Principles of Learning and Teaching – Background & Research
The Middle Years Pedagogy Research and Development (MYPRAD) Project
The Middle Years Pedagogy Research and Development (MYPRAD) project provides a strategy for planning and implementing pedagogical change in the middle years of schooling. It provides a means by which schools and clusters can examine their teaching practices and identify key areas for improvement, develop a plan to initiate improvement and monitor change.
It is based on an explicit framework describing middle years pedagogy, and a change model that reflects contemporary understandings of teacher development and school improvement. It is designed to be implemented over a three-year period.
During 2003, materials were developed and trialed to support teachers to reflect on their classroom practice, develop their professional learning teams and promote whole school change. Following the successful trial during 2003 of these materials in nine clusters, MYPRAD was made available to all Schools for Innovation and Excellence clusters.
Schools involved in MYPRAD may choose to continue with the MYPRAD framework or extend their focus to encompass The Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12.
MYPRAD to PoLT
To assist MYPRAD schools in updating their data collection processes to reflect the Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12, MYPRAD to PoLT data conversion tools have been developed. These tools update MYPRAD data and make it compatible with the current Principles, facilitating the integration of existing data and new data for longitudinal data analysis.