At Osborne State, our teaching and learning is based on the Explicit Instruction Model and teaching.
What is Explicit Teaching?
Explicit teaching involved directing student attention toward specific learning in a highly structured environment. It is teaching that is focused on producing specific learning outcomes.
Topics and contents are broken down into small parts and taught individually. It involves explanation, demonstration and practice. Students are provided with guidance and structured frameworks. Topics are taught in a logical order and directed by the teacher.
Another important characteristic of explicit teaching involves the teacher modelling skills and behaviours and modelling thinking. This involves the teacher thinking out loud when working through problems and demonstrating processes for students. The attention of students is importance and listening and observation are key to success.
What is its purpose?
Explicit teaching is useful for introducing topics and specific skills. It provides guided instruction in the basic understanding of required skills, which students can then build on through practice, collaboration, repetition, hands on activities and developmental tasks.
How do we do it?
Explicit Instruction is a sequence of supports:
Setting a purpose for learning – how and when skill/strategy will be used.
Telling students what to do.
Showing them how to do it.
Guiding their hands – on application of the new learning.
Explicit instruction begins with setting the stage for learning, followed by a clear explanation of what to do (I do), followed by modelling of the process (We Do), followed by multiple opportunities for practice (We Do) until independence (You Do) is attained.
Explicit Instruction moves systematically from extensive teacher input and little student responsibility initially – to total student responsibility and minimal teacher involvement at the conclusion of the learning cycle.
Whole School Review Process
The department regularly reviews the performance of Queensland state schools to ensure they're achieving great outcomes for students.
All Queensland state schools have a review at least every 4 years. This ensures every school community benefits from the same opportunity for feedback and reflection. Whole school reviews provide quality feedback on how the school is performing and to inform school planning processes.
During 2016, Osborne State School was involved in a Whole School Review. We recieved very positive feedback about the current direction of our school and will be using the information provided by the Review Team to inform our School Strategic Plan for the next 4 years.
For a brief overview of our Review findings please read our
Excecutive Summary.
For a more in depth insight into our school, please read our
Full Review Report.
For more information about the Review process please visit the department's
School reviews website.