How has our practice changed as a result of our inquiry?
By now, ISTEs will have begun to apply their new learning in their practice. It is critical that they gather and examine evidence of their changed practice so that they can identify the impact of their learning on that practice. The evidence they gather should help them answer the following questions:
- What have we learned?
- How is our learning visible in our practice?
To monitor progress, ISTEs will probably use the same approaches to evaluate changes in their practice as they used when they identified their learning needs.
According to the TPLD BES (Timperley et al., 2007, page 14), learners assess and interpret the relevance, usefulness, and cost/benefit of any new theory and practice. Their responses then range along the following continuum:
- reject/ignore the new theory and practice and continue with prior practice;
- continue with prior practice, believing that it is new practice;
- select parts of the new theory and practice and adapt them to current practice;
- implement as required;
- actively engage with, own, and apply the new theory and practice and change practice substantively;
- demonstrate enhanced regulation of their own and others’ learning.
ISTEs should keep this continuum in mind and use it to monitor their responses very deliberately.
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