Supportive Learning Environments
Supportive learning environments can be defined as:
“The creation of a caring, rigorous and relevant learning community that provides support to all learners in aiding them to achieve at their highest potential”(Holtz Frank, 2004).
“Unless students experience a positive and supportive climate, some may never achieve the most minimum standards or realize their full potential”.Urban (1999)
For any training it is important to set up rules and boundaries at the start of the training. This gives the learners and idea of what is expected from them. Tell them the consequences too. It is important that if someone breaks the rules then we deal with it and don’t just leave it.
An Example can be:
Stage 1: Warning (Please be more respectful) …show more content…
If someone has an opinion that is different to yours you will listen calmly to their opinion and not get angry.
All learners must be treated throughout the training with respect and dignity and the teacher must not allow any personal feeling to interfere with treating everyone the same.
Examples of supportive and unsupportive behaviour are:
Supportive Unsupportive
Using encouragement No praise or insincerity, rolling eyes at answer
Providing constructive feedback Allowing learners to think they have given a right answer when they are wrong or mocking incorrect answers
Setting objectives and ensuring those objectives are met Set unclear objectives or the learning does not follow the set objectives
Participation from learners Teacher does all the talking whilst everyone sits and listens for the entire training
Not allowing any one person to disrupt the rest of the group One person allowed to disrupt the training and other people
Not allowing others to bully to be disrespectful of others Allowing learners to make of fun others or the trainer
No to single out any one person and make them feel “on the spot” If people are quiet or seem to be uncomfortable speaking up, make them answer direct questions and put them on the
“The creation of a caring, rigorous and relevant learning community that provides support to all learners in aiding them to achieve at their highest potential”(Holtz Frank, 2004).
“Unless students experience a positive and supportive climate, some may never achieve the most minimum standards or realize their full potential”.Urban (1999)
For any training it is important to set up rules and boundaries at the start of the training. This gives the learners and idea of what is expected from them. Tell them the consequences too. It is important that if someone breaks the rules then we deal with it and don’t just leave it.
An Example can be:
Stage 1: Warning (Please be more respectful) …show more content…
If someone has an opinion that is different to yours you will listen calmly to their opinion and not get angry.
All learners must be treated throughout the training with respect and dignity and the teacher must not allow any personal feeling to interfere with treating everyone the same.
Examples of supportive and unsupportive behaviour are:
Supportive Unsupportive
Using encouragement No praise or insincerity, rolling eyes at answer
Providing constructive feedback Allowing learners to think they have given a right answer when they are wrong or mocking incorrect answers
Setting objectives and ensuring those objectives are met Set unclear objectives or the learning does not follow the set objectives
Participation from learners Teacher does all the talking whilst everyone sits and listens for the entire training
Not allowing any one person to disrupt the rest of the group One person allowed to disrupt the training and other people
Not allowing others to bully to be disrespectful of others Allowing learners to make of fun others or the trainer
No to single out any one person and make them feel “on the spot” If people are quiet or seem to be uncomfortable speaking up, make them answer direct questions and put them on the