Self Reflection, Classroom Observation and Feedback
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Religious Education teachers work very hard to provide students the opportunities to access their faith traditions and beliefs from our Sacred Texts. the challenge that teachers face is assisting students to really comprehend the teachings of Scripture when students themselves are unable to recognise the complex language that is used within the bible stories.
Through this Self Reflection Process, the REC asked me to provide feedback on her lesson that was specifically designed to unpack identified tier three words from Scripture for 8 year old students to understand and apply in their work. The identified words included "crucifix, sentenced, tomb"
Throughout this lesson, the REC gave students the opportunity to access their prior knowledge of the Holy week and Easter stories by providing images that the students recognised. Using a barrier game, it was evident hat students had difficulty describing the image as they did not have an understanding of the particular tier 3 vocabulary. E.g One student described the tomb as " a big cave"
The REC then helped the students identify and explicitly teach the new vocabulary. Giving students a further opportunity to practice this new vocabulary using a Adobe Voice app on the ipad, it was evident that students had increased their knowledge and understanding of the Scripture passage and of their religious literacy.
The REC had clear goals for further implementation of vocabulary strategies in RE , particularly as part of a shared reading session using Scripture.
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