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# Am I a role model for my students to imitate (e.g. being a life-long learner)? | # Am I a role model for my students to imitate (e.g. being a life-long learner)? | ||
In the course of this programme, we have encouraged you to be self-reflective by asking many questions. We do understand that some of these questions take time to respond or it may be years before a ‘belief’ | In the course of this programme, we have encouraged you to be self-reflective by asking many questions. We do understand that some of these questions take time to respond to or it may be years before a ‘belief’ in teaching and learning can develop. | ||
{{activity|tpr| on self-awareness as a teacher|10 }} You can develop a keener self-awareness by answering the questions above. Some of them may require a lengthy contemplation and we encourage you to write in your own personal journal | {{activity|tpr| on self-awareness as a teacher|10 }} You can develop a keener self-awareness by answering the questions above. Some of them may require a lengthy contemplation and we encourage you to write in your own personal journal or record your thoughts using a dictaphone later. | ||
For the moment, share with your partner your thoughts about the following: | For the moment, share with your partner your thoughts about the following: | ||
# Why did you choose to be a teacher | # Why did you choose to be a teacher (your past)? | ||
# What is it about teaching that you really enjoy now | # What is it about teaching that you really enjoy now (your present)? | ||
# What classroom practice would you like to improve on in the next few months for yourself (your future)? | # What classroom practice would you like to improve on in the next few months for yourself (your future)? | ||
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The video clip shows the highlights of a lesson study (also known as research study) going on in an American primary school classroom. Lesson study is another form of ongoing professional development activity whereby teachers come together to decide on an area of teaching or learning that they would like to understand and improve on, in order to help students learn better. The teachers observe learners in a class being taught by one of their colleagues and collect specific, detailed data for discussion with the lesson study group later. In this video clip, the teachers want to find out whether the students are able to recall and retell the sequence of a story read to them by their teacher. | The video clip shows the highlights of a lesson study (also known as research study) going on in an American primary school classroom. Lesson study is another form of ongoing professional development activity whereby teachers come together to decide on an area of teaching or learning that they would like to understand and improve on, in order to help students learn better. The teachers observe learners in a class being taught by one of their colleagues and collect specific, detailed data for discussion with the lesson study group later. In this video clip, the teachers want to find out whether the students are able to recall and retell the sequence of a story read to them by their teacher. | ||
* What techniques did the teachers | * What techniques did the teachers use to capture details about the lesson as it progressed? Can you think of any other ways you could capture details of the ''study lesson''? | ||
* Are you likely to feel comfortable/uncomfortable talking to other teachers about the progress that students make in their lesson in this context? | * Are you likely to feel comfortable/uncomfortable talking to other teachers about the progress that students make in their lesson in this context? | ||
* Can you think of any particularly 'sticky' bits of the curriculum that could benefit from the lesson study treatment? Perhaps the students at your school have always struggled with working out averages or percentages in mathematics or a specific concept such as combustion in science? Or maybe you would like the focus of your lesson study to be embedding some of the interactive teaching techniques that you have been learning about on this course? | * Can you think of any particularly 'sticky' bits of the curriculum that could benefit from the lesson study treatment? Perhaps the students at your school have always struggled with working out averages or percentages in mathematics or a specific concept such as combustion in science? Or maybe you would like the focus of your lesson study to be embedding some of the interactive teaching techniques that you have been learning about on this course? | ||
