A little progress every day, leads to big results - Mark Hetherington

The respective teaching teams are committed to encouraging their learners to reflect upon their progress. Sometimes students find it difficult to do so, especially when they are writing up their UCAS personal statements, for example. But they recognise it is a crucial skill in terms of learning development.

One such exercise is to ask them to (anonymously) note their thoughts down using four distinct questions, where they are free to express themselves in a non-judgmental way and to read what their peers think. This often stimulates positive, if informal, discussion on their progress to date.

In this blog post, SWAP Access to Nursing learners provided some excellent thoughts on skills development at the half way point on their Programme of study.

Their feedback is noted here: https://swapnurses2324.blogspot.com/2024/01/your-thoughts-on-your-learning-progress.html?m=0

The questions they were asked were as follows:

1. What were your biggest concerns about coming to college?

2. What do you feel has been your greatest educational achievement over the last 17 academic weeks?

3. Give me one word which describes how you’re feeling about the prospect of getting through the second semester…

4. In three words, describe your experience so far on the Programme you are on (keep it clean, please!)