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Power of Pictures Evaluation Year 2 Sue Horner Janet White What we are looking at Teachers understanding of the craft of picture books Teachers own creative skills Impact on teachers approaches to picture books

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Power of Pictures

Evaluation Year 2

Sue Horner Janet White

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What we are looking at

  • Teachers’ understanding of the craft of

picture books

  • Teachers’ own creative skills
  • Impact on teachers’ approaches to picture

books

  • Impact on pupils’ attitudes and their writing
  • Impact on authors and their development
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Sources of evidence

  • Observation of each course
  • Teachers filled in evaluations at the end of

each day and 2 months later

  • Teachers reported on their teaching between

the 2 days and provided examples of children’s writing

  • Author interviews and feedback
  • Review of books and CLPE teaching sequences
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Teachers’ key learning - 1

Reading pictures and words  how to read picture books, including interpreting the pictures  how to explore picture books in the classroom

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Teachers’ key learning - 2

Writing and talking

  • the role of drawing and other techniques in

helping children develop ideas

  • how giving time to discussion before writing

means children have something to say and the vocabulary to say it

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Techniques

  • Modelling drawing
  • Starting with character
  • Diorama, collage, gallery walk
  • Role play, thought tracking, hot seating
  • Discussing pictures/photographs
  • Practical bookmaking
  • Response partners for planning
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Teachers’ key learning - 3

Picture books are a rich resource

  • picture books are for all ages, not just for

younger or less able readers

  • spending time with picture books develops

inference and critical thinking

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Some implications - 1

Marking of children’s writing needs to change

  • the point of story writing is to create

imaginative characters, plots, situations and to communicate marking needs to respond to this

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Some implications - 2

Teaching writing using picture books

  • picture books are good for learning about

structure in narratives

  • exploring the different links between pictures

and words

  • developing children’s independence in using

the techniques

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What the authors thought

  • they rethought views of their readers – children,

parents, teachers

  • they were surprised that their books could be the

focus of several sessions of work

  • the work influenced their writing plans, including

inspiring new books

  • they changed their views of visits to schools from

writer-as-entertainer to writer-as-educator, collaborating with teachers

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Overall

Picture books offer powerful new learning for teachers and children

  • Teachers were very enthusiastic about what they

learned

  • All reported the positive impact of the new

classroom techniques

  • Significant actions back in school – involving

colleagues, parent workshops, interest in author visits

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Support from CLPE

Leading teachers’ thinking and classroom practice

  • An inspiring course
  • Teaching sequences for all age groups
  • Extensive web resources

For long term impact