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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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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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