With partners:
Steps to take
Step 1: Explore some of the experiences of students and teachers for this theme of Relationships at School. Extracts from their responses are available for you to explore under three overlapping topics:
Topic 1: Developing relations in school.
Topic 2: What makes a good teacher? A student’s perspective.
Topic 3: Another perspective of teachers…
Step 2: Examine some of the resources available for these topics and consider how they may or may not be useful for your classroom and professional development.
Step 3: Consider how the issues raised in this theme may be linked to current curriculum frameworks. In particular, consider the way that you currently explore values related to identity and cultural diversity in your own classroom. If you are not already aware of these key values, take a moment or two to read them. A copy of the Values Framework is available here. Many teachers in our own research suggested that they implicitly engage with these values, while others explicitly encourage students to explore them in both curricular and extra-curricular settings. To what extent do you explore these values within your own classroom?
Step 4: Explore some of the resources available that may be useful in your own classroom practice. These resources are grouped under headings used in the VELs framework.
Click here to begin exploring some of the experiences of students and teachers for Step 1, or jump to the topic of interest using the side menus.