Roles & Responsibilities Hello Deborah and fellow PTLLS students... Just thought I’d introduce myself to you all prior taking part in the discussion forums. My name is Britt. I’m looking forward to this journey of self development and discovery and meeting you all albeit electronically. And hopefully in person next weekend. I’d like to wish you all luck and success. Now to the question‚ What do you believe your role to be as a teacher? I see the role of a teacher as someone who wears
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Types of learners People learn in a variety of ways. There are people who better perceive information by listening to it‚ whereas others prefer seeing or visualising it. Some people tend to learn everything through practising . Still‚ others learn best through reading and writing. According to the way of perceiving information‚ learners can be classified into four types: auditory‚ visual‚ kinesthetic and read/write. The first type of learners is auditory learners who process information
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This essay will discuss learner motivation in relation to planning for teaching. A brief definition will be outlined along with the importance of motivation in relation to planning‚ teaching and learning. In order to better understand they why’s and the how’s of learner motivation and its importance‚ discussion will be given to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation‚ it will then move on to examine why each of these are important for teachers to understand. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory
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the learning cycle. I usually start by trying to identify the learners needs by arranging and carrying out suitable assessments‚ carrying out interviews‚ identifying any barriers to learning and to help my learners achieve their chosen program‚ by using various teaching and learning approaches planning learning and taking individual needs into account. Although it is a lot more than that‚ it sometimes requires me to support my learners in other ways throughout their learning. It is to discuss the
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able to adequately meet the needs of their members. In my opinion‚ some families today are no longer able to adequately meet the needs of their members. In today’s society‚ there are many instances where women‚ youths and children are in a horrible state of living. They are being abuse and maltreated by their own irresponsible parents or spouse. Not meeting their basic needs is considered as neglecting them. Neglect is a type of abuse where individuals fail to meet the basic needs of their dependent
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Learner Record-Part 1 School Age Childcare: School-Age Childcare Thematic Working Group (SACTWG) defines School Age Childcare (SAC) as: “School-Age Childcare / Out-of-school services refer to a range of organized age-appropriate structured programs‚ clubs and activities for school-age children and young people (4-18) which takes place within supervised environments during the times that they are not in school”. “School age childcare services are by definition about the care of children when
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Assessment is a way of identifying if learning has taken place‚ and enables the teacher to identify if the learner has gained the required skills and knowledge. If following training session you do not plan to carry out any assessments you will not be able to gauge whether the learner has learnt anything. There are various methods of assessment that can be adopted‚ which will measure the learners understanding and knowledge of a subject being taught. The type of assessments to be used will depend on
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to motivate learners “Probably the most effective barrier to communication is the learner’s lack of motivation”. P59‚ CURZON‚ L.B. (1980) 2nd Ed ‘Teaching in Further Education’. Cassell. Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector: Ann Gravells: “Providing feedback – informing the learners how they are progressing”. (P.27) “Constructive feedback doesn’t just mean positive feedback… Negative feedback‚ if given carefully‚ can be very important and useful to the learner. Be specific
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Focus on the Learner Each teacher must deal with a class - a group of individuals with different needs often growing out of their different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. ESL students have widely different needs‚ because of differences in cultural background‚ age‚ and previous education. Even if the students in one class are all from the same language group‚ they inevitably have different learning styles and needs. It means‚ that the teacher needs to be aware of the difficulties involved in
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objective is the how” .As the trainer becomes familiar with the learners and repeats the training cycle the needs of the learners should be considered at this phase for example physical disabilities or dyslexia which the trainer may not have been aware of initially. During the planning phase the trainers role is to prepare a lesson plan which when delivered will achieve the course objectives .When planning lessons several factors need to be considered ‚ for example the aims and objectives‚ time and
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