Learning and teaching
Includes pedagogy, professional learning, collaboration and innovation.
Overview
Good learning and teaching is the obvious cornerstone of an effective school. It should be kept under regular review and opportunities provided for teachers to consider pedagogy, be supported with Professional learning and develop innovative approaches to improve their practice.
The teacher, in a formal leadership role, exercises accountability for the pedagogy of others by creating and sustaining the conditions to realise the four purposes for learners and achieve the best for them in terms of standards, well-being and progress.
Please visit the National Pedagogy Project for further information about pedagogy and the opportunity to take part in professional discussions.
Further information on learning and teaching can be found in the looking at learning and teaching section of this website.
The following prompts are organised into the following categories. Please click on the accordion below to view the prompts.
Pedagogy
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How well are learners becoming more effective in their learning?
How well do learners:
- develop in accordance with the principles of progression as ambitious capable learners, ethical informed citizens, enterprising creative contributors and healthy confident individuals?
- develop their breadth and depth of knowledge and skills within and across areas of learning?
- develop a deepening understanding of the ideas and disciplines within the Areas?
- make connections and transfer their learning into new contexts?
- develop growing sophistication within their literacy, numeracy and digital skills?
- understand and use the Welsh language?
- respond to high but achieveable expectations from teachers?
- develop the skills to reflect critically on their own work and the work of others?
- build upon what they have learnt as they move through or between schools?
- develop positive relationships with peers and adults?
These approaches might include direct teaching and those that promote problem-solving, and creative and critical thinking.
Additional toolkits:
360digi Cymru - digital learning (requires Hwb login)
360safe Cymru - digital resilience (requires Hwb login)
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These approaches might include direct teaching and those that promote problem-solving, and creative and critical thinking.
How well do teachers capture learner progress and well-being?
How effective is feedback in improving learners' work?
How well do learners build upon what they have learnt as they move through or between schools?
How well does teaching:
- enable learners to influence how and what they learn?
- promote positive attitudes to learning and high expectations for all learners
- prepare learners for transition to the next phase of their education/career?
Professional Learning, collaboration and innovation
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- How well does the school use professional learning to improve teaching, curriculum and a shared understanding of progress? What difference does this make to learners’ progress and wellbeing?
- How well does the school ensure that continuous professional learning of teachers supports the realisation of the four purposes and the principles of progression for all learners?
- How well do teachers engage with research to support improvement?
- How well do teachers contribute to the professional learning of staff within and beyond the school?
- How well does the school use innovation to improve teaching and the curriculum? What difference does this make to learners’ progress and wellbeing?
- How well does the school use collaboration to improve teaching and the curriculum? What difference does this make to learners’ progress and well-being?
Please refer to the designing your curriculum pages on Hwb for further details.