Action Stations

Today I will be sharing with

you …

*What is action research and

how can it affect your

teaching?

*Action Stations, the result

of my journey through

action research,

empowering each child

within a community of

Action Stations

You may find yourself ….

- exposed to a program that

could fit with your

philosophy in teaching and

learning

- considering ways to apply

teacher action research in

your own classroom

- developing an

understanding of the

What is action

research?

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Do you believe?

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The power of a

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Action Stations

Common place

for playing and

learning as

platform where

they can discuss

the learning

process and

thinking

Make own choices

Taking

Investigating

learning

Developing hauora,

a sense of

belonging and a

curiosity for

learning

Holistic approach

catering for the

mental, emotional,

What is Action

Stations?

Creating e-learners

Encouraging persistence and striving for success

Applying language and cognitive skills

Managing gross motor skillsA

ction S

tations

Planning

Action

Reflection

Every day for

over an hour

How it works

Getting

Started

How do I know which station to choose?

How long do I stay at a station?

How do I know I am learning something?

How can I learn from

A focus questions

* knowing what to do

* your brain is working

* listening for new ideas to try

* thinking means you are learning

* you can see or hear learning in

your brain

* think for yourself instead of just

doing what your friend is doing

What is Thinking?

* finding out what to do

* you are doing something

harder

* your brain is popping up new

words like fireworks

* when your brain is talking

to itself

* it's when you scratch your

head.

What is Thinking?

Negotiate

Self manage

Plan

Make

decisions

Make choices

Action Stations

share learning,

achievements,

success, problems,

new ideas

inspire more

learning, develop

curiosity in a new

station, motivate a

want for success

developing

language of

Reflectio

n

To make meaning from new

learning, children need time

to internalise

information, create links and

develop understanding. We

cannot create that

meaning for them as it is

generated from within

(Epstein, 2003).

The Value of Questioning

ScaffoldChallengeExtendgain information develop new ways of thinkingCelebrate

The Value of Questioning

We like to sing with our ukulele’s together. We

are learning to use the ukulele properly and to

tell stories and sing songs with music. We are

really proud of how well we can play the

ukulele now.

I wanted to try

something new so I

tried to make a sun.

I was learning how

to cut carefully to

make my sun look

great. The tricky

part was cutting

the lines straight

to the middle.

Key competencies

Thinking

Relating to others

Participating and

contributing

Using language and

symbols

Self management

Areas of Developmental

Growth

Cognitive

Gross motor skills

Fine motor skills

Cooperative

Emotional

Language

Multiple Intelligences

Naturalist

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Visual /Spatial

Logical/Mathematical

Musical rhythmical

Kinesthetic

Verbal linguistic

Positive Minus Interesting Next Steps

Teacher Reflection

Why Action Stations Works

Children own the

learning

Engages children

Personalised

learning

Purposeful

activities

directed by

learning needs

Community of

This is the best thing about

school my wee one tells

me. Developing inquisitive

minds and evidently a real

stimulus to learning

judging by the "daddy can

we google..." conversations

we have over dinner!

Parent Comments

“She is so confident now and is

making and designing her own

things,

experimenting and asking

questions all the time. She has

become very creative

but also with the expectation

that we can achieve success.”

“Action Stations is the only

thing my child talks about at

home. They love it.”

Parent Comments

“I’m really proud of my learning at Action Stations.”

“I love building new things and sharing with my friends.”

“Action Stations are fun because I can practise writing

so I can get better on my own.”

Kids Comments

“There were some days I thought

the children were just playing

around and not actually

achieving any learning. It wasn’t

until reflection time that I

realised they were learning so

much in persistence,

perseverance, social skills,

cooperation and developing

their language so they could

Teacher Comments

“The strategies that the kids are

learning at Action Stations are

clearly being

transferred into maths time.

They support each other’s

learning and problem solve

collaboratively. They have the

language to talk about what

they are learning with detail.”

Teacher Comments

“Initially I was very sceptical

and could only see more work,

not less. Our day was already

busy – how were we going to do

something else as well? Once I

got set up, my reading time is

now stress free. I am confident

the kids are learning while I am

busy with small group teaching. I

love setting up stations that the

Teacher Comments

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