the organisation and they add value to it. Including them in decision making process or any other sensitive issue springing up within the workplace is a good idea. Also involve them in improvement teams where they really can contribute something substantial. Self Esteem: According to Maslow’s Hierarchy model, the fourth stage of one’s life is to attain a status in the society as well as in professional life. Besides this, a sense of achievement and recognition of their efforts play a vital role. Organisations which are successful in recognising the efforts of employees and reward them for their performance and contribution are able to retain their talent. Issuing newsletters recognising their contribution or giving a think you card or awarding them with a trophy can serve the purpose. Self Actualisation: It is the last stage in the Maslow’s Hierarchy model that is about growth and fulfilment in personal and professional life. By this time, individuals are well settled in life and are able to contribute through their work experiences. It is the time when organisations can make them feel empowered by giving them leadership authority, autonomy to take decisions and training opportunities. Employee engagement is a science as well as an art. It takes into account all tangible and intangible factors related to human life directly or indirectly.
  • Matt LeClair on 22 Jun 12
     
    How to tap the potential of employees who are not actively engaged or are disengaged? Yes, the management studies conducted over last few years have revealed that only 11 percent of the total employee strength is actively engagement and feels a strong commitment towards their work and workplace. The rest 89 percent of the employees are either not actively engaged or disengaged. This means that the organisations are able to tap the potential of only 11 percent employees. Encouraging the rest of the workforce is still a big challenge for them.
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    "Use this self-assessment tool-based on the Organizational Profile section in the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence-to measure your organization against others that have taken the challenge. "
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    "To measure your skill level and see how Crucial Confrontations can best serve your needs, candidly review the following statements. Check "Yes" if they apply to you. Check "No" if they do not. The following questions explore how you typically respond when you're in the middle of a stressful situation."
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    Discover the strengths and weaknesses of your current influence style so you can focus on specific areas of improvement. Take our self-assessment."
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    You have a purpose in life. You know in your heart what's most important to you. In fact, your mission and values are expressed every day, by how you live-you just may not realize it. We're here to help you find the right words to put that mission down on paper.
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