Tree of learning
The Tree of learning activity is about finding out why learners come to learn information technology (IT) and how tutors can make it relevant for them.
- Do your learners spend sufficient time exploring what they want to learn and then checking their progress?
- Do your learners spend too much time isolated on their personal computers (PCs), with few opportunities to work in groups?
- Do they just learn particular applications (such as word-processing or spreadsheets) or do they learn them to apply them for their own purposes?
The Tree of learning package will help you arrive at positive answers to these and related questions. You will be able to adjust your practice to meet learners' needs more closely. Even if ICT is not your specialist subject, you will find good ideas here to apply to your own work.
This resource is for use by ICT tutors directly with their learners.
In this activity and others, tutors should be sensitive to the possible literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) needs of their learners, and keep in mind the ICT Skills for Life standards at:
New browser window: www.qca.org.uk.
For further guidance go to the Skills for Life link
New browser window: www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus.
If you are new to Skills for Life, this site is a useful general starting point which you can explore as required. The section on teaching and learning gives a good overview of the Skills for Life agenda. If you are already involved in Skills for Life, you may find it useful to receive the regular updates from the site.
Subject Learning Coaches can also go to the Policy drivers section of this site for Skills for Life guidance.