Question 1

Pedagogy elements include:

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Subject content, process of learning, teachers’ knowledge, and a set of decision making

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Teachers’ beliefs, qualities and skills, professional standards.

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Stakeholders, curriculum set by awarding bodies, learners’ needs and curricular decisions.

Question 2

Content representations (CoRes) refer to:

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an overview of the particular content taught when teaching a topic

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Pedagogical knowledge required from teachers.

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Pedagogical and Professional-experience Repertoires

Question 3

Action research is

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Conducted by teachers and principals on students in their care.

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Is conducted in order to publish conclusions that can be generalized to larger populations.

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Conducted in environments where variables can be controlled.

Question 4

The following would not be a good area for action research:

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The impact of growing classes on GCSE results

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Personalizing instruction to match the diverse needs of my students

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Use of technology to enhance parent-school communication

Question 5

Action research models:

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Are normally spiral, involving a series of steps and amended action plans.

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Suggest that action research is a solitary process.

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Encourage practitioners to conduct research on a large scale.

Question 6

Qualitative data can be provided by

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Observations and reflections

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Test results.

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Surveys and graphs

Question 7

Kolb’s model of reflection encourages us to go through the following stages:

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Concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, active experimentation

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Abstract conceptualization, concrete experience, active experimentation, reflective observation

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Reflective observation, active experimentation, abstract conceptualization, concrete experience.

Question 8

Gibbs’s model follows the following stages:

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Description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, action plan

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Description, action plan, feelings, evaluation, conclusion, action plan.

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Action plan, evaluation, feelings, analysis, description, conclusion

Question 9

Brookfield’s theoretical lens helps us understand:

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we are not responsible for everything that happens in our classrooms because it names our experience in different ways.

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What out students are going through, as we might have experienced the same as learners.

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How to adapt our practice following critical response from students and others.

Question 10

Reflection on action:

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Could involve writing up reflections or discussing with the mentor.

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Involves the practitioner using their repertoire of knowledge or skills to make a change on the spot.

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Is spontaneous, creative and unique

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