This essay will discuss my perception of the role of a teacher in the lifelong learning sector. It will cover a teacher’s roles, responsibilities and boundaries. It will also evaluate different methods of assessment and discuss approaches to embedding inclusive learning and teaching into learning activities. I have broken the essay down into several headings: Roles, responsibilities and boundaries Teaching and learning methods Assessment methods Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Functional skills in the lifelong learning sector. Background For background information, I am studying teaching in order that I can have an understanding of how my students are learning, and some experience of teaching, so that when I come to assess them for their NVQs I appreciate how they got to the point of submitting their workbooks to me.
{draw:frame} The teacher / trainer cycle (TTC) is a simple iterative process by which a learning experience that, once a need has been established, may be designed, delivered, assessed and evaluated. My main role as a teacher of ICT, will be to provide a learning experience that fits the course profile that has been designed. Within this I have to take into account the various learning styles, visual, auditory and kinaesthetic that my students may prefer. Health and safety will also be a primary feature as will record keeping. Student records, attendance, achievement and disciplinary details will be some of the information kept.
The roles and responsibilities of a tutor in the Lifelong Sector include promoting positive behaviour, diversity and inclusion throughout the teaching and learning process (Gravells, 2012). The author concurs with Gravells et al (2012) that, a tutor should also challenge prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping as it occurs. This can be achieved by incorporating activities in learning based around equality and diversity so it helps students in their understanding. Francis and Gould (2013) state that the role of a tutor in the lifelong learning sector is not confined to imparting knowledge and skills, but covers a multiplicity or different tasks. These roles are accompanied by responsibilities and these contribute to the adoption of a professional approach to work in the lifelong learning sector.
What is meant by good quality assessment practices? “Assessment can be defined as the collection, evaluation and use of information to help teachers make decisions that improve student learning” (McMillan, 2011, p9). Good quality assessment practices have: a clearly defined purpose, methods for measuring, evaluating and using information. Assessment should be a process that is conducted before, during and after instruction. McMillan, (2011) suggests there are four components involved in good quality assessment practices: identify the purpose of the assessment, decide how information will be gathered, establish the standards and criteria for interpreting results and determine how results are to be used to advance learning.
That meant the instructor should select learning tasks that are worth learning and develop this content in ways that help students to appreciate their significance and application potential to analyze the students and identify learning styles, such as active or reflective students. These learning styles can be categorized with the relevance portion of Keller's ARCS model because they assist in matching a student's motives. The first subcategory in relevance strategies is goal orientation. Relevance strategies highlight how the students' previous experiences and skills can be used to help them understand, learn new concepts, and link to students' needs, interests, and motives. This strategy can help teach the concept of writing academic summaries, which are essential to incorporating sources in argument essays.
At the classroom level, for example, teachers collect information about a student's learning, make corresponding adjustments in their instruction, and continue to collect information. Formative assessment can result in significant learning gains but only when the assessment results are used to inform the instructional and learning process (Black & William, 1998). This condition requires the collection, analysis of, and response to information about student progress. The most common procedures of formative assessment include the following. Feedback.
Unit One – Planning and Preparing for Teaching and Learning Ref Cert Ed Outcome PGCE Outcome LSIS Unit (Outcome) Roles and Responsibilities 1.1 Understand own role and responsibilities in lifelong learning Evaluate at least two perspectives on your own role and responsibilities Roles, responsibilities and relationships in lifelong learning (1) 1.2 Understand the relationships between teachers and other professionals in lifelong learning Evaluate different ways in which teachers and other professional may work together in lifelong learning Roles, responsibilities and relationships in lifelong learning (2) 1.3 Understand own responsibility for maintaining a safe and supportive learning environment Understand own responsibility for maintaining a safe and supportive learning environment Roles, responsibilities and relationships in lifelong learning (3) Communication/Target Setting 1.4 Be able to agree individual learning goals with learners Be able to negotiate priorities and agree individual learning goals with learners Planning to meet the needs of learners (1) 1.5 Be able to communicate with learners and other learning professionals to enhance learning Be able to communicate with learners and other learning professionals to enhance learning; and discuss the forms such communication may take in different settings Delivering lifelong learning (2) Planning, Teaching, Evaluating 1.6 Demonstrate session planning skills Demonstrate session planning skills, including priorities and opportunity costs N/A Ref Cert Ed Outcome PGCE Outcome LSIS Unit (Outcome) 1.7 Be able to evaluate own practice in planning inclusive learning and teaching Be able to evaluate practice in planning inclusive learning and teaching in your own setting and at least one other Planning to meet the
Finally, educators with effective communication skills prove an ability to adapt teaching methods to suit the needs of students they are supporting (Kearns, 2012), and with appropriate delivery of good communication, student learning increases. When delivering student education, acquiring effective communication skills involving the delivery of high written and verbal skills, and literacy development is essential for teachers to aid children’s needs for learning, as this assists to prove social and cognitive development for children when the teacher collaborates towards educating children. Good communication skills from early childhood educators ensure children’s skills are enhanced when
What is Differentiated Instruction? Differentiated instruction is a way to reach students with different learning styles, different abilities to consume information and different ways of communicating what they have learned. The intent of differentiating instruction is to expand each student’s advancement and individual success by meeting each student where they are helping in the learning process. It’s an individualized instructional method. It is used to help students with diverse needs learn using a core curriculum.
How are these strategies implemented in my Teaching Practice School? 4. Are these strategies successful? In investigating the above I hope to discover the benefits plus the ‘what’s’ and the ‘how’s’ of well practised Positive Classroom Management (PCM). Through this study I hope to be able to adapt my learning of PCM into a practical understanding and use it as a tool to create a teaching environment conducive to focused and engaged learning.