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Introductory Workshop: Small group teaching.

Day one Session 1

The role of the Tutor/Demonstrator.

• Outline of workshop, and how it fits into the Teaching Community model.
• The importance of the small group activities in student learning.
• The role of the tutor in these.
• The role of the student.
• The outcomes of a successful tutorial, discussion group or lab class.

Day one: Session 2

Student talk.

• Why it is important that students talk in sessions.
• Relationships with good learning theory.
• Types of student talk.
• Why students don’t talk.
• The role of tutors in influencing student talk
• Strategies for encouraging student talk.

Day two: Session 1

Motivation and student interest.

• Issues that affect student motivation.
• Ways of increasing student motivation and interest, with specific strategies for tutor to use in class situations.

Day two: Session 2

Big Ideas, cognitive overload

• The importance of conceptual learning and the Big Ideas of a course
• Teaching for conceptual understanding, including a wide range of targetted strategies

The Teaching Community

• What is it? What does it do? How does it work? What can be gained from it?
• Issues of professional learning.

 

 

 

 

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