The Reflective Process
UOI reflection is not a one-period, check-box to say we did it. It is a process over a couple days, maybe more for students and teachers to look back at what they learned and accomplished during the UOI. The units stay in the program of inquiry forever and the goal is to make them better each year.
Goals:
· Students are reflecting about themselves as learners and how they exhibited the attributes of a lifelong learner (Learner Profile during UOI) and ATL Skills
o What did I learn about myself and how I learn?
o What examples can I give about being a (risk-taker, communicator, well-balanced, etc) during the unit?
o When did I have to use ATL skills (self-management, communication, social, thinking)?
o How did the central idea connect to all my subjects? What are some examples?
o What was fun, difficult, easy, challenging…..?
Students make reflections and use SMART goals to set the goals for the next unit.
Students had been separated into small groups. They share their reflection in groups. EAL, ATL and HR teachers joined, listen, and encourage them. They also do that for goals.
· Teachers are reflecting on the effectiveness of the activities to create the attributes of the learner profile and the ATL skills. They first need to look back at the UOI in terms of agency and inquiry and then use it for feedforward into the future:
o What activities effectively empowered the students to critically think and make decisions either individually or as a group?
o What strategies provided the students with the best opportunity to drive instruction and learning through inquiry? Why?
o How effective was the monitoring, documenting and measuring of learning?
o What evidence did we gather about students' knowledge, conceptual understandings and skills?
o How can we further strengthen transdisciplinary connections?
o Where can we innovate for future learning and teaching?