Essay On Independent learning
7. ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Evaluation of Academic Writing Skills
The report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group (2006, 5-6) indicates that students should grow from being dependent on parents and teachers; this will allow them to become mature learners gaining skills to adapt to change. Furthermore the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group (2006, 6) provide a definition of personalising learning, which could be adapted into a perception of independent learning, “Learners are active and curious: they create their own hypotheses, ask their own questions, coach one another, set goals for themselves, monitor their progress and experiment with ideas for taking risks, knowing that mistakes and ‘being stuck’ are part of learning”. There are many benefits and barriers to the implementation of independent learning, specifically within the context of the initial training of Communication Systems Operators including the delivery of training at the strategic level, the role of instructors and their relationship with students, the learning environment and resources for the promotion of independent learning and the potential effects of independent learning for students. This essay examines these areas, and shows that many of the barriers for the implementation of independent learning are relevant for Operators; however, in discussing the benefits it appears that independent learning should play a role in the initial training of Communication Systems Operators.
To enable effective independent learning, not only students require the necessary skills, but teachers have need of skills and strategies to promote independent learning (HEA, 2012). Teachers require the support of the establishment providing appropriate guidance to managers and head teachers within a whole-school policy (Meyer et al, 2008, 3-4). To discern the role of independent learning within the Communication Systems Operator training both benefits and challenges must be
The report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group (2006, 5-6) indicates that students should grow from being dependent on parents and teachers; this will allow them to become mature learners gaining skills to adapt to change. Furthermore the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group (2006, 6) provide a definition of personalising learning, which could be adapted into a perception of independent learning, “Learners are active and curious: they create their own hypotheses, ask their own questions, coach one another, set goals for themselves, monitor their progress and experiment with ideas for taking risks, knowing that mistakes and ‘being stuck’ are part of learning”. There are many benefits and barriers to the implementation of independent learning, specifically within the context of the initial training of Communication Systems Operators including the delivery of training at the strategic level, the role of instructors and their relationship with students, the learning environment and resources for the promotion of independent learning and the potential effects of independent learning for students. This essay examines these areas, and shows that many of the barriers for the implementation of independent learning are relevant for Operators; however, in discussing the benefits it appears that independent learning should play a role in the initial training of Communication Systems Operators.
To enable effective independent learning, not only students require the necessary skills, but teachers have need of skills and strategies to promote independent learning (HEA, 2012). Teachers require the support of the establishment providing appropriate guidance to managers and head teachers within a whole-school policy (Meyer et al, 2008, 3-4). To discern the role of independent learning within the Communication Systems Operator training both benefits and challenges must be
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