‘Explain the ways you would establish ground rules with your learners which would underpin behaviour and respect for others.’ Setting ground rules within a group establishes what the tutor and the group can expect from each other in terms of social as well as educational expectations. An understanding of why each rule is in place will ensure learners and tutor feel more comfortable about its existence and helps to provide a good learning environment for all in the group. The delivery of these rules can be important when teaching adults as some learners’ feel more at ease having set rules or boundaries whereas others whose negative experiences of their schooling may feel an unconscious resentment. Rather than imposing a stated list of rules or laying down the law, asking for opinions and experiences, then drawing from that any expectations of the group can be a mutually beneficial way of establishing what ground rules should be made and more importantly why they are important or relevant to the group. This method is also a good way to encourage the exchange of ideas and opinions within the group as learners are more likely to relate to each other, discuss, and help each other further on in the course.
Unit 141 Professional practice in children’s care, learning and development. Outcome 4. Be able to engage others in reflective practice. 4.1 Analyse the use of models of reflective practice in own setting. Reflective practice is important to the development of lecturers as professionals as it enables us to learn from our experiences of teaching and make easier student learning.
Unit 4222-301 promote communication in health, social care or children’s and young people setting (shc 31) Outcomes 1 understand why effective communication is important in the work setting. 1.1 People communicate to: Share thoughts and ideas- When our clients share thoughts and ideas they are being given the chance to express themselves freely. Our clients will have ideas and thoughts that they need to share by doing this they are able to grow in confidence and self-esteem; we should always listen to a client’s ideas even if they are incorrect as this will encourage a service to share further ideas and thoughts. * Feedback and reflection encourages mental stimulation * Track development * Diagnose problems early * Express needs and feelings * Gain reassurance and acknowledgement * To express needs and wishes * To gain and to share ideas and information * To reassure * To express feelings and/or concerns * To build relationships and socialise * To ask questions * To share experiences 1.2 Communication is essential to all parts of work and is an essential skill for workers who want to do well in their setting. This communication can be between adults or children.
Positive relationships enable information to be communicated far more effectively. Working in a school this will benefit pupils when you are dealing with parents or carers as they will be more willing to get involved in the child or young person’s education and care. Building and maintaining positive relationships and effective communication with pupils will help them know and understand what is expected of them and acceptable boundaries. In order to develop positive relationships with children, young people and adults effective communication is vital. To effectively communicate we must: • think consciously (everyone is an individual) • explain (be clear, use appropriate language) • listen actively ( occasional nods and eye contact) • be true to our word (say what you mean, mean what you say) • recall (repeat snippets of what has been said to you) • have empathy (non-bias understanding of others situations) • clarify and question (ask the other party if they understand what you have said ) • body language (your own and reading the other persons) Not putting the above skills into practice will create barriers to effective communication and positive
How an adult learner achieves the learning goals? Learning can be defined as a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge. Adults differ from children in terms of the quality and quantity of life experience they possess. Adults are juggling other life roles while attending school, including those of worker, spouse, parent, caregiver, and community member. These roles and experiences provide a wonderful asset for adults because the diversity of experiences can make learning more meaningful, relevant and rich.
The Moser Report challenged further Dearing’s and Kennedy’s report by suggesting that the disaffected youth could be a result of deficiency in the basic skills of individuals such as literacy and numeracy. Moser suggested the need for a national strategy to improve basic skills. “As part of the National Strategy, the Government should commit itself to the virtual elimination of functional illiteracy and innumeracy”. (1998, p4) This was to be a ‘fresh start’ and should become part of the core curriculum of education. Moser further commented that accessibility to improvement of basic skills should be achieved by making the curriculum accessible for all through a pre-entry
Like Sara I have always been open to learning new things, and I prefer to know that the knowledge and skills that I am making an effort to gain is going to benefit me in some way by actually being capable of being put to use either in the short or long terms. By succeeding in obtaining a traditional education in the study of Organizational Management I will hopefully be able to use these credentials in order to further my career in my chosen profession, leading to what I deem to be a better quality of life for myself and my
Table of Contents Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..2 1.1 Description of two self-managed learning approaches and Evaluation of these approaches can help lifelong development………………………………………………………………………..2 1.2 Two lifelong learning approaches and encouragement to enhance lifelong development in the personal and professional context………………………………………………………………………………2 1.3 Assessing the benefit of self-managed learning to the individual and organisations ……………………………………………………………………3 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………4 Appendices…………………………………………………………………………4 Reference …………………………………………………………………………5 Introduction Human-being achieves the education from birth to death through interacting with various society. Not simply learning from school, we can be learned from family, company and other diverse community. Life-long development is the needs and wants that is thoroughly based on our quality of life. and self-managed learning can be enhanced to our life-long development if their is not mistaken sources. [1.1 Description of two self-managed learning approaches and Evaluation of these approaches can help lifelong development] Self-managed learning can be divide into 2 approaches, which formal and informal.
Keeping this in mind, students should be made to study subjects that can help them understand their surroundings, and their neighbors. This can help them to develop a good rapport in a diverse society. Secondly, social sciences, if the curriculum helps to widen the scope, can eliminate the hesitation that keeps people away from coming onto friendly terms with each other. People from different societies will be able to intermingle with ease and comfort if given the opportunity of understanding each other. Once this reluctance is overcome our society will improve dramatically.
2. The strength of these philosophies lies in the fact they are all student centered approaches to teaching and learning. I most appreciate the prescriptive nature of the philosophies meaning that they all are attempting to increase learning and decrease behavior issues by establishing roles, routines, and norms of a classroom. I think if I can actively utilize the approaches above, I can create the type of environment that is helpful to both students and still be a place I want to work in. I do not expect that I can do it all the first year, but maybe over time I can bring in more research based applications of classroom management.