The main role of the teacher is to facilitate communication in such a way that all students are encouraged to enter into a wider debate surrounding the topic they have chosen. To ensure sessions aim and objectives are meaningful and applicable to students the teaching role incorporates on-going administration and assessment. My role is to create a safe learning environment to establish open and trusting relationships.
Role, responsibilities and boundaries are evolving qualities within the teacher which are assessed and reflected upon using the teaching/training cycle; a cycle of assessment, planning and review.
The cycle can be followed by teacher and student alike and must be followed for learning to be truly effective as described in the following quote: Ann Gravells (2008: 27) “It’s called as cycle as you can start at any point, but you must follow through all the other points for teaching and learning to be effective.”
Identify needs; this is the most important stage of the teaching cycle. Without identifying the student’s needs and requirements, effective teaching would be impossible to create. SPICE is a popular method of looking and identifying a student’s needs it stands for Social, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural, and Emotional.
Social influences on a student both past a present could affect the way a student’s interacts with others, and how they view the education system and how they have learned in the past.
Physical can be how a potential learner actually accesses the building or classroom, lack of mobility, sensory and mental issues are also a factor.
Intellectual, this affects the student’s rate of learning and whether they have a great ability for absorbing information or a poorer ability. This also affects their ability to learn new skills.
Cultural, this can affect a student’s views, beliefs and values which could affect their full participation in the class room.
Emotional, this affects a student’s motivation and could have an
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