MindLab Blog 2019- Part 2

Define your community(ies) Who will be involved? Why have you chosen to engage with them? Year 10 students. I have chosen to specifically target this year group level as it is the one I have the most students in and is also recognised as a hard year level to engage due to them transitioning into a young adult. Supervisors- mum, dad, aunty, or other family members How will you engage with your community?  My engagement is going to be through ClassDojo, emailing, phone calls and face-to-face visits. What is the context for the communities?  Majority of students have been expelled or alienated from their previous school and the majority of the families are beneficiaries.  All year 10 students do have a laptop available and parents do have a smart phone so are able to download the ClassDojo App. Defining the key terms in your inquiry questions To what extent does gamification impact on behavioural engagement for Year 9 distance learners? Gamificati...

Developing, Articulating and Evaluating the Inquiry Question(s) in Your Research Essay Depending on the insights you gain from the literature, the inquiry question might seek to answer  ‘how’  or  ‘what’  or  ‘why’  about an aspect of your area of focus in your particular context. It might seek to provide an answer about something that is a  gap  in the existing research. Your inquiry question should be  open-ended , and not answerable with a simple “yes” or “no”, or a few factual statements. Try to avoid terms that are too broad or vague such as "modern technological practices" and presumptions like "most effective in...". Structuring Your Inquiry Question To what extent does gamification impact on behavioural engagement for Year 10 distance learners? Whānau - the family structure principle The whānau and the practice of whanaungatanga (family connectedness) is an integral part of Māori identity and culture. What other persp...

How to Critically Evaluate Your Resources In your research essay, you should   analyse  and  evaluate  the resources that are relevant to your topic area. There are extra annotations added to provide indications on  how to analyze and evaluate  a research publication, and  h ow to extract the key information  from the viewpoint of the literature review. For instance, getting an  overview  from the Abstract, critically  analyzing numerical data,  linking the article content with potential  themes , recording  key  references  cited in the article, taking notes of your  evaluation  and possible  further analysis  on specific content when writing the essay. Are there clearly stated research questions? Does the article explain why the topic is important? Is the research design and methodology described? Does it seem appropriate for the area of study? What is the data analysis l...

Spiral of Inquiry - ‘Focus’ Phase How can using ClassDojo (gamification) increase the level of engagement of Year 9 and 10 distance learners? Annotated Bibliography Citation and Annotation Annotation Assess strengths and weaknesses Outline the main arguments Background Information on the authors Relevancy to the topic Why did I pick this? Why is it relevant? Did I even agree to this? Lehman, R. M., Conceição, S. C. O., & Conceio, S. C. O. (2013).  Motivating and retaining online students : research-based strategies that work . Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com Meyer, K. A. (2014).  Student engagement online: what works and why . Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com How could the  principle of Tino Rangatiratang a  (Self-determination) be applied to your inquiry topic and area of focus: I think that my topic has a high relevance for  Māori students as my roll is predominantly NZ  M...

Your Spiral of Inquiry These 16 weeks are structured around one cycle of the Spiral of Inquiry model (Timperley, Kaser & Halbert, 2014). However, please note the Spiral of Inquiry is meant to be a continuing process, the end of this cycle of the spiral may open up a new cycle. Timewise, we try to fit the 2 courses into one cycle of the spiral of inquiry. Therefore, depending on your context, your inquiry should be carefully considered in terms of its scope so that you can carry out the inquiry within the 16-week time frame. It is not practical to do a full inquiry cycle in 16 weeks at the level of detail that you normally would in your practice. We do believe that going through each step of the cycle quickly can be a valuable first step. Action Plan Template Annotated Bibliography Research Essay Template Using your e-Portfolio Although e-Portfolios are often used for assessment or to showcase finished work, in this programme we use developmental (e.g., working) port...