Developing Students as Independent Learners
Learning Intentions for the Day
We are exploring:
how to support our students to communicate with creativity
how to scaffold learning experiences for access and challenge to include each student
how to further develop our students as independent learners
Session 3 Outline
14:00 - 14:10 Developing Students as Independent Learners
14:10 - 14:30 Breakout Room: Engaging Students in the Feedback Process
14:30 - 14:45 Working with Feedback to Support Student Learning
14:45 - 15:00 The Student Language Portfolio
15:00 - 15:20 Standing Back to Consider: In our MFL Department
15:20 - 15:30 Conclusion and Feedback
Developing Students as Independent Learners
14:00 - 14:10
Listen to our associates and some of their students speak about how students' ability to take ownership of their learning and develop independence in their learning is supported in the classroom.
Breakout Room: Engaging Students in the Feedback Process
14:10 - 14:30
Breakout room
Nominate a spokesperson
Select your MFL language from the green bars which will bring you to a Padlet regarding feedback
Collate the main points of your discussion for sharing.
Prompts
How can the success criteria be exploited to support peer feedback?
How can the success criteria be exploited to support self-assessment?
Working with Feedback to Support Student Learning
14:30 - 14:45
đź•“ Individually
How can the feedback loop support each student's learning in my classroom?
Discussion
How do I support my students in implementing their feedback to progress their learning?
đź•“ Individually
A resource to support student reflection in the Modern Foreign Languages classroom.
The Student Language Portfolio
14:45 - 15:00
The student language portfolio focuses on the process of language learning and places the learner at the centre of teaching, assessment and learning. It provides the MFL student with an opportunity to set personal learning goals
Using the student language portfolio supports formative assessment in the MFL classroom and facilitates students in showcasing their language-learning achievements
Students learn a lot from the process of language acquisition when they are taught how to use a portfolio to document and reflect on their learning. They need to develop confidence in interaction and an awareness of the process of language acquisition.
(Modern Foreign Languages Specification, page 21)
Jamboard
On a scale of 1 to 10, consider where you are in developing the Student Language Portfolio to support student learning in your junior cycle classes.
đź•“ Individually
Consider the reflective prompts in the three drop-down menus in relation to the Student Language Portfolio.
Getting Started
How do we physically organise our Student Language Portfolios?
Will our Student Language Portfolio be digital or a blend of paper and digital?
Who will take responsibility for managing the Student Language Portfolio?
Up and Running
Does the portfolio have a space where students can work and make sense of their learning?
Is there a system for students to organise their learning in their own unique manner?
Is there a system for students to celebrate and collate both achievement and successes in their learning?
As a learning community, how do we ensure that each student's Student Language Portfolio is appropriately managed to support the integrated summative assessment moments?
Moving Forward
What strategies and tools have we incorporated to support student reflection?
What strategies and tools have we incorporated to support student target setting?
How have we incorporated for students to take responsibility and ownership of managing their own notes?
How have we incorporated for students to track and manage feedback to support their learning?
As a learning community, are Student Language Portfolios flexible enough to allow learners make individual decisions that support their learning?
How might I exploit the Student Language Portfolio to support assessment and reporting?
Breakout Room
Choose the breakout room that best corresponds to your practice in relation to the Student Language Portfolio.
Prompts
Discuss the prompts in the relevant drop down menu
Decide one area of focus to further develop the Student Language Portfolio in your practice.
Standing Back to Consider: In our MFL Department
15:00 - 15:20
Breakout Room
In your MFL Department, consider:
what did we experience that supports the development of students as independent learners?
how might we further develop the Student Language Portfolio to support student learning?
Complete the following 3 - 2 - 1:
Three things I will do to further support students to communicate with increasing independence, confidence and creativity
Two things I will do to ensure access and challenge for each student in their learning
One thing I will do to further develop peer assessment to support student learning.
Wrap-up and Feedback
15:20 - 15:30
