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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Classroom Management Strategies
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Effective classroom management refers to all of the things tutors do to organise students, learning space, time and materials to maximise effective teaching and student learning. Research has shown effectively managed classrooms and high student achievements are linked ( Wong and Wong, 1998. Relationships between tutors and students are a vital aspect of classroom management. Students need to feel part of the group and to be appreciated as individuals, and using student names. And how you will open.
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Feedback and Assessment
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This section is organized around 3 main issues that tutors often face in relation to feedback and assessment. In grading and marking we identify some of the key issues surrounding fair grading and marking. Practices. Effective written feedback. Provides guidance in supporting student learning through the quality of written feedback given on essays or reports. Finally, in-class feedback. And University of Sydney.
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Site Map
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online. Diversity and Inclusive Practice. And University of Sydney.
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Before You Begin
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The material contained on the website is structured around 8 thematic areas; each focuses on what we believe to be central to the work of tutors or teachers responsible for small group learning and teaching. You’ll find each of the eight thematic areas to the left of the screen. Within each area you’ll notice a number of sub-themes that allows you to move to a more specific aspect of the broader theme. The following icons will help you identify the types of resources available on each page:. In regards t...
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Generating Engagement & Participation
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Student engagement is critical to learning in higher education. For example, there is much evidence now to suggest a strong link between active engagement and the quality of the learning experience ( Biggs, 1989, 1999; Tinto, 2002. But what exactly do we mean by ‘engagement’? Are intended to provide students a different kind of learning experience than the lecture. By considering how the overall structure or design of your tutorial can assist in engaging students. Questioning. And small group activities.
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Reflective Practice
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Reflective practice is an active process of attending to your own experience of teaching in order to explore it in some depth. At its core according to Schon is a ‘ dialogue of thinking and doing through which I become more skilled. 8217; ( 1987:31. Learning for Schon develops by thinking critically and deeply about what we are doing in order that we may transform that experience and reapply in new contexts. In many respects Tutor Training – Professional Development Online. And University of Sydney.
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Diversity and Inclusive Practice
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Diversity and Inclusive Practice. Our understanding of diversity is broad – it encompasses gender, race, age, disability, linguistic differences, learning abilities, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and cultural background and so much more. Inclusive practice is understood to be attitudes, approaches and strategies taken to ensure that students are not excluded or isolated from the learning environment because of any of these characteristics. When listening to a response, listen attentively.
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online: Links
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Resources from other universities. The Higher Education Academy's First Steps in Tutoring. AUTC Training, Managing and Supporting Sessional Teaching Staff. UQ Teaching and Learning Support, Resources for tutors. Uniserve Tutor and Demonstrator Training. Biggs, J. B. (1989). Approaches to enhancement of tertiary teaching, Higher Education Research and Development 8 (1), 7–27. Biggs, J. B. (1999). Teaching for quality learning at university. Buckingham: SRHE and Open University Press. Ramsden, P., and ...
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Tutor Training - Professional Development Online
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Welcome to Tutor Training: Professional Development Online. This website is a result of a collaborative initiative between The University of Melbourne and The University of Sydney. It has been designed to specifically support tutors and sessional academics responsible for small group teaching in the disciplines within the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. And the University of Sydney Business School. Economics, finance, accounting, actuarial studies, management, and political science.
