UTS Staff Training: Teaching Strategies

UTS Summer School Program 2012-13

Teaching Strategies

1) Icebreaker & Energiser Activities 2) Teaching Strategies: Group Work3) Behaviour Management

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1) Icebreaker & Energiser ActivitiesWhy use icebreakers & energisers? Creates a positive group atmosphere Help students to relax Breaks down barriers between students Energise & motivate Assist students to "think outside the box" Help students to get to know one another Prevents boredom

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1) Icebreaker & Energiser ActivitiesExamples: Personal information questionnaire 2 truths, 1 lie Mr squiggle Machine energiser Silent birth order Exquisite corpse drawing Identity game (celebrity heads) Group brainstorm on what they expect

to learn in the course. Name Bingo Secret Identity

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2) Teaching Strategies Student based learning Interactive learning activities All learning must be meaningful and

significant Think-pair-share mode of learning. Group work and peer scaffolding. Exploratory learning Learning activities need to be fun

and interesting All theoretical concepts must be

reinforced through a practical activity whenever possible

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2) Teaching Strategies: Group Work

What are they? Getting students into groups Group learning strategies Defining roles for students How instructions are delivered (visual, aural etc.) Objectives of lesson/day Explicit quality criteria

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2) Teaching Strategies: Group WorkWhy is group work an important teaching

strategy? Value each others opinions & ideas Improve confidence Part of a team Responsible for own learning Promotes a variety of different learning styles in

order to enhance learning

2) Teaching Strategies: Group WorkExamples Strategies to get students into groups Allocate student roles Group structures (e.g. think-pair-share, jigsaw etc.)

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2) Teaching Strategies: Group Work

Group Work Implementation: How do you create groups? How do students work within groups? How will they demonstrate their learning? (E.g. Group presentation, role-play, performance, create a product etc.) Issues (Student imbalance of performance, group dynamics, unequal share of workload)

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3) Behaviour Management

General Students enrolled in summer school are generally

well behaved and there are rarely any behavioural issues.

Important to structure programs to prevent behaviour management issues through engaging students in meaningful & stimulating activities

Administrative processes – roll marking, legal requirements, duty of care etc.

Establish a clear set of parameters from the start. Be firm, fair and consistent with expectations of

behaviour. Seek to establish a responsible adult orientated

learning environment.

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3) Behaviour ManagementStrategies Utilise ice-breaker & energiser activities to develop a

rapport with students Instil a Safe, Respectful, Learning Culture & Environment Build a strong rapport with students, get to know them Be consistent with disciplining students Set clear expectations and subsequent consequences

3) Behaviour ManagementExamples of non-compliant

behaviour 1) Use of mobile phones during sessions2) Student wanting to change allocated

group3) Punctuality – lateness4) Student wandering around at lunchtime

in the wrong areas5) Student being disinterested and not

engaging in the program, activities or work

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