Unit 3: Learning and Memory
The Correlation between Learning Together and Social Cohesion
5.1 Preparation for Tutorial
As a carer, you will probably be planning your time with a person you care for in terms of help you provide to them. Every activity you do is purposeful, and you will have to pack a lot of single care activities into your (working) day. However, in these activities you will often be the more active participant. Learning together can change the relationship between a carer and a senior learner because it takes both of them outside of their usual context and relationship and both can take on different roles.
To prepare for the online tutorial, look back on what you have explored in Activities 1-4 of this unit and consider the questions below. Take a note of your answers in your learning diary log.
Why is learning something new, such as a language, of importance to senior learners?
Where do you see your own role in this learning process?
In what way do you expect that learning something new together might change the relationship between a carer and a senior learner?
Compare your answer to our model answer.