Aural/Auditory Learners: Spoken/Heard instructions facilitate learning for his type of individual. Lecture sessions, discussion groups, emails and recordings are devices that helps people with this learning preference to explore and discuss concepts with others and understand what works best for them in learning environments. Read/Write Learners: Learners who choose this preference learn best when they receive and return information as words. Communication may be penned or typed. The mechanisms of choice are PowerPoint, the Internet, dictionaries, text signs and written responses.
Pierce NCREL, Oak Brook, 1990 New Learning and Thinking Curricula Require Collaboration In Guidebook 1, we explored a "new" vision of learning and suggested four characteristics of successful learners: They are knowledgeable, self-determined strategic, and empathetic thinkers. Research indicates successful learning also involves an interaction of the learner, the materials, the teacher, and the context. Applying this research, new guidelines in the major content areas stress thinking. Guidebook 2 describes these new guidelines and provides four characteristics of "a thinking curriculum" that cut across content areas. The chief characteristic of a thinking curriculum is the dual agenda of content and process for all students.
‘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.
Different people adjust to different strategies. Most people adjust to more than one strategy. We just need to identify which ones through assessment. How the Awareness of Learning Strategies Influence Teaching and Learning It is important for teachers to understand what a student is going through in their process of learning new information. If you know the learning style of the student, it is easier to convey the message you are trying to convey.
Promoting Inclusion Equality And Diversity Within Learners Theory 3 As a tutor my aim is for the students to gain competence in and a full understanding of the subject. In order for students to do this it is important for the tutor to be mindful of the issues concerning equality, diversity and Inclusion. In terms of equality and diversity the relevant factors we must be sensitive to when teaching are disability, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity and race, age, religious beliefs and economic and social needs of the students. The diverse backgrounds and experiences of individual students are what make teaching so exciting and challenging. The tutor needs to employ a number of strategies to promote inclusive learning to ensure that all the students are involved in the learning process.
Each individual has his or her own unique learning strengths and weaknesses. It is therefore vital for teachers to deliberately use a variety of methods to relate to these individual styles effectively. Understanding students’ learning styles could enable teachers to improve and adapt their teaching styles and strategies to meet student’s needs. When poor results and/or non-attentiveness are evident in the classroom this may be a mechanism for the educator to review the teaching methods used. It is not as important to figure out what style the student is, but to recognise how and why the student is learning in such a way and how to encourage their
Theory Question 4 Explain the ways in which you would establish groundrules with your learners, which underpin behaviour and respect for each other The setting up of groundrules should be made at the beginning of a course to make sure learners are aware of the boundaries and rules within which they are expected to work. Without groundrules being established classroom management may become an issue, which could promote disruption and ultimately affect the learning within the group. When discussing ground rules with learners, it is important for the tutor to establish a set of their own rules, which promotes their commitment to the learning of the group. Incorporated in my own ground rules would be; • Arrive on time to the class and finish the class on time; • To be organised and fully prepared for lessons; • Give everyone within the group equal
Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, and Francine Johnston (2008) explain that there are two purposes for word studies. First is to help students develop a general knowledge of English spellings. Second, word study increases their specific knowledge of the spelling and meanings of words. Word studies are developmental because teachers must differentiate instruction for different levels of word knowledge (Bear et. Al, 2008).
I feel it is important to take into account the personalities of the children, as learning may be inhibited if one child is particularly domineering or intimidating. It is also necessary to look at the subject being taught and be flexible in the grouping of children. I personally feel that for subjects such as Literacy and Numeracy, where there is pressure for academic success the children should be split into ability groups. I feel by working in ability groups, the children are still able to support each other and there is still a hint of Vygotsky’s ZPD theory being practised, as there is still a range of abilities within an ability group and the more able of one particular ability group, can support the others in the group. It is important to remember that no one child is the same as another, even if they are classified as being of similar ability.
Common characteristics in all of these groups can be identified as curiosity, each group or perspective has questions and a need to get answers regardless of any cultural differences. There are four perspectives: Professor, Investigator, Innovator, and Communicator. The Professor focus's on a learning task, trying to master a maximum amount of information in the shortest amount of time. For example; dates, vocabulary and words are the Professors learning perspective. An Investigator is drawn to the truth, they want to gain clarity into an object or idea.that is drawn to the truth.