CoL Teacher Inquiry: Bursts and Bubbles

 Wow! We made it to the end of 2023! 

What a learning journey it has been this year! 

I am very thankful to have a inspirational colleagues by my side. 

Here is a reflection of my own personal learning journey this year and below that is a Google Slides summary of my 2023 Inquiry. 

Reflection of my personal learning:

The biggest impact of my inquiry has been the increase in my knowledge of the science of reading. I’ve learnt so much about the science of reading and I can see that there is still a lot that is unknown in this space - despite the common misconception the science of reading (or structured literacy) is fixed there are still so many questions especially within the space where the research meets classroom practice. I particularly like this articles by Dr. Christine Braid from Massey University titled “Tread Lightly” and as she states;

“The research to practice pathway has some cement already dry and other newer pathways that we need to approach tentatively.”

Alongside, my CoL teacher role I have been completing TESSOL papers at the University of Canterbury and I am interested to see how the research behind the science of reading work alongside that of TESSOL to best support our ELL learners to become successful readers and writers. I touched on this link by looking at the ‘vocabulary strand’ of Scarborough's Reading Rope but I am interested to look into it with more depth in the future.

Google Slide summary of my 2023 teacher inquiry.

 

 Bring on 2024!!