Working with People

There are a number of arrangements which must be made before the course begins. This section provides you with a checklist of things to do. They are not listed in any order of priority and you will probably be involved in a number of these arrangements concurrently.

Open learning systems often seek to meet the needs of students who would otherwise be excluded from education. They also aim to provide opportunities for a wide range of people: from the mature person with a family, to the young person who dropped out of education prematurely.

You are expected to provide appropriate tutorial contact for students. The functions of open learning tutorials are very much the same as for any tutorial and include: When tutors are not themselves providing lectures or seminar input, they can fall into the trap of repeating information already covered in the learning materials. This should, of course, be avoided. Tutorials provide an opportunity for students to express themselves and to deal with personal issues.

These open learning materials will be regularly reviewed and revised to take account of new developments and to maintain and further improve their effectiveness. Open BTEC welcomes comments from tutors on the materials and will give serious consideration to your suggestions for possible improvements.

This Element falls into two parts:

The aims of this Element are to enable students to prepare for, and to conduct adequately five kinds of interviews, and to recognise their need for further practice and training.

This Element presents information and ideas about the process of negotiation in daily life and at work.

The aim of this Element is to develop students’ knowledge of various types of consultative meeting, and introduce some skills which will enable them to participate more effectively in such meetings.