What teaching styles should be employed?
There can be no definitive teaching style and teachers will adopt different styles for different types of courses. Indeed teachers will employ different methods even within a particular course. On occasions a didactic style may be appropriate, but discussion, student presentations, pair and group work, individual research, group and individual tutorials will also play their part. Tools to hand may be computers, slides, film, audio, interactive white board, drama, games and visiting speakers etc. Pastoral: how does the college support its students during their course? Most colleges will operate some kind of pastoral support. Students may be in personal or tutor groups and assigned to a tutor who will oversee their progress. Students may be organised in discrete groups (wholly A-level students) or mixed (A-level,vocational and GCSE students; a mix of one-year, two-year and occasionally three-year students). Tutors may have in their groups students they do not normally teach (along with t
