PLANNING AND
RUNNING A TUTORIAL
Greg Simons
Aim
The aim of this interactive session is to introduce
Practice Managers to some of the key concepts of
adult education and the tools and techniques in
planning and running a tutorial.
Adult Education
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Think of an effective learning experience last year
Think of an ineffective learning experience
Adult Education
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Pedagogy
Andragogy
Knowles
Honey and Mumford
Experiential Learning
Andragogy assumes the following
about the design of learning
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Adults have the need to know why they are learning
something.
Adults learn through doing.
Adults are problem-solvers.
Adults learn best when the subject is of immediate
use.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Learning_Theories/Adult_Learning_Theories
http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/experience.htm
Experiential Learning
Conventional training Experiential learning
training-centred/focused - theoretical
learner-centred/focused - really doing it
prescribed fixed design and content
flexible open possibilities
for external needs (organisation,
exams, etc)
for internal growth and discovery
transfers/explains knowledge/skills
develops knowledge/skills/emotions via
experience
fixed structured delivery/facilitation
not delivered, minimal facilitation,
unstructured
timebound measurable components
(mostly)
not timebound, more difficult to
measure
suitable for groups and fixed outcomes individually directed, flexible outcomes
http://www.businessballs.com/experiential_learning.htm
Planning
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Who
What
Why
Where
When
How
Structure
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Agree AIM
Explore the DIFFICULTIES
Agree AGENDA
Agree the OUTCOME
Generalise to EXERCISE
REHEARSE to Explore
ALOBA FEEDBACK
SUMMARISE
Adapted from Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine Suzanne Kurtz, Jonathan
Silverman , Juliet Draper
Tips
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Plan early
Personalise
Participation
Prepare exercises
Paperwork
Resources
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http://www.skillscascade.com/teaching/ALOBA03A.htm
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Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine Suzanne Kurtz,
Jonathan Silverman , Juliet Draper
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http://www.skillscascade.com/teaching/teachinghow.htm