2. Task and key questions for conditions of teaching and learning

At the beginning of this unit you will find the key questions. The subsequent questions for your self-control offer a more detailed approach to different aspects of learning conditions.

• What knowledge and skills do the students already possess?
• What knowledge and skills do I possess?
• What external conditions must I be aware of?
• What do I know about the students as individuals?
• What elements of knowledge and information must the students command to enable them to tackle the new task ahead of them?
• Referring to the new subject matter, what (advance) information, skills and experience have the students already acquired? What is new for them, what is repetition, what is essential and what is supplementary?
• What techniques of working and learning may I expect the students to master, and what experience do they have with different teaching methods and forms of social interaction?
• What positive or negative attitudes, habits, prejudices or convictions may, or must I, expect to encounter?
• How can I overcome learning difficulties, learning barriers and resistance against learning?
• Have I adequately considered the children’s willingness to learn, their state of feelings, their responsiveness, their learning needs, their expectations, their interests, their free-time activities, and their living conditions?
• What socio-cultural conditions and influences, and what systems of support are of importance for the work in the classroom? What role do parents, brothers and sisters, peers or other people of psychological importance play?