Presentation introducing WALT and WILF to staff at MHF.

1. The BIG Picture
Text
“How to encourage greater degrees of student
directed learning.”

2. Innovation
21st Century Skills for Life
Craft of the Classroom
Our Daily Teaching Practice

3. We shouldn’t expect students to
second-guess the purpose of the
lesson.

4. Purpose of Lesson Objectives

5. Motivation
Engagement Students feel they have
Students get interested in control over their own
what’s going to happen. progress. They share an “I
can do it” feeling.
Challenge
Students know they will
need to work hard and stay
focused.
Purpose of Lesson Objectives
Confidence
Students feel that they will
be able to meet the
challenge of the lesson.
Depth of Learning
Students see how they can build
on prior knowledge/skills/
understanding.

6. presenting objectives to students which are

7. presenting objectives to students which are
seen as challenging seen as achievable
understood
seen as
important

8. Best Objectives...

9. Best Objectives...
look ahead to what students will be learning
look ahead to what they will be doing to
bring about the learning
focus on the knowledge/skills/understanding
needed
enable students to think about how they will be learning
help students think about the challenges
ahead (eg. how quickly they need to
work, the demands of an activity etc)

10. Giving one or two objectives are often
more effective than giving several.
Could be times when
this is presented in
terms of doing rather
than learning.

11. WALT We Are Learning To
WILF What I’m Looking For

12. WALT We Are Learning To
“Aim” of the lesson “Skill” being learned
“Topic” being covered
WILF What I’m Looking For

13. WALT We Are Learning To
“Aim” of the lesson “Skill” being learned
“Topic” being covered
particular things students focus of assessment
need to focus on
learning outcomes
WILF What I’m Looking For

15. after Easter Holidays
all lessons should have a WALT and WILF made clear
to students at the start