Assignment - Education and Training

Education and Training
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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Education and Training....................................................................................................................3
Question (a): Minimum Core Elements...........................................................................................3
Question (b): Communication Methods..........................................................................................4
Verbal Communication................................................................................................................5
Benefits of Verbal Communication.........................................................................................6
Limitations of Verbal Communication....................................................................................6
Non-Verbal Communication.......................................................................................................7
Benefits of Non-Verbal Communication.................................................................................7
Limitations of Non-Verbal Communication............................................................................8
Written Communication..............................................................................................................8
Benefits of Written Communication........................................................................................9
Limitations of Written Communication...................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10
Education and Training
Question (a): Minimum Core Elements
Minimum core elements include literacy, numeracy, and language. It is important to note that
inclusive learning and teaching combine vocational skills with the development of numeracy,
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literacy, and language. The skills that the learners acquire help ensure that they are confident and
motivated to succeed in their lives and careers. The use of minimum core elements helps the
learner progress in their education and career. Incorporating all the minimum core elements may
be challenging due to the difficulty of demonstrating number skills (Wallace, 2011, p. 82).
Literacy, on the other hand, is easier to demonstrate because resources, as well as teaching and
learning methods, are available. For example, a teacher can use books and other learning
materials brought by the learner from home to start discussions and group work on the types of
questions students should be asked during shared reading (Gadsby and Beere, 2013, p. 102). This
activity incorporates both oral and written communication and is believed to be suitable for a
large group of learners.
It is important to strive and include all the minimum core elements during each lesson one tries
to deliver. As it may have already been mentioned that the use of numeracy can be slightly
challenging especially in arts, it is, however, it is easier when learners are using measurements in
their artwork (Petty, 2009, p. 356). Written assignments, on the other hand, should involve the
learner being given an essay that focuses on word count. This will help them in improving both
numeracy and language skills (Gravells and Simpson, 2010). Adhering to the maximum word
count allows the learners to practice counting. This technique can even be used when setting
different types of poems that have specified stanzas or word count. One must try to squeeze in a
minimum core element in planning lessons whenever possible. It may be initially difficult to
implement these individual minimum core elements but with time one finds a way of fitting them
into their learning and teaching.
Leaners can also be taught new narratives, narrative techniques, terms, concepts, and new ways
of writing to ensure that their language and literacy skills are in constant development. Learners
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can also be asked to read some handouts out loud to help in improving their literacy and
language skills. Inclusive teaching and learning also involve incorporating ICT minimum core
elements. This can be done by requesting the learners to submit their work online. The learners
get the opportunity of interacting with technology when they explore different sites on how to
submit their work online and get it published on other websites (Gravells and Simpson, 2010).
It is important to note that ICT minimum core elements can be incorporated in lessons in
different ways. One of the ways is by making passages read by students in class more interactive
by adding links to make the lesson more active. Through these links, more diagrams, videos, and
quizzes can be opened up which can help in explaining the context of a passage (Wallace, 2011,
p. 78). The use of ICT in inclusive learning and teaching can expand the thinking of students and
ensure that their thinking is not just limited to within the classroom walls. As long as technology
is available to all learners, inclusive teaching and learning approach is improved.
Question (b): Communication Methods
Communication is very important in teaching practice to ensure that a message is appropriately
passed between the learner and their teacher. In my teaching practice as a health and safety
trainer, I learned a lot of important communication methods that can help in improving teaching
and learning. The three main categories of communication that I learned during my time while I
was practicing as a health and safety trainer included verbal, non-verbal and written
communication (Kurtz et al., 2017). These three communication methods normally complement
each other and they should therefore be used interdependently. Communication is more efficient
and effective if we strive to implement all these three types of communication in teaching and
learning. Additionally, these communication methods have both benefits and limitations that will
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