Heather Thomas transcript:
Key words: "...freeing the mind from false preconceptions of how things look." - Why? Because things ( teaching ) look differently when seen from other perspective, even me who was having the class was surprised by the "other" me.
"Observation follow up discussions " - very helpful- enable us to see and therefore to teach in new ways, we can learn from our "reflectivity"and from our experience.
"I am too encouraging. Oops! Maybe I could try being silent." - This is what I found out about me from my transcripts.
The most important thing I learned is - "no judgements and no plaudits in the teachers' group, no need to be anxious or to posture"
•There is no need of anxiety, we are not being judged. This is just the way to improve ourselves as teachers and educators by seeing the mirror image or throwing the another pair of eyes in the classroom.
Key words: "...freeing the mind from false preconceptions of how things look." - Why? Because things ( teaching ) look differently when seen from other perspective, even me who was having the class was surprised by the "other" me.
"Observation follow up discussions " - very helpful- enable us to see and therefore to teach in new ways, we can learn from our "reflectivity"and from our experience.
"I am too encouraging. Oops! Maybe I could try being silent." - This is what I found out about me from my transcripts.
The most important thing I learned is - "no judgements and no plaudits in the teachers' group, no need to be anxious or to posture"
•There is no need of anxiety, we are not being judged. This is just the way to improve ourselves as teachers and educators by seeing the mirror image or throwing the another pair of eyes in the classroom.
All I can say/write is "Yes, Yes, Yes!" Pointing out that there is no need to be anxious since we are not being judged is a crucial lesson.
ReplyDeleteCELTA and most teacher preparation programs have a component which requires teachers to teach a lesson and the lessons are judged. I do not think this is productive and teacher preparation programs that decided to drop judgments and focus on description and analysis and experimentation I think would propel our field forward.
John Fanselow That (teacher preparation programs that dropped judgments and focused on the things you mentioned) would be revolutionary.
ReplyDeleteJohn Fanselow Yes, yes I agree! The tutors judge teaching through all CELTA course. I did it 6 years ago and I know the feeling. I personally think that analysing and discussing the teaching would be more productive.
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