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About this Toolkit
The Highland
Learning and Teaching Policy Toolkit is designed to offer teachers
topics which can be the focus of practical development work.
It has grown out of
the Highland Learning and Teaching Policy, which is founded on five Key
Principles and describes Key Characteristics of good teaching. The
policy document is included in the Toolkit.
The main body of the
Toolkit comprises Issue Papers which all follow the same format:
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A definition of
the issue under consideration |
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A summary of
points arising from research on the issue |
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A Key Elements
section which covers various aspects of the issue |
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An invitation
for teachers to reflect on the broad issue |
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Some suggestions
as to how teachers might explore specific elements of the issue in a
practical sense |
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A list of
Selected References which may reward further reading |
The Toolkit is
available in paper form and is also available at the following internet
address:
www.highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/ltt
It is anticipated
that the Toolkit will evolve over time. Future editions are likely to
contain additional issues and current Issue Papers are likely to be
amended in the light of comments from teachers. It is also anticipated
that parents and pupils will contribute to on-going consideration of
Learning and Teaching issues.
The Assessment is
for Learning programme has supported this Highland initiative. In AifL,
teachers are invited to carry out small-scale trials of suggested
strategies and evaluations of these will be published on the Highland
Learning and Teaching web site. Along with national AifL case studies,
these should provide teachers with opportunities to consider specific
issues for future development. |
