When have I How have I

experienced used this

Strategy Focus questions
this in the strategy as
past? a teacher?

Often seen in
Are higher-order thinking and
English, Maths and To be advised
critical analysis occurring?
Science.

In schools, often To be advised

there are classes such
as Home Economics
etc. that are
Does the lesson sequence cover
operational fields.
operational fields in any depth,
The students will use
detail or level of specificity?
what they learn from
Deep these classes most
knowledge likely real-life
and higher circumstances.
order thinking
If the student is not To be advised
engaging in the
lesson, then often
they dont get the
Do the work and response of the
concept or idea.
students provide evidence of
Therefore, the way
depth of understanding of
that the information
concepts or ideas?
or concept must be
delivered in another
way to ensure the
student is learning.

Does classroom talk break out of To be advised

Collaborative the initiation/response/evaluation
Often seen in group
and social pattern and lead to sustained
work or assignments.
learning dialogue between students, and
between teachers and students?

Knowledge as Often seen in English To be advised

complex and and History. Where
Are students critiquing and
linked to we are taught to
second-guessing texts, ideas and
interests and question not just take
knowledge?
experience everything at face
value.

Does the lesson sequence range Lessons often use a To be advised

across diverse fields, disciplines diverse range of skills
and paradigms? learnt from other
learning areas. For

Is there an attempt to connect
with students background
knowledge?
Do the lesson sequence and the
assigned work have any
resemblance or connection to
Problems that real-life contexts?
are real and
relevant to
students
Is there a focus on identifying
and solving intellectual and/or
real-world problems?
Do students have any say in the
Student
pace, direction or outcomes of
direction
the lesson sequence?
Explicit Are the criteria for judging
quality student performance made
example, in maths the
question will
sometimes be given
in words instead of
numbers.
Always good to relate To be advised
to students
background. Usually
its something they
are interested in and
take more notice of
e.g. relate math
question back to
cropping industry to
me.
Some lessons connect To be advised
to real-life context,
but it depends on the
individuals real-life
context as all are
different, if only
slightly. Example, in
maths they taught us
how to write out
cheques.
Yes, defiantly. To be advised
Majority of material
learnt in school
relates back to real-
life problems.
The lesson should be To be advised
planned to work at
the students pace so
they can process and
understand properly,
but the direction
should mostly be
controlled by the
teacher or else
nothing productive
may ever be
accomplished.
Judging a students I have not been
performance should in a teaching
 always be made clear
performance with the use of a position yet at a
explicit?
criteria rubric or clear school yet.
instructions.

Many activities
undertaken to teach
about different
cultures mainly
I have not been
focused on aboriginal
Are diverse cultural knowledges in a teaching
and Australians of
brought into play? position yet at a
European decent e.g.
school yet.
this was range of
diversity among the
Cultural students present in
knowledges the class.
Active
citizenship Tree planting
programs, local art
work in the
community, and I have not been
Are attempts made to foster clean-ups, plus in a teaching
active citizenship? recycling are all position yet at a
community based school yet.
activities that I
experienced at
school.