Analysing & capturing good practice

in 1:1 tutorial support

Bob Burwell & Barbara Kelly

31st May 2013

‘SEEN’

Typical Needs Assessor’s recommendations for

tutorial support

ADSHE: 7 underlying principles for effective dyslexia support

Multisensory teaching

Metacognition Modelling &

‘mentoring’

Overlearning Relevance Little & often Motivation(+ Critical thinking?)

Appropriate body of knowledge for Dyslexia Tutors

Disability & employment issues Social & medical models of disability Thinking, teaching & learning models, approaches &

styles HE curriculum process, practices, cultures &

underlying rationales Parameters, concepts, research, assessment &

teaching methods regarding SpLD & Dyslexia + 1st hand accounts by dyslexic adults

Appropriate body of knowledge for Dyslexia Tutors +

The Philosophy & practice of adult/lifelong learning Literacies, academic literacies & numeracies Participative research & practice methodology Models of counselling Epistemological issues & the dominant paradigms

within disciplines

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A joint investigative

approach

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Enables both tutor & student to unravel how their SpLD impacts on their past, present and future life.

Case Studies

Case Studies Chloe – mild dyslexia, low average ability,

received support throughout school Liam – mild dyspraxia with ADD Andrew – high functioning, typical dyslexic

student (identified at 8, lots of support previously) – a bit of a rebel!

Lamont – Mild dyslexia, possible undiagnosed dyspraxia, finds academic language challenging

Ellie – severe dyslexia, non-traditional student, very high stress factors & emotional challenges

Rebecca – late identification of dyslexia, high functioning, mature student

Read through the case study, and discuss the following points:

How would you structure your approach in response to a student who makes a comment like this?

What teaching strategies, approaches or interventions would you adopt in order to successfully change the student’s approach to their learning.

Try to be explicit with concrete examples of how you might work with the student both developmentally and practically. 

What wider philosophies underpin your teaching to enable this student’s learning development?

Feedback

Barriers to effective Mjpractice Mj

Key elements of good practice

The teaching process needs to be collaborative, exploratory, investigative and power sharing rather than deficit laden & technicist.

SpLDs are a way of processing information rather than a deficit. Tutors may need to challenge students’ pre-conceived notions of a medical model.

Developing students’ metacognitive awareness & critical thinking skills leads to independent learning.

A ‘safe’ environment for students to explore, learn from their mistakes and flourish.

Teaching of skills needs to be explicit, where skills are reviewed, leading to a deeper reflective learning.