Developing curiosity
February 1, 2011
Video >> Saul Becker: “When our students come here we are giving them the best knowledge that is available at that time and we’re also teaching them how to make judgements about the quality of that knowledge, so we are hopefully teaching them that some things are pretty certain and some things are less certain …
Supporting students in reaching their academic potential
Video >> Robin Dollery: “Getting into a University like Nottingham is very competitive. Once we get our students here, we would like to make sure they’re successful and so we try to think about that quite carefully, and it seems to us there are a couple of very important principles within this. “In a very …
Guiding students in reading for seminars
June 26, 2010
Video >> Kate: “What can you do to help and support students who are maybe struggling with those skills?” Nick Thomas: “We tailor the reading list very closely, or at least I do, for the seminars so that the recommended titles are made very clear for that particular seminar. It’s very clear which books are …
Linking theory and practice: guiding students on a work placement
January 26, 2010
Video >> Alison: “In a lot of work related professions where there’s work experience and it comes across whether you have sandwich courses or courses where the practice is integrated in different ways. I think you’re in school one minute and you’re out of the practice setting, you’ve got classroom world-real world, and I think …
Portfolio compilation: evidencing learning and professional development
Video >> Alison: “I think portfolios are getting increasingly important. They seem to underpin a lot of professional education as a strategy, or a tool, for assessing, formatively, or summatively, students’ progress. And the NMC requires it, that’s the Nursing and Midwifery Council, once you’re qualified, that you could be asked to submit one every …
Negotiating learning outcomes and opportunities on a practice placement
Video >> Alison: “If you look at basically nursing, or I suppose any professional group then, you’ve got to identify your clients needs, which is your assessment process. And then you’ve got to put a plan of care, or action in to meet those needs and then, you’ve got to be able to evaluate it, …
Becoming a professional practitioner
Video >> Jo: “Within, like, nursing, it’s all evidence based, isn’t it? So, you know, to justify what you do, you have to learn and understand why you’re doing it and that’s how I see it, so if I approach something and I’m doing it, then I’m questioning myself why I’m doing it, why is …
Goalsetting for learning in stages on placement
Video >> Alison Clark: “It gives the students a clear goal of where they’re supposed to be because they’ll go out and watch a practitioner do the whole package for a patient and they might only be able to contribute part of a package, but they need to see that’s valuable. So if they go …
Modelling professional practice for students on a work placement
Video >> Learning set meeting Alison: “So your portfolio, in some ways, will be very different, Jenny, to Jo’s, because you’ve had a much more observation and insight experience, lots of visits, learning to appreciate what factors affect the patient with neurological problems in the community, and that’s what I would expect to see in …
Giving constructive feedback and setting clear targets
Video >> Pam: “Right at the beginning we sit down, we work through what they – the goals they want to achieve and how they’re going to achieve them, and how they’re going to achieve the competencies, and basically today is to make sure that they are going to achieve their goals.” Alison: “They’ll point …
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