Developing Classroom Skills

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DEVELOPING

CLASSROOM

SKILLS

Learner·s &

Teacher·s Roles

Prepared by GROUP 5



LEARNER·S

ROLES





SELF LEA RNER

Student select their own real-world projects and

identify possible solutions.

Organize their project and manage progress

made on them.



TEAM MEMBER

Share their expertise with other student

A ctively involved in advancing the project

Work collaboratively



K NOWLEDGE MA N A GER

The focus of the role is on the development of

knowledge of knowledge products

A ctivities demanded of this role include

formulating questions, searching for information,collecting and analyzing data, and designing

reports and presentation.



ENROLLING IN CLASSES

Students must follow a series of steps to complete

an effective enrollment process.

students should prepare for enrollment by

becoming aware of important dates andinformation concerning registration, and looking

into specific details and requirements - both

academically and relating to disabilities - for the

classes they are interested in.



COMMUNIC A TING WITH

INSTRUCTOR

While talking with instructor:

Be on time for scheduled appointments

Be calm and courteous, and do not interrupt

If appropriate, make them aware of your past successes, and suggest how they could enhance

your f uture success

Discuss classroom accommodations, teaching

techniques, and testing procedures that havebeen most helpf ul in the past.

If possible, engage instructors in a problem

solving process when solutions to the problem are

not obvious



TEACHER·STEACHER·S

ROLESROLES

controller

organiser

assessor

prompter

participant

resource

tutor

observer



CONTROLLERCONTROLLER

Teachers are in charge of the class and of the activitytaking place

Roles:

Take the roll

Tell students things Organise drills

Read aloud

Exemplify the qualities of a teacher-fronted classroom

o Disadvantages:Denies students access to their own experiential learning

Cuts down on opportunities for students to speak

Lack of variaty in activities and classroom atmosphere



ORGANISERORGANISER

A rrange students to do various activities including:

Giving the students information

Telling them how they are going to do the activity

Putting them into pairs/groups

Closing things down when it is time to stop

engage

Instruct (demonstrate) initiate

Organisefeedback

ROLE OF

ORGANISER



ASSESORASSESOR

Functioning to: Offer feedback and correction

Grade students in various way

Teacher must make students know how and for

what they are being assessed A cting as an assessor requires teacher to be more

sensitive with students· possible reactions



PROMPTERPROMPTER

Needed when students are ¶lost for words· Teacher should:

Offer words or phrases

Suggest what could come next in the paragraph a

student is writing

Prompt students in monolingual groups to speak

English rather than using their mother tongue

Must be done sensitively and encouragingly, with

discretion



PARTICIPANT

Teacher join the activity in teacher·s own right,with great skill and sensitivity

A dvantages:

Teacher can enliven things from the inside

Students enjoy having the teacher with themo Disadvantage:

Teacher can easily dominate the proceedings



RESOURCERESOURCE

Teac

her m

ust

beh

elpf u

l and available but

avoidspoon-feed so that the students will not be over-

reliant on teacher

Roles:

Encourage students to use resource material

for themselves

Encourage students to become more

independent in their learning

Guide students to look for information they

need



TUTORTUTOR

Needed when students are working on longer projects Combining the roles of prompter and resource

Provide chance to:

y make students feel supported and helped

y Enhance general class atmosphere greatly

A s a teacher, we must make sure that we do not

intrude too much or too little

prompter resource tutor



OBSERVEROBSERVER

Purposes : Give students usef ul group and individual

feedback

Judge the success of the different materials

and activities

teac

hertake in

to lessons

Teacher should avoid drawing attention to

him/herself

Teacher must be able to work and observe

simultaneously, listening,watching and

absorbing



THANK

YOU

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