Pedagogy
What is a Learning Walk and Talk?
Your child may have noticed that teachers are occasionally coming into the classroom and asking 5 questions. These are called Learning Walks and Talks and are done to see if students are taking responsibility for their learning. We want students to be critical thinkers, to be aspirational and to take ownership of their learning across their classes.
What are these 5 questions and what do they mean?
1. What are you learning and why?
This question is trying to determine if the teacher has provided the students with a Learning Intention for the lesson. This tells the student what they are learning about and why they are learning about it.
2. How are you going in that learning?
This question is trying to determine if the students know the Success Criteria that will allow them to achieve the Learning Intention. The Success Criteria are usually provided by the teacher and tell the student exactly what they need to do. Sometimes the teacher may work with their students to co-construct the Success Criteria.
3. How do you know how you are doing in your learning?
This question is trying to determine if the teachers are using the Success Criteria to determine whether the student has achieved the Learning Intention.
4. How do you improve?
This question is trying to determine whether the student has been given feedback on their learning and if they know how to use that feedback to improve their learning.
5. Where do you go for help if you’re stuck?
This question is trying to determine if the students have strategies to help them if they don’t know what to do or how to get better in their learning.
Ms Maria Littlejohn - Leader of Pedagogy