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RESOURCES TO PROVIDE LEARNING

Goals of teaching and learning resources:

1. Student motivation

2. Developing prior knowledge

3. Evoking prior knowledge

4. Encouraging the process of understanding, decoding, organizing, and

synthesizing the educational content, logical thinking and reasoning,
communication and interaction

5. Contributing to the development of different skills and the acquisition of values

of students, as well as the retention of desirable knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Categories of learning resources:

People

Material

Classroom environment

School environment

Local environment
Task 01

Category Resources

People Teachers, Tutors, Peers, Guest speakers, Parents,

Online forums.

Materials Textbooks, Whiteboards, Computers, Softwares and

Apps, Maps, Audiovisual resources

Classroom environment Visual aids (posters, charts, diagrams.) classroom

materials such as stationery, technological tools such
as computers, tablets, interactive whiteboards,
projectors and audiovisual equipment, Student-
Centered Spaces (Designating areas for collaboration,
group work, independent study, reflection and
presentation)

School environment Technology and digital resources, professional

development opportunities, workshops

Local environment local literature and media, local experts and speakers,
field trips and experience

Identifying underutilized resources

Task 02

Using your list of resources you identified in task 1, think about how effectively the
resources support

learning by adding one of the following grading to each:

• A: Very effective in supporting active learning.

• B: Partially effective in supporting active learning, but not used as

frequently as it could be.
 • C: Partially used to supporting active learning, as not always used
effectively or to its full potential,

or only used with some students.

• D: Not effective at supporting learning, as either not used at all or used

ineffectively.

Again, you may find it useful to include others (teachers, school management
committee (SMC) members,

students and parents) in the judgments about the grading or assessments of these
different resources.

Using resources to their full potential for learning

Task 03

Next you will be looking at how to improve the use of resources that are underused
(scoring a B or C) and how to access and use some of these previously unrecognized
resources (probably scored D) in your school to contribute to improved learning
outcomes for your students. It may take some creative thinking and some organizing
to make these resources a regular part of the teaching and learning in your school.
You may consider the resources that need funding as well.

Task 04 - Presentation

 Introduce the idea of a wider view of resources and what an educational resource
can be. You may want to explain the different categories and get the staff
involved in thinking about what resources are available in your school for each
category, to help them understand these.
 Introduce your rationale for addressing underutilised and unutilised resources,
making sure it is rooted in improving student learning. Discuss the auditing you
have done so far and what you have learned from it.

 Discuss how, as a group, you could best ensure that everyone’s skills and
knowledge is being utilised fully in support of student learning (this includes
parents, students and others in the community, as well as teachers).