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 * Effective Teaching Influences Student Outcomes ||   || =“One of the greatest barriers to school improvement is the lack of an agreed-upon definition of what high quality instruction looks like.” (City, Elmore, Fiarman & Teitel 2009 p3) = ||

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 * = This web page will focus on the nature of teacher instruction across a primary school. It will follow the progress through which the research team sets about developing classroom practices which foster greater student collaboration, eventually leading to more autonomous student learning. ||




 * Change takes time. It needs to be focused and sustainable. ||  || Teachers need to be supported in this process of change in instructional practice.  ||
 * Educational Change according to Michael Fullan
 * change takes place over time;
 * change initially involves anxiety and uncertainty;
 * technical and psychological support is crucial;
 * the learning of new skills is incremental and developmental;
 * successful change involves pressure and support within a collaborative setting;
 * organisational conditions within and in relation to the school make it more or less likely that the school improvement will occur.
 * organisational conditions within and in relation to the school make it more or less likely that the school improvement will occur.

[Adapted from Michael Fullan – Change Processes paper, 1986] ||  || The content of this website is designed to be built  upon throughout the research process. Input and <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">collaboration from other educators is welcome. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Please watch this space for contact details as the research project commences in full in 2011.

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