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What do you think allows for exceptional learning?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Penelope Vos Oct 24, 2011. 3 Replies

I'm in the midst of writing about about the thinking that allows for / creates a learning environment that empowers students to be exceptional. My belief is that every student can be exceptional in…Continue

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Moving from a Deficit to a Developmental Mindset

Deficit (noun):  Inadequacy or insufficiency, an unfavourable condition or position, to be lacking or a shortage. From the Latin – it lacksDevelopmental (noun):  The act of developing from a simpler or lower to a more advanced, mature or complex form or stage I received a call this morning from a teacher friend of mine. Claire…See More
May 14
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Movement, Mental Imagery and Performance

 Human beings, like all species, are very physically oriented. Up to 70% of the brain is devoted to movement and operating in a complex environment. So it comes as no surprise that research in the latest Behaviour and Brain Functions journal that adding movement to rehearsal can improve performance.Whilst the …See More
Feb 21
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Avoiding Shotgun Learning

Quite often, developing powerful and meaningful key understandings is an area that teachers struggle with as they create and plan authentic rich task units. This is a critical step that many teachers can gloss over in planning but can make a profound difference to having clear, powerful units that provide great learning opportunities.What we have experienced when teachers have begun the…See More
Jan 31
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Adrian Bertolini commented on Adrian Bertolini's blog post Deliberate Practice and Skill Development
"Hi Virginia Sorry for taking so long to reply I have been off on holidays (as I expect you to have been given you are in Australia!). ITC (http://www.itcpublications.com.au/resources) suggest a whole range of graphic organisers related to differing…"
Jan 15
Virginia Snoswell commented on Adrian Bertolini's blog post Deliberate Practice and Skill Development
"I have taken a look at your rubric and am wondering if you have a source of templates of graphic organisers that you provide students as options? I am familiar with PMI but would love to have more resources ready to hand."
Dec 20, 2012
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Scaffolding Student Accountability

A conversation I have been having with teachers I have been working with for the past 6 months revolves around creating structures of accountability for students. This stems from the analogy I use to contextualise the importance of scaffolding student centred learning.The essence of the argument is that you cannot learn how…See More
Nov 12, 2012
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Is Ability Grouping or Streaming Effective?

We have been approached by a number of teachers over the past few months to discuss the value of streaming students in ability groupings as a way of improving performance. There is also a big push amongst education unions to lower class sizes as a way of again improving performance of students. The logic behind such…See More
Oct 12, 2012
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Teacher Performance Frameworks

I have been following with much interest the blogs, news articles and debates about teacher rating occurring in the USA. Part of my interest stems from the discussion that is starting to occur in Australia, driven by our Federal Government, about teacher performance and productivity.I want to say something upfront…See More
Sep 15, 2012
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“Only 10 more weeks....” Stress Less: Work Smarter, NOT harder.

Cathryn Stephens – Lead Educational Designer, Intuyu ConsultingThe start of a new term brings with it new stationery, new ideas and a new countdown to the next school holidays! Many teachers spend the last few, precious days of their break becoming increasingly stressed out – not necessarily about the curriculum to be developed or how they will manage that difficult student/parent/colleague (insert…See More
Jul 18, 2012
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Are you ready for the Australian Curriculum?

I thought I would provoke some discussion and thinking up front in today's blog. I want to be especially confronting to the status quo that schools are in at the moment because we have a belief ... opinion ... viewpoint ... that most schools are living in lala land about the Australian Curriculum. [Note: Lala Land is that land you go to when you put your hands over your ears and shout loudly…See More
Jul 4, 2012
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Success Criteria -the Missing Link in the Learning Partnership?

Most of the teachers I work with, in schools all over Australia, have for some time included Learning Goals or Learning Intentions in their planning and use these with their students. Some teachers use WALT (What Are we Learning Today?) or simply begin with the phrase ‘Today I am learning to...’ In some learning spaces, the Learning Goal has a designated space on a whiteboard or noticeboard so that the students can refer to it as they work. If the learning community is further along on their…See More
Jun 5, 2012
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Deliberate Practice and Skill Development

One of the clear facets of the Australian Curriculum is the requirement for teachers to explicitly develop skills in the students. These skills include both the subject specific skills as well as what are now termed the general capabilities (another name for interdisciplinary skills).The challenge for teachers is figuring out HOW they are going to be more explicit about developing…See More
May 9, 2012
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Adrian Bertolini commented on Adrian Bertolini's blog post The 21st Century Planning Process
"Thanks Trish. There are two factors we need to realise with planning. With the advent of the Australian Curriculum and 21st century learning, planning has become more important than ever. I would say critical. If we are going to differentiate to…"
Apr 14, 2012
Trish Dower commented on Adrian Bertolini's blog post The 21st Century Planning Process
"This sounds like a great way to plan Adrian. I find many teachers use the commercially available planners which provide about a 6cm square to plan their lessons. I recognise that these may be intended for more of a 'diary' planner with…"
Apr 10, 2012
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The 21st Century Planning Process

I have this belief that the planning documents need to lead teachers through the thinking and behaviour you are trying to encourage in them. They are not just to capture information (although this is an important part of the process). How the teachers fill in the documents will tell you a lot about their current thinking.So when you look at HOW the teachers fill in their current documents, their detail, their use of the current planning documents, and so on ... their actions will reveal their…See More
Apr 5, 2012
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The Learning Jigsaw

This week's blog comes from Narelle Wood. Narelle is our Australian Curriculum expert and has worked extensively across a range of schools in supporting powerful learning in the literacy and English domain.----An indulgence of mine is jigsaw puzzles. I will sit for hours trying to complete a particular section and it has got to the stage where I have sat at the table for 2 days straight to complete one. I…See More
Mar 26, 2012
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Profile Information

Do you work in the education sector? What is your role?
Educational Consultant
Describe any innovative projects that you have been involved with (include weblinks if possible)
I was program manager and co-writer of the ruMAD program with the Education Foundation (www.rumad.org.au) which was all about empowering students to create projects to make a difference. This has led to a wealth of student-centred and driven projects.
Describe any innovative projects that you would like to pursue for which you are seeking collaborative partners
Currently writing a book called "Exceptional" which is about identifying the thinking required by schools to create learning environments that develop every student to be exceptional
Are you representing a commercial organisation or company?
Yes

Adrian Bertolini's Blog

Moving from a Deficit to a Developmental Mindset

Posted on May 14, 2013 at 18:10 0 Comments

Deficit (noun):  Inadequacy or insufficiency, an unfavourable condition or position, to be lacking or a shortage. From the Latin – it lacks

Developmental (noun):  The act of developing from a simpler or lower to a more advanced, mature or complex form or stage

 

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Movement, Mental Imagery and Performance

Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:04 0 Comments

 test-dry-run-29014081 Human beings, like all species, are very physically oriented. Up to 70% of the brain is devoted to movement and operating in a complex environment. So it comes as no surprise that research in the latest Behaviour and Brain Functions journal that adding movement to rehearsal can improve…

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Avoiding Shotgun Learning

Posted on January 31, 2013 at 14:42 0 Comments

Quite often, developing powerful and meaningful key understandings is an area that teachers struggle with as they create and plan authentic rich task units. This is a critical step that many teachers can gloss over in planning but can make a profound difference to having clear, powerful units that provide great learning opportunities.

What we have experienced…

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Scaffolding Student Accountability

Posted on November 12, 2012 at 15:49 0 Comments

A conversation I have been having with teachers I have been working with for the past 6 months revolves around creating structures of accountability for students. This stems from the analogy I use to contextualise the importance of scaffolding student centred learning.

The essence of the argument is that…

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At 9:40 on October 21, 2011, Tricia Robertson said…

Hi Adrian

Welcome to the Educators' Guide to Innovation. Please take time to look around this site as there are many conversations taking place, groups to join, blogs to read, topics  to “Like”, and some wonderful free webinars (online PD) being offered in the Virtual Conference Centre. See the events links on the right hand side bar for details. Hope you can join in some of them.

 
 
 

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