Training Session

Housekeeping

Washrooms

• Try to quietly exit from the back of room to go to the washroom

In Case of an Emergency

• Leave everything behind and take the stairs

AGENDA 1. Icebreaker

2. Learning Objectives

3. Learning How to Cook Example

4. Learning Preferences & Instructional Techniques

5. Quick Check

6. Role Play

7. Quiz

8. Discussion

9. Training Evaluation

ICEBREAKERRock, paper, scissors battle!

Learning Objectives

1. After the training, you will be able to identify a client’s learning preference after the first 10 minutes of a one hour tutoring session at the Tutoring and Learning Centre.

2. After the training, you will be able to tailor three instructional techniques to each learning preference for respective clients by the end of a one-hour session at the Tutoring and Learning Centre.

Benefits of Training

• More effective tutor’s session by identifying clients learning preferences and tailoring instructional techniques to meet individual needs of the client.

• Knowledge of learning preferences can be used in your own lives since you are not only tutors but also students at GBC.

• The Tutoring and Learning Center will see improved performance from you, and in turn, greater successes for students at GBC

LEARNING HOW TO COOK Have you ever learned how to cook a new dish?

How did you learn how to cook it?

Learning how to cook cont’d...

Now think about how you learned how to cook that dish and reflect on your preferences…

• Did you prefer to read the recipe and listen to the chef explain the cooking steps?

• Did you prefer to observe the chef while he/she demonstrated the cooking steps?

• Did you prefer to cook the dish with the chef?

Intelligence and Learning

“Individuals differ from one another in their ability to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment, to learn from experience, to engage in various forms of reasoning, and to overcome obstacles.”

-American Psychological Association, 2007

Learning Preferences

• Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences argues that there are eight intelligence types and individuals learn best by leveraging their strengths in one or more of them.

• Individuals show preferences for the ways in which they process information.

Linguistic Intelligence

• Linguistic Intelligence - an individual’s acuity and sensitivity for the use and arrangement of the semantics, syntax and phonology of language.

• Characteristics: individuals with a linguistic learning preference understand information best through the use of words, by reading, writing or listening to others. These individuals are able to follow instructions by listening or reading.

Instructional Techniques for Linguistic Learners

1. Explain instructions verbally and provide learning guidance through verbal feedback.

2. Audio record instructor lectures and review them with the client.

3. Engage in a dialogue with the learner regarding the learning material and ask for an oral summary to review.

Visual-Spatial Intelligence

• Visual-spatial Intelligence - refers to the capacity to perceive the visual world accurately, to perform transformations and modifications to initial perceptions, and to re-create aspects of one’s visual experience in the absence of physical stimuli.

• Characteristics: visual-spatial learners have a preference for instruction that tailors to observation. These individuals will be able to perform new tasks after reading the instructions or watching someone demonstrate how to do a task.

Instructional Techniques for Visual-Spatial Learners

1.When presenting new information, use visual aids such as flow charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, flash cards, or webs to organize the learning material.

2.Offer a written example, or demonstrate how to perform a task.

3.Organize information or instruction into written directions or lists and create colour coding patterns.

Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence - the ability to use one’s body in

highly differentiated and skilled ways for expressive and goal-directed purposes and to work skillfully with objects using gross and fine motor movements.

• Characteristics: individuals with a bodily-kinesthetic learning preference perform best when they can connect to the material with a physical experience by touching, feeling, holding, and doing the task, activity, or technique. These learners prefer practical/hands-on experiences where they can try it, experiment and learn as they go.

Instructional Techniques for Bodily-Kinesthetic Learners

1.When introducing new material, use role play, dramatize concepts, act it out, or manipulate objects.

2.Allow the learner to demonstrate their understanding or experiment with the material by performing the task, technique or activity.

3.When reciting material, the learner can use a form of body movement by explaining the material themselves, mouthing ideas, pacing, or creating a song.

Quick Check QuestionQ1: Delilah is your new client at the Tutoring and Learning Centre at GBC. It is her first tutor session and you have just asked her what methods she has found effective for her learning. She says that when she first learns a new concept, she likes to see the definition. Which of the 3 intelligences might Delilah show a propensity towards?

a.Linguistic intelligence.

b.Visual-spatial intelligence.

c.Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.

d.One of Gardner’s other intelligences.

Quick Check Answer Q1: Delilah is your new client at the Tutoring and Learning Centre at GBC. It is her first tutor session and you have just asked her what methods she has found effective for her learning. She says that when she first learns a new concept, she likes to see the definition. Which of the 3 intelligences might Delilah show a propensity towards?

a.Linguistic intelligence.

b.Visual-spatial intelligence.

c.Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.

d.One of Gardner’s other intelligences.

Quick Check QuestionQ2: One of your clients tells you that they have been reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet in one of their English courses and find it difficult to understand the material. Usually they follow stories best when they can connect it to their concrete experience. Which of the following instructional techniques would provide the most support for their learning preferences?

a. Watch clips of the movie together and then summarize the events.

b. Engage in a dialogue with the client.

c. Act out the material together and then have the client explain their understanding.

d. Draw out a storyboard and explain the events step by step.

Quick Check AnswerQ2: One of your clients tells you that they have been reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet in one of their English courses and find it difficult to understand the material. Usually they follow stories best when they can connect it to their concrete experience. Which of the following instructional techniques would provide the most support for their learning preferences?

a. Watch clips of the movie together and then summarize the events.

b. Engage in a dialogue with the client.

c. Act out the material together and then have the client explain their understanding.

d. Draw out a storyboard and explain the events step by step.

e.

Role Play

Turn to the person closest to you. In pairs of two, one partner will be the tutor and the second partner will be the client.

The client will read the script to the tutor.

The tutor will:

1) Identify the client’s learning style.

2) Apply an instructional technique that will help client learn more effectively.

Time to Test Your Knowledge!

You have 5 minutes to complete your quiz. Godspeed!

After you have completed your quiz, please hand it in to us. Individual emails will be sent to you with your scores and additional feedback by Wednesday, 13th, 2016.

Take Home

• As a tutor, describe one way this training will be of benefit to you at your job.

• Describe one challenge you may encounter in applying these techniques to your job.

Training EvaluationPlease take 5 minutes to give us some

feedback on our training session.

Questions?

We are happy to answer any questions you might have now, or feel free to email us at a later date: [email protected].