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Time: 20 hours
Level: Introductory
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 Introduction Resource- The OU PGCE has been developed by The Open University and its partner schools to provide an innovative, student-teacher centred approach to initial teacher education. We aim to build on the skills, knowledge...
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| | Supporting professional development in ITT: introduction
- Supporting professional development in ITT: introduction Resource
- This unit is for mentors, tutors and student teachers. It also provides useful information for school co-ordinators.
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| | 1 Developing practice through school-based training
- 1.1 Introduction Resource
- Mentoring as part of the initial teacher training process is now familiar to many teachers in schools. However, acting as a mentor and the tasks involved in that role will vary depending upon the course...
- 1.2 The mentor role in the OU flexible PGCE Resource
- What makes a good mentor? Student teachers and mentors generally agree that the good mentor is approachable; offers encouragement; has the ability to listen; gives constructive feedback; and challenges...
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- 2.1 Sharing practice Resource
- Section 2 provides an overview of the key mentoring strategies and issues linked to the OU flexible PGCE.
- 2.2 Working together to support and challenge Resource
- Planning and evaluation are essential aspects of teaching, but very difficult to observe. Through working together and collaboratively planning teaching and evaluating lessons, the student teacher can...
- 2.3 Co-analysis of practice Resource
- Carrying out observations of the student teacher is an important part of mentor activity and one of the major ways that mentors gather evidence to improve practice. Observations are most useful when they...
- 2.4 Achieving targets Resource
- Setting tasks at the end of the mentor session each week may appear, on the surface, a fairly simple task compared to the previous in-depth discussion and evaluation of teaching that will have taken place....
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- 3 The mentor session Resource
- The weekly mentor session involves:
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| | 4 Collecting evidence about teaching and learning
- 4.1 Introduction Resource
- Evidence about teaching and learning is now collected for many purposes: systematic teacher appraisal, induction training for newly qualified teachers, developing the skills of initial trainees or honing...
- 4.2 Observing teachers and pupils Resource
- Effective observation is crucial in the professional development of all teachers. When beginning to learn this skill it is difficult, as a student teacher, to know how and what to observe. Student teachers...
- 4.3 Interviewing teachers and pupils Resource
- Asking questions and obtaining answers from teachers and pupils can be much harder than it might at first appear! How questions are phrased may lead to ambiguity in the answers no matter how carefully...
- 4.4 Professional values and a code of practice Resource
- Student teachers on school experience will be treated as professional colleagues and this role brings with it the professional responsibilities all teachers share, as well as the requirement for a degree...
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- 5.1 Introduction Resource
- The timetable for the tutor visit must include the following activities:
- 5.2 Before the visit Resource
- In preparation for the visit the tutor will need to:
- 5.3 During the visit Resource
- A focus for the observation should have been agreed with the student teacher, mentor and tutor before the visit. A key purpose of the joint observation and debriefing is to share and enhance the practice...
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| | 6 The school experience review
- 6.1 Introduction Resource
- At the end of every school experience placement the mentor and student teacher will hold a school experience review meeting.
- 6.2 Before the school experience review Resource
- In preparation for this important meeting the mentor will need to:
- 6.3 During the school experience review Resource
- In the meeting the mentor will:
- 6.4 After the school experience review Resource
- The mentor and school co-ordinator will formally record the student teacher's assessment outcomes in the school experience report, sign a copy of this and send it with the required documentation for each...
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