Teach with CARE – improve your teaching practice

A four-day course for Health and Social Care Professionals who wish to improve their teaching practice

• Are you passionate about teaching in health and social care?
• Do you want to fine tune your teaching practice?
• Would you like to introduce innovations in your approach to learning?  

Teach with CARE is a four-day course with teaching spread over several weeks.

The course considers different perspectives of adult learning and pedagogy.

The sessions introduce best practice techniques including planning; presenting; resourcing; questioning; assessing and evaluating teaching across the four days.

Learners will also look at online educational tools for effective teaching as well as evaluating best practice for face-to-face and online teaching. They will have the opportunity to plan and share a short teaching session and receive supportive feedback.

“It’s common to be asked to teach others as part of your role, but for those with no training and little experience in teaching, this can be a nerve-wracking prospect. Teach with CARE has been developed as a foundational step into the theory and practice of teaching and learning, giving clinical and non-clinical colleagues alike the confidence and ideas to excel in the role. High quality teaching is critical to our learners being able to put what we teach into practice, and therefore benefits the quality of care delivered throughout the sector.“

Matt Tregellas, Digital Learning Manager and Teach with CARE Lead, St Christopher’s CARE

“I really enjoyed the four days. I think that Teach with CARE should be mandatory for all (teaching colleagues), no matter how long they have been teaching. It gives everyone a platform from which they can be launched and a sense of what is expected of them.” 

Teach with CARE attendee

• Outline
• Topics
• Who is it for
• Tutors
• Programme

What will the course look like?

• Fully virtual course: With this option all four days learning are online via Zoom
• Blended course: For this option the learning will be in-person at CARE (days 1 and 4) and online (days 2 and 3).
  Please note you will need a laptop for the in-person sessions.

This course will involve:

• Exploration of academic and web articles
• A range of activity types including: live and video presentation; using interactive tools as both a learner and a teacher; discussion; pair and group work; self-study; critical thinking; reflection
• Completion of tasks before and after sessions. There will be approximately one hour of self-study per session and slightly longer for the final assignment.

What will I learn?

• Theories of teaching and learning
• Consider the needs of adult learners and how to create engaging learning
• Consider implications for practice when teaching face-to-face or virtually
• Enhance and develop teaching practice

Who is it for?

The course is for anyone who wishes to improve their teaching practice face-to-face and online, particularly those in health and social care, but the learning from this course can be used in most settings.

Delegates are expected to have a basic understanding of navigating a laptop, supporting software and use of the internet.

Matt Tregellas

After graduating from the University of Sheffield, Matt moved to Japan where he began his career as an English language teacher. After three years, Matt returned to the UK where…

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Lorna Malcolm

Lorna joined the Rehabilitation team at St Christopher’s in 2008, as a newly qualified physiotherapist, coming from previous careers in Law and Health and Fitness. She has also worked as…

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Programme

• Exploring St Christopher’s CARE aims and Pedagogical Framework
• Considering different perspectives on adult learning
• Planning; presenting; resourcing; questioning; assessing and evaluating teaching in response to learner input and feedback
• Considering best practice for face-to-face and online teaching
• Using online tools for effective teaching
• Planning and sharing the rationale for a teaching session

Day 1

10.00	Welcome and Introductions St Christopher’s CARE and the Pedagogical Framework
11.00	Break
11.15	Theories of learning
12.15	Lunch
12.55	Adult learning and active learning
14.15	Reflection, evaluation and wrap up
15.00	Close

Day 2

10.00	The teaching context
11.15	Break
11.30	Constructive alignment, learning outcomes and Bloom’s taxonomy
12.40	Lunch
13.20	Online educational tools
14.20	Homework set up and reflection
15.00	Close

Day 3

10.00	The Conversational Framework Active learning activity share
11.15	Break
11.30	Anatomy of a teaching session Planning a teaching session
12.40	Lunch
13.20	Flipped learning
13.50	Multimedia design
14.30	Homework set up and reflection
15.00	Close

Day 4

10.00	Evaluation and reflection
11.15	Break
11.30	Making and delivering an activity with educational technology
12.45	Lunch
13.25	Putting it into practice: Assignment workshop
14.15	Final reflection, Next steps
15.00	Farewell