Analyse Different Ways To Establish Ground Rules With Learners
PTLLS – Assignment 3
Analyse different ways in which you would establish ground rules with your learners, which underpin behaviour and respect for others.
Within my area of teaching in counselling, establishing ground rules early on helps avoid group disruption. Gravells (2008:7) states ‘Without ground rules, disruption may occur and affect the learning of your group.’
There are many different types of ground rules that can assist in creating mutual respect from tutor to students and vice a versa.
Ground rules can be established in three different ways, the first option is teacher imposed. These are not necessarily negotiable and can be too draconian. The Preparing to teach in the Lifelong Sector website states:
“It’s not always recognised that learners can impose ground rules, but they have just as much right to expect appropriate behaviour and actions from the teacher as the teacher has from them.” …show more content…
The second option is learner imposed ground rules.
This gives the learners the most freedom and ownership of ground rules; however I may end up with a set of ground rules that are not appropriate.
The third option is negotiated ground rules, that are agreed upon by myself and the students. This is the best way to establish ground rules as the two-way process initiates communication between the students and myself and gives a sense of ownership for all.
I introduce them on their induction into my class. I ask the students what rules they would like, then as a class, discuss the results. Posters are a good way of establishing ground rules as they are visual and kinaesthetic.
According to Petty (2009:123) “class rules should be based on educational, moral and safety criteria only”. Some examples of ground rules in my classroom are;
• Prompt attendance
• Assignments submitted on
time
• Mutual respect
• Mobile phones must be turned off
• Notification of lateness or absence
• No food or drink in the classroom
• No Bullying
• ID Passes to be worn at all times
• Confidentiality
Adult learners are more responsible for their own learning and will create rules on the basis that they need to learn. By allowing the group to establish their own rules on a course they are more likely to respect them and also challenge fellow learners if the rules are being broken.
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Gravells.A. (2008) Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (3rd Edition) Learning Matters. Exeter.
Petty, G (2009 Fourth Edition) Teaching Today, Nelson Thomas, Cheltenham
Preparing to teach in the Lifelong learning sector http://www.anqdevelopment1-linux.co.uk/04-TheoryTasks/Theory4.htm
Analyse different ways in which you would establish ground rules with your learners, which underpin behaviour and respect for others.
Within my area of teaching in counselling, establishing ground rules early on helps avoid group disruption. Gravells (2008:7) states ‘Without ground rules, disruption may occur and affect the learning of your group.’
There are many different types of ground rules that can assist in creating mutual respect from tutor to students and vice a versa.
Ground rules can be established in three different ways, the first option is teacher imposed. These are not necessarily negotiable and can be too draconian. The Preparing to teach in the Lifelong Sector website states:
“It’s not always recognised that learners can impose ground rules, but they have just as much right to expect appropriate behaviour and actions from the teacher as the teacher has from them.” …show more content…
The second option is learner imposed ground rules.
This gives the learners the most freedom and ownership of ground rules; however I may end up with a set of ground rules that are not appropriate.
The third option is negotiated ground rules, that are agreed upon by myself and the students. This is the best way to establish ground rules as the two-way process initiates communication between the students and myself and gives a sense of ownership for all.
I introduce them on their induction into my class. I ask the students what rules they would like, then as a class, discuss the results. Posters are a good way of establishing ground rules as they are visual and kinaesthetic.
According to Petty (2009:123) “class rules should be based on educational, moral and safety criteria only”. Some examples of ground rules in my classroom are;
• Prompt attendance
• Assignments submitted on
time
• Mutual respect
• Mobile phones must be turned off
• Notification of lateness or absence
• No food or drink in the classroom
• No Bullying
• ID Passes to be worn at all times
• Confidentiality
Adult learners are more responsible for their own learning and will create rules on the basis that they need to learn. By allowing the group to establish their own rules on a course they are more likely to respect them and also challenge fellow learners if the rules are being broken.
Word count 363
Gravells.A. (2008) Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (3rd Edition) Learning Matters. Exeter.
Petty, G (2009 Fourth Edition) Teaching Today, Nelson Thomas, Cheltenham
Preparing to teach in the Lifelong learning sector http://www.anqdevelopment1-linux.co.uk/04-TheoryTasks/Theory4.htm