EVALUATION OF PLACEMENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES - PowerPoint Presentation

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EVALUATION OF PLACEMENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Dr Poppy Turnerpoppy.m.turner@gmail.comSlide2

Guidelines for the Evaluation of Placement Opportunities

Written feed-back please. Handout.

Is there anything you want to discuss as a group?Slide3

With new understanding

of placement learning, we can now use

F

rameworks and Models for Evaluation

for deeper analysis of any problem placements.

We will

practice

with feedback from your own studentsSlide4

Stages of Effective Evaluation of Placement Learning Opportunties

Information on employers/host institutionsFeedback on students’ perspectives of their placement experiences

If feedback is negative, in-depth evaluationMinor problems can usually be remedied

Serious negative feedback/ major problems may necessitate terminationSlide5

Frameworks for analysis = questions to help understanding of placement situations

What is the nature of the work?What is the level of supervision or support for learning and learner?What is the role and status of the student in the organisation?What are the learning outcomes likely to be achieved?Slide6

Understanding students’ perspectives, from their feedback

ASK YOURSELF …What does the student think of their placement work?What do they feel about their supervision or support?What does the student think and feel about their role and status on placement?What does the student say about their learning?Slide7

Models = shorthand illustrations of complex placement situations

Student’s role/ status and emotions

: valued team member (‘like being in a family’),

high self-esteem and positive attitude

Placement work/activity

: varied work with real purpose and/or a challenging research project. Work at the junior professional level

Learning outcomes

:

Knowledge and understanding.

Higher skills/ expertise.

Creativity, innovation.

Growth & development of individual potential.

Becoming a professional and/or enriched personal identity

Placement situation with

HIGH POTENTIAL

for learning

Culture/environment

:

good/ appropriate supervision, supportive colleagues, nurturing environment fostering knowledge and understanding, some social lifeSlide8

Now an illustration using negative feedback

Student’s role/ status/ emotions

: used as

cheap labour,

general dogs body, not valued, low confidence, low self-esteem (‘I fell apart’)

Placement work/ activity

: menial, repetitive work, seen as boring.

Student’s main activity can become avoidance of an unpleasant boss or appeasement of a moody supervisor

Learning outcomes

:

Low level skills, little increased knowledge.

Little opportunity for creativity.

Sometimes

mis

-education (e.g. ‘interesting lab work is an oxymoron’).

Decision to leave science on graduation

Culture/environment

: poor or absent supervision and/or support, competitive or hyper-critical environment, understanding and creativity inadequately fostered, absence of positive social interactions

Placement situation with LOW LEARNING POTENTIALSlide9

LET’S PLAY - with your data!!

Handout: Frameworks questions and blank model

The more you practice with these Frameworks and Models, the more they stick in your mind. Eventually, you will ‘know’ about placement learning and the quality of placement situations by visualising them in your head; you may only need to perform these exercises to explain your thinking to others.Slide10

That was a whistle-stop tour of learning – especially placement learning and its evaluation. To discuss further:poppy.m.turner@gmail.com

Poppy.m.turner@bath.eduFeedback please!!

Frameworks and Models for Analytical Evaluation of Placement Learning Opportunities