1. AAIA Conference September 2009

2. Help me to learn Professor Charles Desforges OBE

3. The independent learner has … the desire for mastery will to learn ability to set objectives basic skills capacity to collaborate to use feedback to persist in adversity for flexibility and creativity

4. Main processes of learning making connections gaining facility re-thinking

5. extension of repertoire Progression to independence refinement of skill extension of range of application

6. School achievement skills esp: literacy attitudes esp: responsibility persistence values esp: citizenship learning

7. Effective teaching and learning - cognitive and metacognitive activity - learning thinking skills - effect size 0.7 sd - learner centred

8. AfL : core components performance ….. by learners observation feedback (timely, useable) support … by coach effect size 0.8 sd

9. Effects of parents/effect of schools achievement parents / school effects age 7 0.29 / 0.05 age 11 0.27 / 0.21 age 16 0.14 / 0.51 from Sacker et al (2002)

10. Barriers to parental involvement  extreme poverty and social chaos  substance abuse  depression  the difficult child  lack of confidence or knowledge  alternative values  barriers set up by schools

11. Capacity for continuous reform  focus on ECM outcomes  evidence based MER  continuous needs analysis  beg, borrow, steal, create new ideas  prioritise ideas for reform  field test next practice  apply change management skills  spread good news

12. References BECTA at www.becta.org.uk Cummings, C. et at (2005) Evaluation of the full service extended schools project. London. DfES Research Report 680 (free download) Desforges, D., and Abouchaar, A. (2003) The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement DfES Research Report 433 DfES (2005) The shape of things to come: personalised learning through collaboration. Download from www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. www.tlrp.org Hallam et al (2004) Improving children’s behaviour and attendance through the use of parenting programmes DfES Research Report 585 Conts/….

13. References References Higgins, S. et al (2005) A meta-analysis of the impact of the implementation of thinking skills approaches on pupils. Downloadable from www.eppi.ioe.ac.ukwww.eppi.ioe.ac.uk Moran,P., and Ghate, D. (2004) What works in parenting support DfES Research Report 574 New South Wales Department of Education and Training (TALE project) www.tale.edu.au Valentine, G. (et al) (2005) Children and young people’s home use of ICT for educational purposes. The impact of attainment at KS 1- 4. London. DfES. Research Report 672 (free download from the DfES research section) (see also Research Report 680 and Research Report 681 for recent evaluations of extended schools)

14. Charles Desforges c.w.desforges@exeter.ac.uk