Peer Teaching

Question 1

What is peer teaching

Answer 1

Similar social groupings
Not professional teachers
Learn themselves by teaching

Peer - your level
Near peer - someone above or below your level

Question 2

Social congruence
Cognitive congruence
-what is this?

How does this differ from presence and proxemics

Answer 2

You have many similar experiences and think in similar ways as your peers than your seniors

Physical space that people feel it necessary to set between themselves and others.

Question 3

Learning environment benefits with peers

Answer 3

Safe space to ask questions
Opportunity to learn in different ways
Active learning
Peer teachers become more knowledgeable in the area

Question 4

Approaches to teaching

Answer 4

Paternalistic
Patient/student entered

Depends on what your learner wants

Question 5

Teaching styles

Answer 5

Didactic - telling
Socratic - questioning
Heuristic - promote discovery
Counselling - exploring feelings, mentoring role

Question 6

How to facilitate small groups

Answer 6

Establish a positive learning environment
Opening
-arrive on time
-rapport and intros = encourage contributions
-ground rules
-structures and timings
-explain your objectives
-learning needs assessment 

Closing

• time for questions
• give feedback
• signpost to extension opportunities
• summarise learning points

Question 7

Learners that you’d like to address

Answer 7

Late/absent learners - try to convey the importance of the session, look into why they were not present
Low engagement - what do they want to achieve from this, what is their motivation
Quiet/under confident or dominating learners - increased or decreased eye contact