Gravells (2008,p9)states that “ your main role as a teacher should be to teach your subject in a way that actively involves and engages your student during every session”. This in itself places the learner at the centre point of all teaching. To understand this further, I intend to look at person centred approaches in my teaching in an attempt to demonstrate how I can achieve this in the construction of my methods.
I will also be establishing an overview of current legislation that guides and informs my teaching practice. This gives the teacher direction in terms of statutory obligations as well as moral (code of practice) requirements. I will be looking at boundaries and how to establish them with the learners paying particular attention to ground rules and barriers that adult learners encounter and how the assessment process can then result in identifying the points of referral. Sign posting in an attempt to take down the learning barriers to facilitate learning.
Legislation and codes of practice
In any context of learning there is usually an outcome, e.g. a qualification, the carrying out of a skilled task, be it working with an individual or using a form of machinery. It is important for the teacher and learner to have awareness of statutory legislative requirements as well as health and safety responsibility. This comes in the form of legislation, policy, care planning and risk management.
Legislation that governs teaching will include Ofsted (in England), Ofsted is a body appointed by the government to ensure that accredited standards are met that meet legislative requirements. This is in particular to statutory services provided by government-funded organisations, such as colleges and universities. Bodies such as The Central Council for Education in Social Work ( CCETSW) and other awarding organisations will also quality assure their particular award to ensure that the statory requirements are consistently being met and achieved.