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2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC1416 Developing Teaching Skills to Meet Learners' Needs

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Anita Collins
Email: a.f.collins@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

Pre-requisite qualifications

Students must have some experience of working with learners in a professional or voluntary capacity.

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Are you interested in working with learners? Do you have some experience in this area (this could be in variety of contexts: schools, nurseries, after-school clubs, play schemes, Brownies, swimming or other children’s clubs, libraries, museums etc)? If so, this module could be for you. The module aims to promote understanding of how specific approaches can enable learning, and to develop the key skills required for effective teaching, with an opportunity to practise these in a micro-teaching session.

Objectives

- To develop an understanding of how people learn
- To develop a range of strategies for managing people in a learning environment
- To identify the skills needed for the planning & effective delivery of a teaching session
- To evaluate & reflect upon personal teaching style

Learning outcomes
- A range of teaching styles
- Strategies for teaching a range of learners
- Planning skills for effective delivery
- To apply accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation

Skills outcomes
- Teaching skills
- Class management skills
- Session planning


Syllabus

The content will cover such areas as:
- How do people learn?
- Lesson planning in context
- 'Managing' teaching sessions
- Practising teaching
- Evaluation of teaching session

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lectures101.0010.00
Seminar101.0010.00
Private study hours180.00
Total Contact hours20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

- Key concepts such as teaching skills, lesson planning and classroom management will be introduced in lectures.
- Seminars will be used to apply theory to practice.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be monitored by the tutors throughout the module in person & by email to ensure that they are clear about requirements & have developed the knowledge & understanding to produce a successful teaching session.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
AssignmentMicro teaching session (10-13 minutes) with lesson plan and rationale (1,500 word equivalent)100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 21/12/2018

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