Ngā Pātai Whakakīkī - Critical Questions- Prompts
Why is personalised learning an opportunity?
What are the challenges around implementing personalised learning?
Are there limits to personalized learning?
Are there contexts that personalised learning would not fit?
Who is saying personalised learning is an emerging opportunity?
How does personalised learning enable cultural responsiveness?
How does personalised learning and collaboration improve learning?
Points of Departure
“To provide children with the different support they need, a school has to be able to draw on resources that lie beyond its walls.” (Leadbeater, 2005, p.5)
Personalised learning is not just for middle-class families, able to articulate their needs. The biggest benefits of personalised learning go to those who find the current,
standardised and academic system most problematic. All too often children who learn differently come to be seen as difficult because they cannot fit into the
system. Personalised learning offers very practical routes to higher attainment for all children, but especially those who feel most de-motivated by the current approach.
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Personalised learning does not mean individualised learning.
Personalised learning is not cafeteria style learning: picking your own curriculum from a wider self-service menu. Personalised learning should equip children to make choices…
“Personalised learning schools equip children to become more active, engaged learners, able to reflect on how they learn, what they find hard or difficult, how they best express themselves.” (Leadbeater, 2005)
Personalising Learning
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The central goal is to develop certain competencies in everyone, to use—and build on—people’s strengths and interests, while also ensuring that everyone has the basics, via a system that allows people to follow personalised learning pathways. (Bolstad et. al., 2012, p.23)
How Do You Define Personalised Learning?
“Personalised learning means differentiated provision to meet differentiated needs. All the resources available for learning—teachers, parents, assistants, peers, technology, time and buildings—have to be deployed more flexibly.” (Supporting Future-oriented Learning and Teaching: A New Zealand Perspective. Wellington: Ministry of Education p17)
The personalisation of learning is not just pretending kids have choices in what they are going to learn. Rather, it is building environments in which teachers have the time and skill to know their students and can adjust the pace, the materials, and the surroundings so they can meet the needs of all learners. George Wood
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Te Aho Matua o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori (2008) - the foundation document that lays down the principles of Te Aho Matua and is the driving force for Kura Kaupapa Māori. There are 6 parts to the document with each part having a special focus on what, from a Māori point of view, is crucial in the education of children for the future. (English translation follows Māori text. The document is also downloadable from a Google search. )
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Personalization vs. Differentiation vs. Individualization Chart
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Other Springboard Resources
Bolstad, R., Gilbert, J., McDowall, S., Bull, A., Boyd, S., & Hipkins, R. (2012). Supporting future-oriented learning & teaching: A New Zealand perspective. Wellington: Ministry of Education. Retrieved from:
Bevan-Brown, Jill; McGee, Alyson; Ward, Angela and MacIntyre, Lesieli. Personalising learning: A passing fad or a cornerstone of education? [online]. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 46, No. 2, 2011: [75]-88. Availability: ISSN: 0028-8276. [cited 01 Aug 18].
New Zealand Ministry of Education. (n.d.) Personalised assessment practices in a secondary context. Retrieved from: http://assessment.tki.org.nz/Assessment-for-learning/School-stories/Personalising-assessment/Personalised-assessment-in-a-secondary-context
Leadbeater, C. (2005).‘The Shape of Things to Come personalised learning through collaboration’. Retrieved from:
Strauss, V. (2013). ‘Personalization’ of learning: Genuine or slick marketing? Retrieved from:
Prince K. (2014). A vision for radically personalized learning. Retrieved from:https://youtu.be/y9ZX9ApLLh0
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https://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lps-research-promise-personalized-learning.pdf
My artefact that encapsulates my learning:
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