Week 26- Reflect on your inquiry

Step 1 (What): Describe something that is significant and has happened during your Inquiry so far
The most difficult part of my inquiry so far is not having first met my learners and thei families and therefore I have not had prior relationships formed or been able to capture baseline data on my learners. This was an issue in the scanning, focusing and developing a hunch phases of the inquiry in particular as i was basing my decision on a few questions I had been able to ask my new school and questions and answers from my current class as they were the same year group as the one I was going to teach.
Step 2 (So What): Evaluate the most interesting/important/useful aspects of this event
I learnt a lot from this because I had to read more and learn more about the year level I teach in and what could be an appropriate action for them in the learn phase of the inquiry. This was important and useful for myself as a teacher in general. I find it interesting though that despite how much research you do, there is only so much that preparation can prepare you for your new class/school. This is because all children are different and relationships are so important not just between the teacher and the student but also between the teacher and the students whanau. So far the impact on my taking action phase has been that my action was not as targeted as I would have liked it to be. Had I known my class better I would have chosen a different 21st century skill from the ITL rubric to focus on.
What alternative perspectives from community and research could inform your explanation?
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Know your learners
Step 3 (Now What): Analyse the implications from this event to the rest of your Inquiry
I have learnt the importance even more so of the impact of knowing your learners. If I was to enact an inquiry in this way again I would make sure I had strong relationships with my learners so I could best target an action to their needs. Currently I could change my taking action by looking more into how I could support some of my students to self-regulate in order for them to be able to actively participate in provocations and collaboration with peers. 

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