Working in the Post Compulsory Sector. Learning and Teaching 24th September pm

Starter Activity: What advice will you give this teacher?

Scholarship, enquiry and new knowledge If teaching is to be seen as a form of scholarship, then the practice of teaching must be seen as giving rise to new knowledge (Schon 1995, p. 31). Politics and practice? it seems fundamental to me to clarify at the beginning that a neutral, uncommitted and apolitical education practice does not exist (Freire (1970, 1998b, p39).

How did you learn your subject specialism? Individually: How did you learn your subject specialism? How did you learn your subject specialism?

Broad subject groupings What pedagogies (practices and politics) are evident in your subject areas? How has your subject been taught/ learnt and what does this suggest to you?

Subject specific pedagogy is… How to teach a subject or vocation Teaching how to think in your subject or vocational area. How to think like a hairdresser, historian, chef etc How to………………? …..?

Starting to think about thinking skills (cognitive theories) http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html http://www.businessballs.com/bloomstaxonomyoflearni ngdomains.htm http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/cognitiv e.htm Revised version of the taxonomy: http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_T axonomy

Benjamin S. Bloom (1913-99) 1956: developmental steps that a learner has to take. A ‘taxonomy’ that takes them from lower order to higher order skills. This can help you to stage your lessons, plan and resource your lessons, write your learning outcomes, form your questions…. http://vimeo.com/57698458 Image sourced from: http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

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Individual reflection/ paired discussion Apply one of the domains of learning to a learning experience you have had either recently or in the past i.e. What did you learn? What steps were involved in that learning? What methods and resources were used to support that learning?

A learning pyramid image can be referenced from Geoff Petty, Teaching Today

Advantages and limitations Advantages and limitations? In small groups, analyse and evaluate a teaching and learning method (draw on this session and previous discussions related to learner need, preference etc.) Explanation/ teacher talk Demonstration Practicals Debates and discussions Group and project work Role play and simulations

Microteaching: a reminder 15 minutes Peer and tutor feedback You will need a completed University lesson planner and copies of resources- to give to the observer at the start of your session 9th or 10th October

Timing Teacher activity Student learning activities- with assessment opportunities highlighted (reference to English/ Maths skills where appropriate) Resources used

Hints and tips Your microteaching session will be on an aspect of your subject specialism. Don’t overcomplicate it  What else might you be mindful of at this stage?

New to teaching? According to Petty: ‘Most novice teachers make these two mistakes: They err on the side of the instructor They teach the way they were taught, even if this is not best practice or most appropriate for the situation in which they are teaching’ (Teaching Today, 3rd ed, p.135)

Homework for 29th Sept am Learning and teaching website Jim Crawley’s website Your task: to read the Brief Overview sheet, these websites and any other supporting texts (ie. teacher education and psychology texts in the library) Either: To describe one teaching and/ or learning experience and relate it to a learning theory or learning theories Or: to explain a learning theory and its application to teaching and learning

A bit more http://infed.org/mobi/what-is-pedagogy/ http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching- resources/effective-practice/revised-blooms-taxonomy/ Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) Learning Object roll over http://www.postgraduatesearch.com/postgraduate- videos/julie-smith-fine-art-course-overview/wv-342 consider the pedagogies (practices and politics) expressed here

See the video (animation) Bloom’s Bakery for verbs that can be used in writing learning outcomes and also in forming questions. Note: revised terms used