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School & Classroom Examples

This area of our web site provides examples of Quality Learning practices in action.

Links are now provided to separate pages devoted to each topic.

Please note, use of these examples by individuals and schools is permitted and encouraged. However, reproduction or use of these materials for commercial purposes constitutes a breach of copyright.

System Map

A System Map helps us to consider and make explicit the components, relationships and context that comprise our complex organisations. It brings together in one diagram an illustration of the key pieces of the system that is our organisation.

Values

The values of an organisation, when inclusively defined and expressed, can have an enormous impact on behaviours and performance of the organisation.

Capacity Matrix

A Capacity Matrix is a tool to describe, document and monitor our learning. It allows us to clearly identify what is it we wish to learn, derived from the curriculum and student interests, and then track learning over time. It can be very effectively used with the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle and supported with a portfolio that provides evidence of our learning. Capacity Matrices are also used for self-assessment as well as peer assessment. The following examples illustrate.

Five Whys

The Five Whys tool helps us uncover the root causes of problems or it can aid our understanding of our own motivation. We answer a central question, such as 'Why do we come to school?' or 'Why does the tap leak?' and then ask why five times.

PDSA in the Classroom

The Plan - Do - Study - Act cycle for improvement can be used to facilitate structured improvement in any areas of endeavour. The following sample templates can be used for the simple application with student work.

Examples from QLA Case Studies

Examples have been provided in response to requests for hard copies of documents featured in videos and a DVD produced by QLA.

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This page updated 25-Jan-2008