Small group teaching

摘要

Two's company, three's a crowd, and four is...a small group (actually some would say that two or more people constitutes a small group, but we nit-pick). Most clinical educators teach groups. Over the many years that we have run 'teaching the teachers' sessions, on both small and Large group teaching, participants have consistently identified several problems. These include teaching at the right level, finding out what learners already know, keeping everyone actively engaged, dealing with challenging behaviour (for example, the dominant or the silent group member) and knowing how they (the teachers) are doing. We aim to provide participants with strategies and solutions to these problems, and a few techniques to add to their repertoire. One resource we offer is a list of recommended texts, that we, as teachers, have found invaluable, some of which I hope to share with you here.