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Chapter 9: Understanding how young people learn

• Q14 Have a secure knowledge and understanding of their subjects/curriculum areas and related pedagogy to enable them to teach effectively across the age and ability range for which they are trained

• Q18 Understand how children and young people develop and that the progress and well-being of learners are affected by a range of developmental, social, religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic influences.

A PowerPoint set of slides covering some theories of learning and leading to discussions of these.

An overview of some teaching and learning styles and how to adopt and adapt them.

Key reading

Review of Educational Research, Vol. 77, No. 4, 534-574 (2007)
Understanding Tutor Learning: Knowledge-Building and Knowledge-Telling in Peer Tutors' Explanations and Questions Rod D. Roscoe and Michelene T. H. Chi