Tuesday, May 13, 2025

2025 Inquiry - Part 2

How can I enhance my small group teaching capabilities to effectively support student

development of reading comprehension?


My specific/focus small group is 4 readers. Tupu Level 2

How can we develop capability - what steps can I take to improve my skills/practice and knowledge?  

It might imply

  • Trying different teaching techniques.

  • Refining existing skills - make current teaching approaches more effective and efficient.


.. in a small group teaching - working with a small specific group,  make smaller and focused  lessons really effective.


.. to support the learner’s development:


  • Fostering metacognition: Teaching them to "think about their thinking" – planning, monitoring, and evaluating their own learning process

  • Encouraging critical thinking: Moving beyond memorization to asking "why" and "how," evaluating information, and solving problems.

  • Providing problem-solving opportunities: Presenting challenges that require them to apply their knowledge and reasoning.

  • Making connections: Helping them link new information to what they already know (activating prior knowledge) and to real-world contexts.

  • Using questioning techniques: Asking open-ended questions

    • that stimulate deeper thought rather than simple recall.


    … of comprehension in reading - helping them not just read the words, but truly understand, interpret, and make sense of the text.


    What steps am I going to take to change my practice?


    The steps I'm going to take to change my practice is to:


    Foster metacognition: Teaching my readers to "think about their thinking" - planning,

    monitoring, and evaluating their own learning process.

    Encourage critical thinking - Moving beyond memorization to asking "why" and "how",

    evaluating information, and solving problems.

    Providing problem-solving opportunities: presenting challenges that require them to apply

    their knowledge and reasoning.

    Making connections: Helping them link new information to what they already know

    (activating prior knowledge) and real-world contexts.

    Using questioning techniques - asking open-ended questions that stimulate deeper

    thought rather than simple recall.


    Seek and Share with colleagues:


    Action - Follow up and engage with my team leader and work colleagues.

    How - I'll share what i've been trying, what I've learned and what impact I've

    observed. I'll ask for their ideas or if they can offer specific feedback on my practice.

    Outcome - collaborative learning, shared insights and a supportive professional development.



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