Hi! I sympathise Paul. There are poor tutors out there, and having a qualification is no absolute guarantee of quality.
On 24/06/11 09:26, Paul Sutton wrote: > On 24/06/11 09:12, alan c wrote: >> On 23/06/11 17:41, Bea Groves wrote: >>> Can I say I'm teaching a full-length (i.e. 10 x 2 hours) unaccredited >>> course for adults entitled 'Introduction to Linux' for North Tyneside >>> Adult Learning Alliance next year. Date and time are still to be >> >> Well done you! >> I have a local adult learning centre near me, and I would like to run >> something here. However, the centre manager is clear and adamant that >> this cannot happen because I do not hold a teaching qualification or >> whatever. I suppose various degrees and diplomas do not count. >> I would appreciate a comment or two about what can be done here. >> >> An alternative which is not viable yet would be for me to hire the >> room outright but there would need to be a queue of prospective >> (adult) students first before that could work. > > i think you need somethig like a 7302 adult teaching qualification, > from city and guilds, not sure if this applies across the board, i am > sure a university lecturer would have something more than this. > > personally as long as you know what and care good teachers have a > passion for the topic, you are talking about, if i was the learner i > would not care, having undertaken adult literacy / numeracy you are > either dumped in front of a computer to learn or taught by someone who > in my case did not listen or could not help in the way asked. > > interestingly i have pointed out errors in the software and got zero > help from the so called tutors, (to me this is not proper teaching) so > just cos you have a 7302 or what ever does not make you competent, only > on paper i an do a better job than some of these people in fact there > are children who can do a better job, they teach me, but they are also > open to ideas and help so a mark of a good teacher. a lot of the adult > numeracy / literacy is teaching to a test so you can pass and > demonstrate you understadn something but to me it can be in a very > narrow context, > > have a look in to what is really required, your next step is to > convince them to allow use of anything othjer than what they have (see > RM stuff) if they have RM and don't allow Linux you could be stuck. > however if you can advertise and there is demand then you can either > meet it or have those people go elsewhere. > > paul > -- Beatrix E. Groves BA Hons (Educ) LCGI MAPTT MIITT MinstLM MIFL QTLS General Secretary, Association of Part-Time Tutors (APTT) ============================================ Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.beagroves.net Blog: http://beagroves.tumblr.com ============================================ Random Quote of the Day (chosen by my computer) -------------> Capitalism is like death. If one is sensible, one avoids it at all costs. -- Bea Groves -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
