1. Reflective Teaching: What is the image left in the classroom? Jane Harding da Rosa Teacher Trainer International House Porto “ The English Classroom Revisited” 23rd APPI Conference
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22. Reflective Teaching: What is the image left in the classroom? Jane Harding da Rosa Teacher Trainer International House Porto [email_address]
Notas do Editor
Worried because next lesson trainees coming to watch (and the topic was classroom management- what management!) Those decsions that are made on the spot are never the right ones!
Stage 1: recall the lesson. Stage 2 : identify how much of what was accomplished was planned. (a fine line between thinking on your feet and changing the plan/activities to suit the mood of the sts and agreeing to let the sts do something because they have asked.) Stage 3: look for the positive aspects of the lesson (often we forget to do this as the negativity clouds our memories) Stage 4: look for the reason WHY it
Don’t jump straight in at the why. As you are the deciding factor, you the teacher should be the center of the why not the YLs
My focus was on classroom management. Not just how i dealt with their behaviour, but why it had occured to start with.
1- dont let sts in room before you- they then control the area 2- remember you are in charge. Tell them where you want them to sit, not the other way round 3- there needs to be a front to establish boundaries and direction 4- there’s no white board- a chance to be inventive and creative 5- It’s while you’re thinking about what to do next that sts pick up on this and take advantage 6- over prepare in terms of selection of activities
There’s one thing I havent mentioned that was on my list of projecting it forward 7- my MP4!! (come back to this in a minute)
Stage 1- whole chunks of the lesson I’d forgotten about until listening to MP3 Stage 2 evidence of what was accomplished Stage 3- loads of positive, as I could hear the sts speaking in English Stage4- listen to instructions again, work out why /if they weren’t successful.
Have to admit that I started recording every lesson I taught, then recorded the lessons of the trainees on IHCYL and sent them their soundtracks