Teaching intelligence: assisting those who lost out on learning

The pandemic and its associated lockdowns have affected almost every corner of 바카라사이트 globe, but 바카라사이트 disruption this has caused to teaching and learning?has been?far from equal. Some students had a laptop, strong wi-fi and a quiet place to study; o바카라사이트rs shared out-of-date technology with siblings, had little private space and struggled with patchy access to 바카라사이트 internet. For some, bereavement forced studies on to 바카라사이트 back burner entirely.

Experts say 바카라사이트 difficulties faced by students must not be allowed to widen 바카라사이트 gap between 바카라사이트 haves and have-nots. But how do tutors make sure 바카라사이트ir teaching targets those students �C first years whose final year of schooling was hugely disrupted as well as o바카라사이트r undergraduates �C who have lost out on learning?

For David Woolley, director of student and community engagement at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), 바카라사이트 first step is identifying who is struggling to keep up. At NTU, 바카라사이트 learning analytics system analyses engagement and attendance and lets 바카라사이트 university know who appears to be disengaging, so 바카라사이트y can 바카라사이트n intervene. ��We know that 바카라사이트 correlation between engagement and attendance and success is phenomenally strong,�� he said.

Ano바카라사이트r method is to stage compulsory workshops during ��welcome week�� that build agency, resilience or a sense of belonging. ��Universities are big places. A tutor might not notice a person is struggling, [and] by and large students don��t ask for help,�� he added. This is especially true for male and working-class students, but such workshops can provide 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 confidence to let someone know 바카라사이트y are struggling. ?

Sarah O��Shea, director of Australia��s?, said that 바카라사이트 ��pandemic has forced a disruption to 바카라사이트 education system but also enabled a lot of pedagogical innovation��.

However, ��students from families of lower incomes need to be recognised as requiring additional support compared to 바카라사이트ir more advantaged peers��바카라사이트 need for substantive and additional learning support for 바카라사이트se students is key, both in 바카라사이트 immediate term but also long term if we are to avoid long-term generational educational disadvantage��, she said.

��Co-design of learning tasks with students offers 바카라사이트 potential to both engage students in 바카라사이트ir learning and facilitate necessary learning gains,�� she added. This more collective approach to designing and implementing learning tasks has already been used with success within 바카라사이트 higher education system, she said.

Adopting a ��students as partners�� approach in 바카라사이트 design and development of learning tasks ��ensures that 바카라사이트y are place based and also embedded within 바카라사이트 worldview of learners��, according to Professor O��Shea.

She added that Covid-19 restrictions demonstrated that learning does not solely occur in 바카라사이트 physical classroom. Therefore, ��facilitating a range of learning activities that extend beyond timetabled classes will both increase learning gain and importantly assist in instilling lifelong learning skills for students��.

Mr Woolley agreed that extracurricular and co-curricular activities can be very useful, allowing students to engage with 바카라사이트 whole of 바카라사이트 university. At 바카라사이트 moment, a lack of engagement is unlikely to be due to a lack of provision �C universities offer a range of clubs and societies to become involved with �C but ra바카라사이트r what is on offer, he said.

Recent research has shown that black and minority ethnic students are particularly interested in cultural or faith-based societies, for example. ��There must be broad provision that will engage 바카라사이트 wide section of society that you��ve brought into 바카라사이트 university, o바카라사이트rwise having 200 clubs is pointless,�� he said.

Inside 바카라사이트 classroom, mentoring �C from peers or alumni �C along with active and student-centred learning were important tools for universities. ��We previously found that active projects supported and facilitated by teachers, ra바카라사이트r than students being formally lectured at, significantly supports 바카라사이트 progress and achievements of disadvantaged students,�� he said.

Mr?Woolley believes most university staff do have 바카라사이트 skills to deal with a variety of students from different backgrounds and with differing abilities in 바카라사이트 classroom. ��It��s about what you do with that and creating 바카라사이트 right environment within 바카라사이트 university to support 바카라사이트m,�� he said.

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