Teaching Adults in Further Education

Name: Teaching Adults in Further Education
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A comprehensive compilation of subjects all based around excellence in teaching

Created byJayne Williams

Last updated 8/2021

English

What you'll learn

This course will help you to become a confident and inspiring teacher.
Lesson planning is important because it helps you consider the individual needs of all your students
Being an inspiring teacher is about presence and enthusiasm
Set the right learning goals, for the right students at the right time

Course content

7 sections • 26 lectures • 2h 46m total length

Welcome to your course3:03
The aim of this course is to enable those new to teaching and training to plan and deliver stimulating and inspiring lessons for adult learners.

· By the end of the course you will be able to

· Explain the difference between Adult Learning and Pedagogy

· List ways in which to prepare to plan, develop and deliver courses.
· Explain the benefit of agreeing standards and expectations with learners.
· Compare different types of initial assessment methods.
· Identify learners preferred learning style
· Describe the difference between a learning aim and an objective.
· Write sharply focused learning objectives

· Describe effective teaching strategies to meet the needs of different
learners

· Prepare and use a variety of differentiated learning methods

· Plan and deliver effective teaching/training

· Describe and use a variety of different questioning methods to stretch
and challenge learners.
· Identify the impact of different types of assessment
· Implement effective, supportive and developmental feedback.
· Evaluate your sessions on a session by session basis

How Adults Learn6:25
In this section you will learn about the ways in which adults learn. By the end of this lecture you will be able to
Explain why adults enter into education
Describe what metacognition is
Explain what learner centred learning is
Describe the methods by which adults learn
How Adults Learn - Written Text3:41
The written text here expands on the concepts of student centred learning discussed in lecture 2
How Adults Learn

Advanced Preparation4:29
This lecture discusses the information that you will need to gather up front before you embark on delivering training to students. Therefore enabling that your resources are prepared and ready for you to start teaching with purpose.
Learning Preferences5:46
By the end of this lecture you will have a greater understanding of how learners will have different preferences for how they learn
By the end of this session you will be able to...
Describe two different models that assess learning preferences. VARK and Honey and Mumford
Identify the components of VARK
Identify the learner styles according to the Honey and Mumford model
Explain how learning preferences influences the activities that you choose
Test your knowledge - Advanced Preparation
Agreeing Standards and Expectations10:48
After completing this section you will be able to explain the reasons why we agree the standards and expectations with adult learners at the start of a course
Aims, objectives and outcomes7:37
This video explains what the difference is between and aim and and objectives
By the end of this lecture you will be able to...
Explain what a clear learning aim is
Name the types of words to use as objectives
Explain what objectives should be designed to to
How the chosen objectives can link through from lower to higher levels of thinking
Why learners need to have objectives visible at all times.
Planning for Learning9:43
Plan student centre learning.

Break a lesson into bite sized pieces
How to define tutor activity
How to define learner activity.
Assessment planning
Resource planning
Bonus - Embedding Mandatory Content2:52
In the United Kingdom were are mandated under law to integrate certain content within our teaching. These are.
Safeguarding, Prevent Duty and Channel
Equality and Diversity
British Values
English
Maths
Information Communication Technology.
Employability Skills
This bonus lecture explains how to do this.
Plenary (Review Learning Objectives)6:23
By the end of this lecture you will be able to
Explain why we should review learning
Identify when to review learning
Describe how to review learning.
Effective Lesson Planning
Lesson Planning
Plan a Lesson

Delivery Methods3:55
After you have watched this video you will understand why it is that using a didactic style of teaching is not an effective method of training. Definition: Didactic Di DakTik Meaning: Inclined to teach or lecture others too much, and why student centred learning is more effective at committing learning to long term memory.

By the end of this session you will be able to...

Explain why learning activities should be changed every 20 minutes or so
Workshops and Group Delivery10:30
This lecture describes that ways in which you can manage workshop delivery effectively.
By the end of this lecture you will be able to...
Explain why you should introduce the activities that comprise your workshop
Explain the reasons why you might choose workshop delivery
Explain why you need clear instructions for each activity
What you role, and responsibilities are as the trainer
How you can manage a group
Workshop Delivery - Problems you may encounter0:14
This lecture is made up of a resource which breaks down into a tabled format the problems that you may encounter when managing a workshop and ways in which you can deal with them.
Choosing Group Activities2:52
This lecture is made up of a resource that details some of the different activities that make for effective delivery.

Please note that the resource that you can download from this sections was created by Geoff Petty and published as a free download from his website.
Delivery Methods
Problems you may encounter
How to make learning visible14:34
Professor John Hattie from New Zealand pioneered the idea of making learning visible. If you make learning visible not only will your students also know how much they have learned but anyone who wants to come to your lesson will also be able to see how much they have learned. Probably most importantly, if students can measure the extent to which they are making progress you will have cracked it, because they will fully understand how coming to your lesson will increase their knowledge, develop their skills or even change their behaviours. By the end of this lecture you will be able to.
Describe to find out what your student arrives with in terms of knowledge, and skills.
Identify how to decide on the right learning goals for each individual student
Create challenging activities that help learners make deep learning progress
Develop questioning skills that assess learners knowledge so that you can give developmental feedback.
Develop your learners critical thinking skills so that they become independent learners.

Methods of assessment and timelines11:46
This lecture explains why you should assess learners and the most effective methods of assessing learning
The importance of assessing learners
The different types of assessment to use
When to use the right assessment
What methods you can use with each type of assessment
Effective Questioning Skills3:42
In this session you will learn the impact that effective questioning has on your students progress.

By the end of the session you will be able to...

Explain which questions are the least effective in assessing learning.
Explain which questions to avoid
Describe the difference between and open and a closed question
Explain the purposes of asking questions in a learning environment
Methods of Questioning6:59
After watching this video you will be able to begin formulating the sorts of questions that stretch your learners to conduct robust self enquiry, learn at deeper levels and commit learning to long term memory.

By the end of this lecture you will be able to...
Explain the types of questions that
Clarify
Probe Assumptions
Probe reasons and evidence
Probe view points and perspectives
Probe implications and consequences
Ask questions about learners questions
Describe what funnelling questions are
Describe how to handle 'don't knows'
Golden Rules of Questioning Learners5:48
If you want to make your question and answer sessions highly effective there are a few tips and rules that you should apply. Make learning fun.

Effective questions should.

Open up conversations
Inspire students to ask more questions
Inspire deeper intellectual thinking
Produce a sense of confidence and resilience in students
Motivate and develop interest
Develop a sense of mutual respect for other peoples opinions
By the end of this lecture you will be able to...

Create a secure and safe learning environment
Explain how to develop learners confidence
Describe how to prepare in adavance
Explain how to deal with wrong answers effectively
Describe how to allow for thinking time
Describe how to ask questions that commit learning to long term memory
Explain how to manage answers from group work
Self Assessment6:29
By the end of this lecture you will be able to...

Explain the impact of a triangulated approach to self assessment
Explain how the learner benefits from self assessment
Describe how to make self assessment effective
Explain how self assessment develops reflective skills and consolidates learning
Peer to Peer Assessment4:27
After watching this lecture you will understand the benefits of teaching learners how to peer assess each others work.

By the end of this lecture you will be able to...
Explain the importance of preparing your learners to give peer assessment
Explain how to develop learners peer assessment and feedback skills
Describe how it improves learner motivation
Explain how it develops learners understanding of learning criteria
How to assess learners progress

Introduction to feedback (Section 1)5:12
By the end of this session you will be able to...
Describe the intention of feedback.
Describe what makes feedback development
Describe the importance of timely feedback
Explain how to make feedback specific
Giving Effective Feedback (Section 2)4:30
By the end of this lecture you will be able to...
Explain how feedback can build learners confidence
Explain why you need to choose the right non verbal cues
Explain the importance of limiting feedback to a few key points
Explain how to avoid marking fatigue
Describe the ways in which marking work enables you to evaluate the impact of your sessions/course
Giving Effective Feedback (Section 3)4:51
After completing this lecture you will be able to...
Explain why someone other than you could give feedback and what this does for learners
Explain why you should feedback on learners notes
Explain the effective use of praise
Giving Effective Feedback (Section 4)3:33
By the end of this lecture you will be able to..

Describe the ways to build rapport when giving feedback.
Explain how to avoid sounding judgemental
Explain how learner self evaluation impacts on progress
Explain what and why you might ask for feedback on your sessions
List four important questions prior to giving feedback
How to give effective feedback.

Requirements

You don't need to have any prior experience or training to do this course. Although it starts at an intermediate level. Considered a level 3 in the UK. The explanations are clear enough that you will understand how to apply newly learned skills

Description

Many people confuse teaching with lecturing. They assume that if they have good knowledge and understand and that they transmit this to a class (audience) of people that they are teaching. However this is not the case. We can never establish how much students are learning until we put this to the test and measure this. As a teacher in further education and someone who works for a global company observing teaching and learning I can pass on a wealth of knowledge about what Ofsted consider to be outstanding teaching and I offer all of this to you in this course. Although I have marketed this course as a Level 3 in Teaching I am certain that there are many aspects of it that are level 4 content.

The modules of this course are the mainstay of excellent teaching that would make any observer or inspector proud to have observed. As a result of doing this course you will have a very clear understanding of what motivates students to take courses to improve themselves and what their expectations are when they attend a one day course or a series of lessons.

When lesson planning you will learn how to help your students build on their learning so that their knowledge and understanding broadens and deepens while they are learning new skills or knowledge thereby strengthening their motivation to learn.

You will develop both your confidence and ability to prepare learning objectives that meet the needs of your learners, providing learning opportunities that inspire them and switch them on to a life time of learning.

Your presence in the classroom will be inspiring, enthusiastic, confident and motivating and leave your learners asking for more.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn how to teach or how to improve their teaching or those that want to embark on a life in education.
The course is for those just starting out in teaching, or those who just want to be better teachers

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Course content

Welcome1 lecture • 3min

About Adult Learning2 lectures • 10min

Planning and Delivery7 lectures • 48min

Delivery Methods5 lectures • 32min

Assessing Learning6 lectures • 39min

Effective Feedback4 lectures • 18min

Reflecting on Learning1 lecture • 6min

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