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TUTOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SUSIE MACFARLANE

MICHELLE AVERYFACULTY OF HEALTH, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Preparing sessional teachers to facilitate students’ graduate skills development

CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B

Learning 1.0 Learning 2.0 Learning 3.0

Learning Process

Memorize accepted truth

Critique and construct

knowledge

Negotiate meaning

Information

processing

Find information Filter and evaluate

information

Collaborate and share in groups and

networks

Skills Learning a body of knowledge

Engage and collaborate Form communities

Learning process

Read/watch packaged content

Discuss and share Create resources and knowledge

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Learning Principles

• Constructive Alignment (Biggs & Tang, 2006)

• Learner-centred (Piaget, Vygotsky)

• Collaborative experiential learning (Hattie, 2009)

• Feedback (Nicol, 2009, Hattie, 2009)

• Reflection, Self and Peer Evaluation (Boud, 2009)

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Tutor workshop methods

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Tutor PD Program Learning Outcomes

Tutors participating in this workshop will be able to:

1. Facilitate effective small group problem based learning

2. Provide effective feedback

3. Understand PBL and student centred learning and the rationale for these forms of learning

4. Understand the rationale for and process of self and peer-assessment

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Tutor Professional development program components

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Tutor workshop focus group

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Critical success factors

Review and continuous improvement

Relevant - Adapt workshop to context and content- Presence of Unit chair

Sustained- Provide ongoing discussion and support

Create safe and effective learning space- Recognise diversity: teaching is personal- Emphasize learning not performance

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Further considerations

GPS projectTutors’ retention of information and skill progression

SectorHow do we support the professional development of our sessional teaching workforce?

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Thank you

susiem@deakin.edu.auslideshare.net/susiemac

Twitter@susie_mac

www.twitter.com/@gradspychskills