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15th May, 2012
Dr Paul SpencerResearcher Development Manager
[email protected] 0117 328 3974
First steps to small group
teaching
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In this session we will aim to: Identify common Learning styles &
Strategies Discuss supporting the learning of small
groups Dene the role of a facilitator Describe the resources for supporting
students with special needs
Overview
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Introduction to Teaching &
Learning
What resources do we have as agroup?
What challenges does teaching present?
How do we learn and what doesthis mean for the students weteach?
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What resources?
What do you as a group bring to therole of teaching assistant? Answers ona ip chart
Subject expertise
Background
Skills
Experience life & work
Interests
Support
Qualities
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What challenge does teaching
present?
As a group discuss the role of theteaching assistant. What kind of opportunity is it? What are the
challenges?
Agree a list of 5 opportunities and 5challenges.
Answers on a ipchart
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How do we learn?
On your own spend a few minutes thinking about how, as an undergraduate, youlearned your subject
Write down your thoughts
Compare this to others in the group
Differences? Similarities?
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Learning styles &
strategies
We will now look at some
of the models used todescribe learning activities
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The concept of a learning cycle
EXPLORING
THE SUBJECT Reading Listening
Attending lecturesCollecting data
APPLYINGUNDERSTANDING
Writing assignmentsExperiments
Problem solving Discussion
Presentations/ExplanationsTESTING
UNDERSTANDING Assessment
Examinations
Grading
COMMENT &FEEDBACK
Feedback Tutorials
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Question
How does thisrelate to how we
learn?
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Concreteexperience
Reectiveobservation
Abstract conceptualisation
Activeexperimentation
The Kolb Learning Cycle
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DO IT
What ? What happened?
What were the results?
So What? What do theseresults imply?
How did I inuencethe outcome?
Now What? What will I do differently next time?
The SimplestExperiential
LearningCycle
compiled by Andrea Corneywww.edbatista.com/2007/10/experiential.html
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The Competency
Staircase
unconsciousincompetence
consciousincompetence
consciouscompetence
unconsciouscompetence
It is worth remembering that Kolbs learning cycle,experiential learning and competencies relate to
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About learning
styles
http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/experience.htm
There are a wealth of theories* relating to thisand a myriad of categories that learners are
placed into e.g.
VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/write & Kinaesthetic) Activist, Pragmatist, Reector & Theorist Visualiser, Verbaliser, Doer, Serialist & Holist
*The word theory in this context may provoke a reaction.
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Learning styles
Ok, so what?
i. People learn in different waysii. People learn in distinctively different
ways?iii. Can develop a taxonomy of learning styles?
iv. Use tests to ascertain individuals'learning styles teach to address them?
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Health warning!
Students may use strategiesto navigate their HE courses
and these strategies aredriven by different
motivations
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Learning strategies
employed
Three strategies described
1. Strategic approach2. Deep approach3. Surface approach
Entwistle, N (1993)Teaching and the Quality of Learning
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Strategic Approach
organising
Intention to excel on assessed work Being alert to assessment requirements and
criteria Gearing work to the perceived preferences of
lecturers Putting consistent effort into studying
Finding the right conditions and materials forstudying Managing time effort effectively to maximise
grades
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Deep Approach
transforming
Intention to understand material for oneself Being actively interested in the course content
Relating ideas to previous knowledge andexperience
Looking for patterns and underlying principles Checking evidence and relating it to
conclusions Examining logic and argument cautiously andcritically
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Surface
Approach...reproducing Intention to cope with content and tasks set Studying without reecting on either purpose
or strategy Treating the course as unrelated bits of
knowledge Finding difculty in making sense of new ideas
presented Memorising facts and procedures routinely
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Impact of non-verbal behaviour
Listening Skills
Pair up. One person to talk for 2 minutes about
something you did last weekend; the other to
demonstrate that they are not listening using body language. How does it feel?
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Impact of non-verbal behaviour
Listening Skills
Still in Pairs. One person to try and intimidate
the other without touching them. How does it
feel?
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Lecturer
Teacher
Trainer
Facilitator
Coach
Tell
Ask
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