In 2018, the teaching staff have formed Action Research Teams to investigate the ten instructional practices that reliably increase student learning and are commonly referred to as the "High Impact Teaching Strategies" (or HITS). The purpose of this approach is to provide opportunity for staff to work together collaboratively, across faculties to investigate, trial, analyse, evaluate and finally to make recommendations regarding our pedagogical direction and subsequent future teaching practice.
The HITS are derived from the studies of educational researchers Robert Marzano and John Hattie, who have synthesised hundreds of teaching strategies from around the world and ranked their impact on student learning. The HITS are the top ten instructional practices considered to have the most impact on student engagement, achievement and wellbeing.
Throughout this process, staff will be required to collect data from the classroom, to determine the impact of the teaching strategy they are investigating. Much of the data will be collected from surveys and questionnaires that students will be asked to complete over Terms 2 and 3. This data will greatly assist teachers in their Action Research projects to benefit your daughter’s learning at 秘色传媒 College. We look forward to completing this exciting research by the end of 2018.
Michelle Robertson
Director of Learning and Innovation
