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Year 2

First half-term: inquiry into developing quality pedagogy and making productive use of assessment (part 1)

In this module you’ll look at how to gather evidence about the impact your teaching is having, followed by practical tips on altering your practices to get better results.

Week 1: module audit

During your first week of this practitioner inquiry module you and your mentor will take a look at the topics being covered, establish your level of confidence and agree on an inquiry area to focus on.

Mentors

During the first week of this practitioner inquiry module, you should take a look at the topics being covered.

You should also catch up with the ECT to establish their level of confidence and agree on an inquiry area to focus on.

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Week 2: using evidence to show how developing quality pedagogy and making productive use of assessment will affect your pupils

For this topic you’ll need to work through the self-study materials below.

Duration: 45 minutes.

  1. Learning Intentions and Introduction
  2. Research and Practice Summary
  3. Self-Study Activities

Mentors

There are no mentor activities this week.

Week 3: what might be a useful alteration to your teaching?

There are no self-study materials this week. Instead, you will meet your mentor to discuss your practitioner inquiry.

Mentors

The ECT does not have any self-study materials this week. Instead, you should meet them to discuss their practitioner inquiry.

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Week 4

There are no activities this week.

Mentors

There are no activities this week.

Week 5: structured reflection upon your inquiry and the alterations to your teaching

There are no self-study materials this week. Instead, you will meet your mentor to update them about your inquiry.

Mentors

The ECT does not have any self-study materials this week. Instead, they should update you about their inquiry.

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