Spiral of inquiry: New learning

What?
For our spiral of inquiry this week we spoke about our new learning to help us during iExplore.

So what?
When making changes to our practice, it is important to know why a particular principle or approach is important. We all need to know why new ways of doing things are better than what we did before. Otherwise, the way in which we modify our practice is unlikely to be consistent with the theory underpinning the principles, and we risk diluting them or changing them in ways that will not work.

The first consideration is to ensure that new learning is directly connected to the focus that has been determined and informed by the hunches that were developed.

Now what?

Designing powerful learning also involves identifying the expertise required to support everyone to gain new knowledge and deepen their skills. 

From new learning comes new action – and innovative practices begin to multiply.

Timperly, Kaser, Halbert (2014)