1. Behavioural: participation, positive conduct, persistence & involvement
2. Affective/Emotional: teachers, peers, learning & school - how they feel
3. Cognitive: taking riskes, learning challenges, self regulating learning
Aspects directly align with the Key Competencies in the NZ Curriculum.
We have been implementing the survey for the past 3 years at Hornby. The survey provides us with valuable insight into how our pupils view themselves as learners and how staff and the wider community contribute to positive learning outcomes.
There are 28 item questions. Summary of results for pupils who responded either with agree or strongly agree.
Year 6 (n=35)
Bettered NZ Norms on 27 of 28 questions.
Equal on the other question.
Examples
My teachers help me learn 100%
Doing well at school is very important to me 100%
I feel like I am making progress at school 100%
I am proud to be at this school 97%
At school I always try to do me best work 97%
I feel my culture is valued and respected 97%
Year 5 (n=30)
Bettered NZ Norms on 27 of 28 questions.
1% point below NZ Norm on the other question.
Year 4 (n=22)
Bettered NZ Norms on 27 of 28 questions.
Equal on the other question.
The results are outstanding and show a significant improvement from the first survey undertaken in Term 1 2016. The question one needs to ask is why? What has changed, what is different?
1. Learn Create Share and the affordances of digital technology have transformed our teaching and learning practice, which has resulted in engaged motivated learners.
2. Evidence-based findings from Woolf Fisher Research Centre which teachers then put into practice, eg. rewindable learning, multi modal texts, extended conversations, ...
3. Relationships, relationships and relationships. The relationship between the learner and the teacher is the most significant in-school factor in terms of achievement.
The diagram below represents our 2017 writing progress and achievement. Accelerated progress is evident in all year levels and pupils are above the norm by the end of Year 6. I firmly believe there is a causal link between Learn Create Share and the affordances of digital technology, and engaged motivated learners as the Me & My School data and student achievement data below clearly demonstrate. We will not be getting off this bus (Helsinki Bus Station Theory, more detail in another post)!
