How A Learning Support Practitioner Can Contribute To The Planning, Delivery And Review Of Learning Activities

The Process of a Learning Support Practitioner for Contributing to the Planning, Delivery and Review of Learning Activities

1.1 Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning, delivery and review of learning activities .

1.2 Evaluate own strengths and weaknesses in relation to supporting learning activities and how these may impact on the support that can be provided .

1.5 Identify and obtain the information required to support learning activities .

3.2 Explain how social organisation and relationships may affect the learning process .

3.6 Explain the sorts of problems that might occur when supporting learning activities and how to deal with these .

5.1 Explain the importance of evaluating learning activities .

6.1 Evaluate how own knowledge, understanding and skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT impact on practice.

6.2 Develop a plan for improving own knowledge, understanding and skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT.

The support learning activities contribute a good way of planning and delivering the topic with proper feedback. The current research emphasises on the strengths and the weakness of the support learning activities. Along with that, the study highlights the risk factors of this kind of learning environment. Finally, the research produces a proper recommendation to mitigate those challenges.

Primarily, the teaching assistant has the overall responsibility to plan, deliver and review all the learning activities of the class. This process actually helps to improve the teacher’s lesson plan before attending a class, more effective delivery to the pupil and prolong the teacher’s initial review.

Planning:

Being a learning support practitioner, the basic step is to determine the learning objectives based on the concerned topics. The proper evaluation of learning outcomes and the expectations of the students is essential to note down in this phase. Clearer idea of the deliverable topic of the different groups of children needs to analyse before attending the class. In addition, Amos (2010) stated that the planning process also considers the range of activities that the students have affinity towards while promoting the learning outcomes. Another phase of learning includes the relevant worksheet, material and action for preparing the lessons to the related topic. This form of planning could be done on a weekly or daily basis.

Delivery:

The fundamental element of learning activities is the proper delivery. According to the view of Baporikar (2009), the way of delivery enables the pupil to grasp the lessons properly. A pre planned lesson provides the scope of high quality of delivery to the student segment. The role of a learning support practitioner is to support the group of students with the proper activities for completing the given task as per the high abilities. The process of setting up the room with proper resources is also required by the assistants before delivering the lessons.

Review:

The review process of the learning activities may involve a feedback taking process after a successful delivery of the total lessons. In this present fact, Broad and Goddard (2010) suggested that a set of questionnaire regarding the topic would help to take the positive input from the pupil to understand the awareness of the students. The other technique supported by Brown and Carasso (2013), is to give an example related to the topic by the individual students from the ongoing class. The analysis of these approaches would help to get a proper review of the learning support practitioners.

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Supporting Learning Activities and the Impact of the Provided Support

Strengths and weakness of supporting learning activities:

The support learning activities allow the study of nurturing. In the view of Brown and Rahn-Blakeslee (2009), the set of learning activities are an educational method that directly involves the learner and encourage the pupil to grasp the topic effectively. For example, Callejo-Pérez and Ode (2013) analysed, at the time of learning geography in class, the use of a map would help to understand the visual or graphic format of the location. The other strengths of this process are direct observation and the better understanding to the students about the topic. In case of children the supporting activities are one of the most significant techniques while giving lessons to those.

On the other hand, the downside of the process reflects the remissness of the students. The demonstration of the learning process effects on the detail study of the book. The students become less interested to read the textbook in detail. By following this, the students may understand the basis of the topic and don’t need to do furthermore study which actually decrease the grades in examinations.

Impact of the Support Learning Activities

There is no doubt that the supporting activities while conducting a learning session actively involves the students to extend the process of the education. However, it would be more effective if it is possible to combine it with the traditional learning system. For an example given by Claringbould and Knoppers (2007) the best way to learn complex algebra through a lecture based class, but the detailed understanding of the space rocket engineering would be possible by visiting the space centre which is expensive. It is not possible for all school students to visit a space centre. According to the view of Culliney (2014), this would create the separation between state school and private school as the private schools are able to afford expensive equipments and excursions. That is the disadvantage of the less well-off pupils. Although, the process of support learning activities provides a foundation of knowledge and better understanding of the subject, but sometimes it is failing to develop concepts to an upper level.

The main two factors required to support the learning activities are as follows:

Needing to learn

To do something, to have something, for moving the further step of the course or to get a job to build career one needs to learn. As stated by Edgington (2015), to avoid the risk factors while doing any job it is essential to get proper knowledge which comes from learning. Additionally, the students required learning through the course that provides enough motivation to complete the task.

Wanting to learn

Basically, to know more and explore about any topic the students want to learn. Being curious to a particular topic an inquiry is essential to enhance the basic knowledge. In this similar context Grigg (2010) stated that for further investigation against a given project student wants to learn more about this. One has to learn while working with the other teammates in a particular work approach.

Identification of the Information Required to Support Learning Activities

At the age of 5 when a child attends the school a simple assessment adopted by the teaching assistants enable the class to perform in the given task according to the stage and level of learning. This learning process affects the group of children with a positive manner. The effect of this kind of organisation builds the confidence among the children at the time of growing up. Howard (2008) viewed that when a child in school has gone to build a relationship with other classmates it affects characteristics of both in a positive and negative way. The adults also made the positive relationship with the other learner to show the interest of learning. If a child might get hurt from another while studying in the class there may appear of destruction from the learning activities. Hence, Jing (2014) advised it is essential to keep all the required resources that reach the full attraction of the children while teaching. The progress of the students also depends on the regular updating of the organisation.

Poverty:

Poverty is the factor that affects the total education system badly. Due to the effect of its many children cannot go to the school even many pupils could not able to attain the higher study. In this scenario, Killic (2013) differentiated the difference between the state school and the private school learning process where private school can afford costly excursion and equipment in the laboratory rather than the state school. So the students belonging from private school to gain extra knowledge related to the subjects. To overcome this type of problem it is essential to take some strict rules and regulations by the Government like funding to the school for the good development (Levy, 2006). Making awareness regarding the importance of learning among the poor pupil and the families would be another effective initiative. Providing proper food, dress material and learning tools to the poor students would enhance the interest of the learning.

Lack of knowledge and skills

Learning through supporting activities may hamper the overall knowledge of the students. The practical demonstration is minimising the student’s willing for thoroughly reading the textbook material. This actually affects on the score of the examination. Students may acquire the basic knowledge through this technique, but in case of descriptive answer the marks are deducted due to the incapability of detailed writing. To mitigate this kind of risk factors Millan (2006) suggested that the improvising strict order from the teaching assistant and the private tutors to read the whole text line by line is extremely necessary for the students. The schools, colleges and the universities would take proper step like taking an exam with descriptive question and answer rather than objective type of question would be an effective way.

Evaluation is important to check out the planning before going to class for teaching. The process of evaluation helps to analyse the learning objectives properly. Giving time to the learning activities and the expectation of the student’s responses regarding the task and the questions asked in the class would really help to motivate for the future classes. According to McMahon (2009), the evaluation is also important to measure the student’s understanding related to the topic. Evaluation can clear the view of learning objectives to the teaching assistants and the learning outcomes to the student segment (Amos, 2010). Evaluating the learning activities also assists the teaching practitioner to calculate the required change regarding the subject and measure the success ration of learning support activities.

The Effect of Social Organization and Relationships in the Learning Process

All the teachers and the teaching practitioners are required to have the skills, knowledge and better understanding in numeracy and literacy. The proper knowledge and better understanding would help to distribute the proper knowledge. The proper knowledge would help to build the proper lesson plan so that the students may encourage with the proper taken activities of learning. Brown and Goddard (2010) added that while in case of literacy the proper assessment of the learning outcomes from the students and the reading ability of the students could be analysed properly. Numeracy sessions would help to calculate the proper used of maths resources and checking the performance of the individual students as per the assigned task. The strategies of mathematical activities are solved here (Callejo-Pérez and Ode, 2013). The requirement of proper knowledge, understanding and skills in literacy and numeracy support the pupil to accomplish the activities after getting input from the teachers.

ICT has a broad impact on the education sector. The constant enlarging digital world impacts in the daily lifestyle along with the education industry. Education through computers, TV and mobile phones becomes more relevant to the learning industry and successfully motivate the learner and the teaching assistants. Claringbould and Konppers (2007) viewed that for the students ICT makes the creativity while learning and it is an immediate process of problem solving. It also helps to build the career by searching job and applying for a job in out of the station from home. On the other hand, Culliney (2014) analysed, the dynamic nature of ICT focuses on the core educational purpose depending on the proper infrastructure and access both for the students and the teaching assistants.

The recommended strategies to improve the knowledge, better understanding and increasing the skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT is essential to develop. For the teachers and the teaching practitioner a recommended training session is required to develop from the individual school. As cited by Edigintongton (2015), the government initiatives to train the teachers in improving the skills and knowledge as per the learning objectives would also be an effective procedure. The teacher’s lesson plan for daily basis before attending any class is a significant process. The student section would be more affected through the way of training adopted by the schools like educational tour, process oriented learning and conducting an examination on a regular basis in class. The ICT technique would help the schools and colleges when notifying the admission procedure. Grigg (2010) cited that the examination notice and the events organised by the institutes would advise to notify through the help of internet into the respective websites. This would vastly help the schools, colleges and the support learning activities to improve the knowledge, and skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT.

Conclusion:

The present assertion reflects the advantages and the disadvantages of support learning activities. It can be deduced from the research that the learning process encourages the young pupil for doing things independently in life. The study also enhances the advantage of ICT that would help to explore the educational activities using technology. Finally, the research produces the potential recommended plan to improve the supporting learning activities.

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