The office of the Ministerial Representative for modern secondary schools in Western Upper Bavaria as well as the School Development Authority Sundsvall aim at the development of their schools as learning organizations. A learning organization refers to an adaptable organization which is responsive to external…
Modern management for secondary modern schools
The aim of our schools must be not only to safeguard but also to improve the quality of teaching as well as student and teacher performance. One vital prerequisite for this is modern management. The entire school community benefits from…
My experiences with class observations
My training was complete. I had also completed what I often experienced as excruciating commentary from seminar instructors. I felt one thing was clear: in the future, the door of my classroom would remain closed. I had no further interest…
Video feedback using Jing
An essential part of the learning process consists in giving feedback to your pupils, how they’re performing at present and how their knowledge and skills have improved still further. For instance, this can take the form of general feedback given…
Feedback makes the learning apparent
Both of the meta-studies by John Hattie and Robert Marzano single out feedback as being especially effective. The effect magnitude is on the order of 0.73 (Hattie), whilst some feedback styles, for instance, peer feedback, achieve effect magnitudes of over…
The development of mental models – or why visual methods are so successful
According to the constructivist learning theory new information is linked to meaning when learning. New neural pathways are laid down in the brain to enable this. In this regard we need to keep the following aspects in mind: the new…
Lessons learned and conclusions on all four levels
This project was divided into four levels (school board, headmaster, teacher and pupil level) who worked together in order to develop educational organizations that are based on scientific foundations, proven experience and an evidence-based approach. Parallel to this, the project…
Findings of the project and measures taken
Resulting from the cooperation with our Swedish project partners we can present the following findings and measures: 1. Insight into Swedish school system and school inspection We have received a good overview and, in some instances, insight into the Swedish school…
Regional teacher training for secondary schools in Western Upper Bavaria
In 2013, the supervisory district for secondary schools in Western Upper Bavaria changed both the form and substance of its approach to continuing education based on the newest research on sustainable learning as well as on the reliable results of…