2.5 Evaluate Opportunities for Learners to Provide Feedback to Inform Inclusive Practice

2.5

I have used learner feedback both informally and in more structured ways to help me improve and develop my teaching so that it is meeting the needs of all learners.

I have asked learners when we review the learning outcomes for the session what they thought of the strategies, methods and resources used and also encouraged learners to write their thoughts on post-it notes at the end of the session and stick them on the white board.  I used this technique at Partington & Carrington Children's Centre and found it useful.  Learners' feedback ranged from wanting a 5 minute break to enjoying the activity on sharing ideas for everyday life activities.

At Broadheath Children's Centre I asked the learners what they thought of the session after week 1 and they asked for refreshments!  Although this is outside the remit of the course, I fed this back to the Children's Centre and they were able to provide this which helped the learners feel relaxed in their learning environment. This links into Maslow's Hieracy of Needs in basic comfort needs being met.

The RARPA learning logs which are used in every session offer learners a more structured opportunity to provide feedback each week.  At the end of the course learners complete a course evaluation which rates different aspects of the course from 'how good was the teaching?' to 'how could we improve the course?'

I feel that there are sufficient opportunities for learners to provide feedback and have found them useful in my meetings with Centre Managers as a Development Worker and as a tutor in planning the course content and the development of resources.  Comments on the learning logs have ranged from 'I have really enjoyed the course and found the techniques useful for me to apply to my three children at home' to 'I have really enjoyed the course; the only suggestion for improvement would be if we could have copies of our group work.'  As a result of this final comment, I now take photos of the group work and produce handouts for the learners for the following week.