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Tool 23 A tool for debriefing Debriefing is the process of reflection on and reviewing experience in order to share and discover what we learned. 23_Tool_reflection.pdf - 92KB
Tool 38 Actions for prevention agreement The tool helps to identify the expertise needed and the learning needs related in this particular project. The tool is specific for this case and needs to be adapted if it would be used in other projects. It is the logic behind it that may help you develop your own tool. 38_Tool_Actions-for-prevention-agreement.pdf - 83KB
Tool 28 Balance wheel Balance wheel is a diagnostic tool to negotiate and assess common elements, which are needed for professional development in schools to work. 28_Tool_BALANCE_WHEEL.pdf - 123KB
Tool 3 Classroom leadership questionnaire The ClassLead-Q collects information on teachers' leadership behaviour as well as prerequisites and effects of leadership behaviour. The collected data can be evaluated by the EXCEL evaluation sheet. There you will receive a graphic representation of the results and suggestions for their interpretation. 3_tool_ClassLead-Q.pdf - 259KB
Tool 3a Classroom leadership questionnaire - valuation sheet The ClassLead-Q collects information on teachers' leadership behaviour as well as prerequisites and effects of leadership behaviour. The collected data can be evaluated by the EXCEL evaluation sheet. There you will receive a graphic representation of the results and suggestions for their interpretation. 3_tool_ClassLead-Q_evaluation-sheet.xlsx - 64KB
Tool 10 Collegial case review Description of a standardized psychological procedure to talk about cases 10__tool_Collegial_case_review.pdf - 104KB
Tool 21 Collegial consultation This is a problem solving method that is based on Supervision technique. It helps an individual to get an insight into his/her own problem also from another perspective. 21_Tool_collegial_consultation.pdf - 92KB
Tool 29 Common planning with model GROW The GROW model (or process) is a simple method for goal setting and problem solving. 29_Tool_Grow_planning.pdf - 107KB
Tool 16 Community of philosophical Enquiry Allows educators to examine the values and attitudes that underpin their professional practice. 16_Tool_Community_of_Philosophical_Enquiry.pdf - 103KB
Tool 12 Cooperation between students in blended learning formats A method is described how to enable pupils to learn together autonomously and independent of both time as well as space factors. Pupils benefit from this collaboration in various ways (content knowledge, communication competencies, learning strategies, etc.) 12_CoolGroups.pdf - 101KB
Tool 22 Core reflection This is a tool for self-reflection on the causes of dilemmas. 22_Tool_core_reflection.pdf - 91KB
Tool 30 Creating powerful intentions A self reflective tool for creating powerful intentions 30_Tool_Creating_powerful_intentions.pdf - 96KB
Tool 14 Design an experiment This tool helps you to plan and design an experiment in your educational setting, so that it is more than just ‘trial and error’ 14_material_Design_an_experiment_EN_Fontys.pdf - 134KB
Tool 31 Dimensions for learning in networks It is the workshop about the process of deciding what kind o f network we want to start or to evaluate a network and improve it. 31_Tool_Dimensions_of_learning_in_networks2.pdf - 124KB
Tool 27 Discussion with statements Informal and structured protocol of exchanging views on education and teaching. 27_Tool_Discussion_with_statements.pdf - 50KB
Tool 11 Distant peer coaching Beginning teachers coach each other virtually (home-office). They reflect on a difficult situation, clarify the dilemma and try to get a realistic view on useful competencies and next steps to be taken in order to deal with the dilemma. 11_tool_DistantPeerCoaching.pdf - 134KB
Tool 34 Empathy map The aim of this exercise is to get to know a problem better from a point of view of another individual. Typically you can use it to further your knowledge regarding your students or use it as a method to get to know more about them. 34_Tool_Empathymap.pdf - 133KB
Tool 15 Facing professional change This tool uses an interview approach to support articulation of personal professional dilemmas and reflective dialogue. The activity also supports the development of active listening skills 15_vignette_activity.pdf - 130KB
Tool 32 Force field analysis The aim of this tool is to identify negative and positive forces that influence the issue being discussed and begin to generate a strategy or plan of action. 32_Tool_Forcefieldanalysis.pdf - 52KB
Tool Guidelines for Organising “The Game” tool_guideline_for_organising_the_game_Fontys.pdf - 704KB
Tool 35 How to search literature This tool offers some guidelines to set up and carry out an interviews with pupils. 35__Tool_how_to_search_literature.pdf - 126KB
Tool 17 Immersive activity to promote reflection Allows participants to examine a professional dilemma they are facing through imagining a fictional world. 17_Tool_Immersive_Experience.pdf - 153KB
Tool Inquiry as a Stance text_inquiry_stance__Fontys_2.pdf - 1.0MB
Tool Inquiry as a Stance - The Game tool_inquirystance_THE_GAME_Fontys.pdf - 908KB
Tool 13 Interview pupils This tool offers some guidelines to set up and carry out an interviews with pupils 13_material__interview_pupils_EN_Fontys.pdf - 143KB
Tool 7 Korthagen’s ALACT cycle of reflection A method (Hilzensauer, 2017) is described how to use video recordings of one’s own lesson for reflection. 7_tool_Video_recording_for_reflection.pdf - 136KB
Tool 20 Network analysis tool The network analysis tool helps you to make an inventory of the people and the organizations involved in the situation you try to change. By using the tool you will become aware of the dynamics of the network, how strong its mutual connections are, and who may be considered your allies, or opponents in the envisaged process. Last but not least it helps you to reflect upon things you may learn from network partners and how partners may mutually benefit for these learning processes. 20_Network_analysis_tools.pdf - 88KB
Tool 24 Peeling the onion This protocol is designed to help peel away the layers of the problem in order to address the deeper issues that lie underneath the surface. 24_Tool_defining_dilemma.pdf - 134KB
Tool 25 Questions for coaching Coaching questions help us to reflect upon a situation on different levels. We analyze our lives and situations in our life through different perspectives. Each logical level is a different point of view which is also connected to the other levels and they are arranged in a hierarchy of importance 25_Tool_logical_levels.pdf - 46KB
Tool 5 Reflection on my values Reflection tool for balancing competing values 5_tool_Reflection_on_my_values.pdf - 266KB
Tool 18 Reflective diary Allows educators the opportunity to reflect on their professional experiences in a structured manner. 18_Tool_Reflective_Diary.pdf - 47KB
Tool 1 Sanctions in school from a pedagogical point of view Information about the effectiveness of sanctions, positive and negative side effects from a pedagogical point of view 1_tool_Information_Effectivness_of_sanctions.pdf - 99KB
Tool 37 SCAMPER SCAMPER is an acronym consisting of the initials of the following words: Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Purpose, Eliminate, Reverse. The tool supports creative problem solving. 37_ToolScamper.pdf - 109KB
Tool 19 School in the world Allows educators to consider how societal issues impact on educational provision. 19_Tool_School_in_the_World_-Group_Discussion_Activity.pdf - 82KB
Tool 33 Stakeholder analysis The aim of this exercise is to help you think in a structured way regarding those people, organisations or other actors that could be directly or indirectly involved in a situation or affected by the outcome. 33_Tool_Stakeholderanalysis.pdf - 59KB
Tool 36 Story line The tool offers a guideline to develop awareness and the ability to recognize points of intervention in school problems related to inclusion 36_ToolStoryLine.pdf - 78KB
Tool 9 Talk to colleagues Collection of questions to talk to colleagues about a class, lessons, individual pupils and / or behaviour 9_tool_Talk_to_colleagues.pdf - 106KB
Tool 8 Talk with parents Conducting discussions (with parents) based on the attitude "cooperation instead of confrontation" 8_Talks_with_parents-_From_confrontation_to_cooperation.pdf - 217KB
Tool 2 Techniques of CRM Overview of prevention and intervention techniques for classroom management 2_tool_Techniques_of_classroom_management.pdf - 187KB
Tool 6 Videorecordings support reflection and action planning Kothagens reflection (1999) cycle (situation-task-action-result-new situation) can be used to examine how you operate in your professional life and may support you in finding new ways to experience a situation, to set new goals or to act differently. 6_tool_Reflexion_Cycle.pdf - 136KB
Tool 4 What can be observed in a lesson? For seven categories (learning conditions, teacher activities, social interaction, etc.) suggestions what can be observed during a lesson are given. 4_tool_observation_of_a_class.pdf - 120KB
Tool 26 Who am I as a professional? Appreciative Inquiry Interview is a tool for discovering and harnessing the best of who we are as a way to our best possible future. Appreciative inquiry is about taking a journey out of the land “I know” and into the land of “I wonder” 26_Tool_Appreciative_Inquiry.pdf - 90KB