Promote the transfer of learning from outdoor
Overview
Who is this unit for?
This unit is for those who work with pupils on activities outside the classroom such as community-based projects, field studies, cultural visits, sports, recreation and outdoor education.
What is this unit about?
This unit is about working with pupils to help them reflect on what they have learned outside of the classroom and how they might transfer this learning to other parts of their learning programmes and other aspects of their lives.
This unit contains two elements:
1. Facilitate learning through individual and shared reflection on experience
2. Help participants identify how they can transfer learning to other aspects of their lives
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Facilitate learning through individual and shared reflection on experience
P1 establish a listening environment for the review
P2 enable participants to reflect on their experiences
P3 enable participants to identify individual and group learning
P4 enable participants to identify the process of individual and group learning
P5 link intended and non-intended learning to individual and group objectives
P6 clarify and reinforce key points to focus participants' attention on learning
Help participants identify how they can transfer learning to other aspects of their lives
P7 enable participants to see the relevance of their learning to other areas of life
P8 enable participants to identify what learning they can transfer to specific aspects of their lives
P9 enable participants to identify what they can transfer about how they are learning
P10 gain their commitment to related objectives
P11 review and evaluate potential obstacles to the participants transferring what they have learned
P12 discuss possible strategies to overcome these obstacles
P13 share information and guidance about opportunities to transfer learning and support they may need with others
P14 encourage ongoing reflection and review
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
Reflecting with participants on what they have learned
K1 the experiential learning cycle
K2 the importance of reflection to effective learning K3 the participants' aims, objectives and goals
K4 types of opportunities which can be created or used for review and reflection
K5 how to create an effective listening environment and encourage participants to air their views
K6 how to analyse participants' experiences and provide a summary of this analysis
K7 how to establish the links between what has been learned in the outdoor environment and other aspects of the participants' lives
K8 the importance of recording the outcomes of reviews
Helping participants to transfer
K9 the three methods of transfer, i.e. metaphor, direct and indirect K10 the importance of assisting participants to transfer what they have
learned to other contexts
K11 potential and actual difficulties which participants may have with this process and how to identify the ones which apply to particular people
K12 other individuals who could usefully contribute to the transfer process K13 the types of support which individuals may need when attempting to
transfer learning
K14 the types of advice, assistance and information about participants' learning needs which those providing support may need
K15 how to develop and progress action plans
K16 how to explain how the benefits of the experience can be maximized K17 how to negotiate the types of resources, assistance and conditions to
assist the participants
K18 how to achieve the commitment of participants to the identified learning outcomes
Scope/range
Facilitate learning through individual and shared reflection on experience
1. Participants
1.1. adults
1.2. children and young people
1.3. groups whose members do not know each other
1.4. established groups
2. Learning
2.1. affective
2.2. cognitive
2.3. physical
2.4. team development
3. Areas of life
3.1. work
3.2. social
3.3. personal
3.4. home
3.5. education
Help participants identify how they can transfer learning to other aspects of their lives
4. participants
4.1. adults
4.2. children and young people
4.3. groups whose members do not know each other
4.4. established groups
5. Areas of life
5.1. work
5.2. social
5.3. personal
5.4. home
5.5. education
6. Others
6.1. colleagues
6.2. supervisors
6.3. teachers
6.4. mentors
6.5. friends
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Links To Other NOS
TDASTL30 Contribute to assessment for learning
TDASTL48 Support young people in tackling problems and taking action TDASTL53 Lead an extra-curricular activity
Origin of this unit
This unit is taken from the national occupational standards developed by SkillsActive where it appears as unit D35