30/10/2017 – Realising Teaching Excellence

Realising Teaching Excellence in Teacher Training

30/10/2017 moirc

The fifteen PGCE Modern Languages trainee teachers at the University of Worcester have made a great start to the teacher training course. On 29th September 2017, they celebrated the European Day of Languages at the Lacon Childe School in Cleobury Mortimer by teaching French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish to Year 9 pupils. Lessons focused on aspects of culture. Pupils found out about the Oktoberfest in Munich, the festival of lights in Lyon, the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Italian landmarks, Brazilian and Spanish food and how All Saints Day is celebrated in Mexico. Trainee teachers team-taught the same lesson three times so that all the year 9 groups could experience learning about six different aspects of culture. It was for some trainee teachers their… Read moreRealising Teaching Excellence in Teacher Training

Student information and study skills; a learner journey from pre-entry to level 6 – what can we expect and how do we support students in completing the journey to independence?

30/10/2017 moirc

This is a report of a project undertaken by Dr Sarah Pittaway from Library Services. She explores: What is reasonable to expect of level 4 students in terms of study skills when they arrive at University? The project found that there are wide variations in expectations of the study skills of students before they come to University: ‘students lack basic academic writing skills’ vs ‘students are expected to have a basic understanding of academic writing’; ‘student lack research skills, including searching for material’ and ‘students are expected to be reasonably internet savvy and able to search’. What study skills are students expected to develop through level 4 and what are the most effective ways of developing this? Some courses focus on textbooks, others on Resource… Read moreStudent information and study skills; a learner journey from pre-entry to level 6 – what can we expect and how do we support students in completing the journey to independence?