Module 2 - Student Learning and Support
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the module, participants should be able to:
- articulate a variety of theories of student learning, based on material presented during the module and through their own reading of educational literature
- apply these theories to analysing their own students' learning and in their own practice as teachers;
- analyse student difficulties with learning within a higher education context, and in particular with reference to their own students
- discuss a variety of methods for enhancing their students' skills
- discuss approaches to developing students' critical thinking skills
- demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between teacher/student interaction and learning
- discuss the design of learning activities for students to enhance their skills development
- discuss the design of learning activities to foster students' critical thinking
- explore ways of enhancing the use of teaching materials
- discuss some of the key issues in student support in higher education and specifically within the Queen's context
- discuss the changing profile of the student body
- develop an awareness of learner strategies to support learning
- reflect on their students' learning, and relate their experiences to the relevant educational literature
- explore ways of evaluating student learning, both formal and less formal
- conduct a peer observation of teaching with a colleague, using an appropriate proforma
- provide written and oral feedback to a colleague on the strengths and weaknesses in a teaching session, in the context of peer observation
- reflect on feedback they have received on their own teaching through the peer observation process and discuss how their own practice might change in response to this feedback
- reflect on the process of peer observation itself, and the strengths and difficulties with this approach to evaluating and reflecting on teaching.
Content will include:
- student learning styles and approaches to learning
- learner strategies
- developing students' skills
- difficulties students may have with learning
- student support in higher education
- formative and summative evaluation of learning and teaching, including peer observation
Assessment
Two Assignments:
- Discussion of aspects of student learning in the context of participants' own practice
- An analysis of peer observation of teaching conducted by the participant and a colleague.
