1. A Good Learning Session
What Makes
A Good Learning Session

2. Two men at a party and one says to the other
"So what do you do for a living?"
"I'm a plastic surgeon,"
says the other.
"I Tuck up Features!"
"That’s a coincidence!"
says the first man,
"because I'm an ESTYN inspector."

3. A Good Learning Session
Planning
The Session
Beginning
Middle
End

4. Planning Evidence of appropriate planning for Learning Scheme of Work
Use college template (find on the intranet)
Electronic SOW (Find on the s: drive)
Lesson Plans that relates to the SOW

5. Beginning Link with previous learning Set out learning objectives
Recap – (assess degree of response)
Set out learning objectives
(Don’t use educational jargon)
This is what we are going to cover
This is what you are going to learn
Why do you think you need to know it
Assess entry behaviour
(how much do you already know)

6. Beginning Hook to engage interest Display enthusiasm Clear delivery
Use of voice to engage learners
Personal projection

7. Middle Learning Learning Activities Variety of Strategies to: Promote
Facilitate
Induce
Learning

8. Middle Take account of individual learning styles preference
Generate appropriate pace and momentum to maintain interest
Good Classroom management in order to
Create good environment and atmosphere
Keep learners’ focused
Discipline
Re-enforce learning
Purposeful repetition

9. Middle Assessment Variety of assessment strategies (Formative)
Assessment for learning focus upon how:
Assessment undertaken impacts upon learning itself
How it can improve future learning

10. END Evaluation of learning Recap tell me what you have learnt today
(Question and answer session)
Short activity to reinforce all planned learning objectives
Final check of acquired
Knowledge
Skills
Understanding
SUMMATIVE

11. END Additional Activities to reinforce planned learning objectives
Project learning forward into how it links with following sessions
(HOMEWORK)