Activity C

Developing your own learning plan

This activity will help tutors develop their own learning plans. If they have practised it themselves, they will be better able to help their learners. Learning plans come out of our goals. Once we have identified our goals, we can develop a plan to carry out those goals.

The activity uses two different forms for recording a learning plan. One is more detailed than the other. The idea is to let tutors practise creating learning statements/ objectives as part of the plan. Some tutors may have difficulty doing this. Practise developing a few statements/objectives together. In the end, tutors may decide to use a different format for developing a learning plan with their learners, but will have had practice in creating learning statements/objectives.

The next activity will help tutors learn to develop a learning plan.

Discussion, use of handouts and overheads

Materials and equipment

Overhead projector
Handout 4.7: Learning Plan (blank)
Handout 4.8: Setting Goals (blank)
Overhead 4.1 : Learning Plan – Sample for Tutors
Overhead 4.2 : Learning Plan (blank)
Overhead 4.3 : Setting Goals – Sample for Tutors
Overhead 4.4 : Setting Goals (blank)

Preparation

This can be a difficult activity for those who haven’t recorded their goals in a formal process. Review the sample forms to gain an understanding of what a learning plan can look like. This will guide you in helping your tutors create their own plans.
Copy handouts.
Prepare overheads.

STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

  1. Put up the overhead Learning Plan – Sample for Tutors. Review with tutors each of the columns to assist tutors in understanding the types of statements they would use in each one.
  2. Put up the overhead Learning Plan, and practise filling it in as a group. Ask the group what could be their objective or learning statement and what would be some of the skills they would need to learn. Discuss how they would learn those skills and what resources they would need. Then decide as a group how they will know they have learned the skill. As the discussion unfolds, fill in the different columns.
  3. Give the blank Learning Plan handout to tutors. Have them fill it in based on their goals from Activity B, How to Set Goals. Provide help and assistance as needed.

Facilitation tip

Examples provide a visual guide for participants. If they are having difficulty envisioning the task you are asking them to perform, a visual sample can help put them on the right track.