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Teaching Large Groups

Teaching Large Groups. Jenny Lorimer Tuesday 7 th June 2011. My Background. Professional background as a diagnostic radiographer Teach in School of Health and Emergency Professions Seconded teacher to LTI I teach some very large groups. Aim of the session. To stimulate dialogue

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Teaching Large Groups

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  1. Teaching Large Groups Jenny Lorimer Tuesday 7th June 2011

  2. My Background • Professional background as a diagnostic radiographer • Teach in School of Health and Emergency Professions • Seconded teacher to LTI • I teach some very large groups

  3. Aim of the session • To stimulate dialogue • To consider some benefits and challenges • To propose some solutions • Traffic light cards

  4. How big is a large group? • 40 • 80 • Over 100 • 500 • So many students you don’t know their names

  5. Some bad reasons for teaching large groups • Effective use of teaching time • That’s the way we do it here • That’s what happened to me as a student • Meets the students expectations that we are going to tell them what they need to know • Any others?

  6. Which of these is a good reason for teaching large groups? • Stimulates the students’ desire to learn • To give a shared experience • To give information for future discussions and/or activities • To provide a focus for learning • For clarification

  7. What do our students do in lectures? • Take notes • Make notes • Sit passively

  8. What do our students really do? • Look out the window • Look at other students • Worry that they don’t understand • Worry about other things – money, relationships etc • Listen to music • Text • Browse the internet

  9. What we want our students to do • Want to learn • Need to learn • Learning by doing • Getting feedback • Making sense of what they have learnt

  10. What do we do wrong? • Talk on and on... • Going too fast or too slow • Talking over the student’s heads • Not linking to what the student does know • Not explaining why they need to know

  11. How do you get interaction is a large group? • Electronic voting systems • Post-it notes • Lining paper for questions • Questions as a group activity ‘buzz groups’

  12. Which inappropriate behaviours are most challenging to manage? • Learners arriving late • Learners talking to each other • Getting their attention • Dealing with noise • Disruptive students

  13. How can we develop our large group teaching? • Continuously get feedback from learners • Sit in on a colleague’s session • Peer observation • Use technology • Use variety

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