Teaching and Reflecting on Others Practice TS3302

Notes from today's lesson:

Specific Learning Outcomes:

a. analysis of the predominant influences shaping the teaching and learning strategies of the peers observed.

• Teaching Journal (with permission)
• Current and Previous teaching Observations
• Reflective Assignment
• Rationales/Group Profiles/Session Plans
• Application of Theory & Research
• Resources Available
• National Policies/ Government Initiatives
• Peer Students (interview)
• Motivation/Reasons for Teaching

b. deconstruct and evaluate the teaching and learning strategies identified during observations and establish their relative merits

• Teaching Observation
• Identify criteria (observation checklist)
• Lesson Plans
• Assessment (check for validity - have all of the objectives been met?)
• Feedback from learners/teachers
• Evaluations
• Group Profile
• Refletive Assignment
• Disclosure/Protocols
• Application of Theory & Research

c. critical reflection on the collaborative nature of the research process undertaken and how this will impact on future teaching

• Teaching Journal
• Reflection
• Group Reflection (study group meeting)
• Peer feedback
• Application of Theory & Research

Johari Window & Feedback


Joseph Luft & Harrison Ingam (1955)


Transactional Analysis and Feedback

Eric Berne - general human interaction.
Stroking - positive/negative, conditional/unconditional

Exercise

Write a positive statement about your peer group members on a note - put the notes into an envelope and return to them.

What I felt:
• slightly embarrassed, particularly about writing about myself
• trepidation when receiving my envelope - what do people think of me?
• how would people react to my comments - would they know it is me commenting?

Action Research Proposal

...is now available in the PGCE folder on my iDisk:

http://public.me.com/marion_tregartha

Enjoy.

Publicity

Here's a poster that I knocked together to publicise the blog:


I'm going to put A3/A2(?) posters up in the Mac suites to publicise the blog, along with A6 flyers to give to the students.

Blog Questionnaire

Been away in Newcastle for the last few days of this half term with no internet access.

Had loads of ideas including - a. Creating a feedback mechanism and b. How to Publicise the blog. So I'm developing a questionnaire that I will get my students to fill in as part of a tutorial on how to post replies to blogs. Two birds with one stone.

I need to start padding out the blog with references/resources so there is something there when they arrive!