e-Compete Wales

Course Description

Aim:
To equip teachers in adult education with the skills necessary to help students review their learning

Duration:
4 days x 6 hours = 8 sessions

Objectives
At the end of the course teachers will be able to
 Explain the purpose of student learning reviews and say why students are encouraged to reflect on their own learning experiences
 Discuss the links between different theories of learning and the practice of student learning reviews and say where in the learning cycle the student review  process  is located
 Outline some of the different models and methods for conducting / facilitating student learning reviews
 Demonstrate the skills of facilitating a student learning review
e.g.     group facilitator styles
active listening skills
groupwork skills
group teaching methods
 Identify the practical, environmental and managerial issues related to student learning reviews
 Discuss the ethical issues associated with student learning reviews


Structure:

Day 1 Morning:

1st Session:     Introduction
                      Course structure background
2nd Session:    Reviewing in practice:
                       Exercise to provide live material on ‘How people learn’ plus review

Day 1 Afternoon:

1st Session:     Learning theory / review practice – how they fit
                        ERL Materials (FEU)
                        Learning styles exercise
2nd Session:    Feedback loop – publish / process/ generalise /apply stuff
                        Review of days learning

Day 2 Morning:

1st Session:    Facilitator styles
                        Input and exercise

2nd Session:    Practical data gathering techniques

Day 2 Afternoon:

1st Session:    Active listening skills workshop

2nd Session:    Active listening skills continuing: Giving and receiving feedback

Day 3 Morning:

1st Session:     Review of yesterday’s learning
                        Intro to Group dynamics
2nd Session:    Workshop exercises on group dynamics

Day 3 Afternoon:

1st Session:    Running discussion groups

2nd Session:    Individual projects

Day 4 Morning:

1st Session:    Feedback on projects

2nd Session:    When not to review! - Exercise

Day 4 Afternoon:

1st Session:    Ethics of intervention

2nd Session:    End of course review




Course Content:

Experience Reflection Learning materials from FEU
Active Listening Skills
Six Category Intervention Analysis
Group Dynamics
………

Skills acquired:

Adaptable exercises…..we have known!
Best / worse learning experience trios
Giving feedback
Debriefing
Entire workshop of active listening skills
How people learn exercise
Coins
Squares
Experiential learning exercise
Operation go type exercise
Learning diaries
Information storage and retrieval exercises

Issues:
Use of live material as ‘cases’ on the course – capturing the here and now
Reviewing own learning as basis for understanding the process
When do you review > contrasting times of day, immediately after? After a gap? +’s and –‘s Use different techniques on course
Inductive vs deductive….theory> illustration> debrief   practice> review> build learning