Course Assistant as a learning fasilitator (ENG) fall 2019

Topic outline

• Contact session 4, 26.11.2019, at 12:00-15:00, Otakaari 4, room 201, Learning difficulties and motivation
  • Select activity Slides for day 4: motivation and practical tips

    

    Slides for day 4: motivation and practical tips File PDF

    These slides contain the material on motivation and some practical tips you can use to help you as a learning instructor.
    

  • Select activity Learning cafe posters

    

    Learning cafe posters Folder
  • Select activity Sanni Saarimäki, Learning difficulties and anxiety

    

    Sanni Saarimäki, Learning difficulties and anxiety File PDF
  • Select activity Katri Koistinen, study administration tasks and responsibilities

    

    Katri Koistinen, study administration tasks and responsibilities File PDF
  • Select activity A list of methods and activities used during this course

    

    A list of methods and activities used during this course Lesson

    The acivities in this course are placed in three groups:
    

    • Teacher-led
      
    • Lectures
    • Guest lectures
    • Student discussions/reflection in pairs or groups
      
    • Teacher-teacher discussions
    • Student-teacher discussions
    • Group work
      
    • Gallery walk
    • Making posters
      
    • Drama/play acting
      
    • Learning café
      
    • Group meetings
    • Other activities
      
    • Observation
    • Writing
    • Ways to form groups
    • Change of rhythm of activities
    • Breaks
    • Use of cards to break the ice
    • Feedback
    • on paper
    • via presemo
    • oral (as part of lecture)
    • learning cafe
      
  • Select activity Makeup assignment

    

    Makeup assignment

    Read the slides for contact session  4. Familiarize yourself also to Sanni Saarimäki's slides about learning difficulties and Katri Koistinen's slides about study administration. 

    Sanni's slides discuss some of the more common reasons why students face difficulties in their studies and points out to some things that can be done to help these (and other) students. Both slide sets (Slides fpr for contact session 4 and Learning cafe posters, touch upon motivation as well. Reflect on the content of the slides and think at least about the following:

    • What physiological reasons are often found behind difficulties in studies?
    • What can you do as an assistant to ease their difficulties? How do these activities affect other students?
      
    • Do you know anyone who has learning difficulties? Elaborate briefly. What help did they receive? Say what could have been done to help them if they didn't.
    • How does anxiety affect student performance? How might it affect your performance as an assistant? What can be done to alleviate anxiety, both students' and yours?
    • What can you do to motivate different types of learners?

    Write about a page to a page-and-a-half of text for this assignment.