Module: Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Roles, responsibilities and barriers to learning

Labels and Titles

There are many labels and titles for those involved in “delivering” learning.

Note as many as you can think of on separate

Deliverer of Learning- Titles

• Assessor• Coach• Counsellor• Facilitator• Instructor• Lecturer

• Mentor• Presenter• Teacher• Trainer• Advisor

Roles and Responsibilities

Associated with these titles are roles and responsibilities……

How do they differ?

Completing attendance records

Maintaining students progress records

Having a duty of care for your students

Induction Tutorials ( 1-1 and

group)

Standardising your practice with others

Attending meetings Preparing delivery

material and marking work

Attending events, conferences, exhibitions

Referring students to other agencies

Course administration

Ann Gravells’ PTLLS List (2007)

A thought?

• “…teachers need to find a balance of nurturance and separateness in their relationships with their students, so that the students can carry that modelling into their own careers.”

(Plaut, 1993)

Teacher, Parent,Counsellor, Boss or Friend……

How is the role of a teacher,

similar or different to other

common roles?

•What issues does this raise for you as a trainee teacher?•Do the issues change as the role changes?

i.e. teacher to course tutor etc.

What are your boundaries?• Can you telephone the parents of a learner over 18?• Responsibilities for 14-16 year olds• Do you lend money to learners?• Who do you go to if the learner

appears suicidal?• What do you do if you suspect the

learner is being sexually abused?• Violence

You might need to find out about

• Counselling services

• Organisation charter (is there one?)

• Sending out of class (problems with 14-16 from school)

• Suspicions or allegations of child abuse

• Suspicions or allegations of substance misuse• Pregnant students

• Only work within your own competence, training and authorisation

Some images to make you thinkabout your roles, responsibilities

and boundaries.

Advice:• Request assistance

• Never get out of your depth

• Talk to your mentor

• Always ensure you treat all learners fairly (unconditional (?) acceptance and boundaries)

• Ensure you maintain confidentiality

• Follow your organisational requirements

Barriers to learning

“It has become clear that cultural barriers are the most difficult to deal with, that structural barriers are the most numerous but that personal barriers, particularly those involving motivation and learning styles, are the most

important.”Peter Maxted (1999) Barriers to Learning Campaign for Learning, London

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations

What is the difference?“doing something for an internal reward or doing something because of an external reward.”

Can teachers influence intrinsic motivation?  

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper A Theory of Human Motivation and later refined in his1954 book Motivation and Personality

Some CriticismsThere have been many criticisms of the Maslow model when real-life working practice is considered, including:

- Individual behaviour seems to respond to several needs at the same time- The same need (e.g. the need to socialise) may cause quite different behaviour in different individuals- There is little empirical evidence to support the model.

Some critics suggest that Maslow's model is only really relevant to understanding the behaviour of middle-class workers in the UK and the USA (where Maslow undertook his research). Never the less it has been highly influential.

Adapted from www.tutor2u.net

Classroom Activities

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JoiVEyCosEE

Julie Walters in Educating Rita

Motivation TaskStudents come with barriers affecting their ability to study successfully, but you are limited in ways you can help by your role and responsibilities.

How are you going to increase motivation?

Task

1.List as many ideas as possible for motivating students 2.What demotivates students?

3. What makes something motivational?

Reflection !Consider the ways in which you have been discouraged. List these as………..

•Barriers to learning

Strategies to Overcome Barriers

Suggest strategies that will overcome the Barriers to learning