1. Tutor: Dominic Brockway
Module Induction September The Psychology of Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Tutor: Dominic Brockway

2. Objectives for the morning– Trainees will….
Introduce themselves and their area of teaching/training
Participate in group induction exercises
Participate in Icebreaker exercise
Research, identify and discuss the assignment/assessment requirements of the course.

3. Housekeeping: a reminder regarding the following:
Fire Exits
Location of toilets
Canteen
Library

4. Murder Mystery
Purpose of the activity – There is an underlying psychological aspiration! This is to “form” and “storm” activity. I want us to build effective collaborative behaviour within the group.

5. Murder Hunt Rules Class sits in circle Every learner has a clue card
Every learner keeps their own card and does not show or give to anyone else
One person in group is allowed to write
Learners cannot leave their places
Only when six answers have been written can you speak to tutor and confirm answers correct.

6. The answers to these 6 questions have to be found in 15 mins
Who was murdered?
Who committed the murder?
When?
Where?
What was the weapon?
Why?

7. Murder Hunt

8. Activity 2 - Excellence Gateway
Activity B – ground rules for this module sticky notes or .
Why do you establish ground rules with learners?

9. Handbook activity
In Pairs…. Outcomes and assessment: Read and Decode On your table…. Identify any queries? As a whole group…. Clarify terms.

10. BREAK – 15 minutes

11. What is psychology?
“Psychology is the scientific study of how people behave, think and feel. Psychologists study everything about the human experience from the basic workings of the human brain to consciousness, memory, reasoning and language to personality and mental health.13 Mar 2015”
School of Psychology - Future Students - What is Psychology?

12. There are different approaches to psychology. These include:
Source:

13. Will psychology help me as a teacher?
One view: “There appears to be no evidence that the study of educational psychology has had any measurable effect on teachers or the quality of teaching.”
The Magic of Psychology in Teacher Education, LYNN FENDLER
Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2012
Another view: Yes, it will definitely help you. But, teachers should be careful about how they use research findings from cognitive psychology. Only take what's useful and practical, advises Tim Taylor:

14. The following teaching techniques have been used in this lesson thus far
Use of objectives – Why do teachers use lesson objectives? Could you have a lesson without objectives?
Use of a recap – Why do teachers have a recap at the start of their lesson?
Icebreakers – What is the purpose of an icebreaker? When would you complete icebreakers with your students?
Discovery/Active learning – Why have I got you to find the information rather than going through a lecture?

15. Where do you get your ideas of what good teaching is?

17. A Buddhist Proverb
Is there any truth in this?

18. Useful Articles which discuss different metaphors for learning
Hager, P., & Hodkinson, P. (2009). Moving beyond the metaphor of transfer of learning. British Educational Research Journal, 35(4), 619–638.
Fox, R. (2001). Constructivism examined. Oxford Review of Education, 27(1), DOI:
Sfard, A. (1999). On two metaphors for learning, and the dangers of choosing just one. Educational Researcher, 27(2), 4-13.

19. (Sfard, A. (1999). On two metaphors for learning, and the dangers of choosing just one. Educational Researcher, 27(2),p7)

20. What are the characteristics of an expert learner
What are the characteristics of an expert learner? In other words, what qualities do we need to learn most effectively?

21. Extension Activity: Benjamin Bloom Workshop Don’t worry if we don’t look at this today. This theory is examined in the Professional Knowledge and Competence module.

22. Email addresses for Google Site for this Module

23. Plenary 1) Each person to say what they have found most interesting about today. 2) On paper could you also write what you found confusing about today or anything you would like to know more about. (This is anonymous)