Hod
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| JZer wrote: |
| This is not a skill but I think it is important for teachers from time to time to place themselves in a class as a student |
Best sentence I've read on this forum for ages.
As an ex-teacher, now learning Spanish at the Instituto Cervantes, I was disgusted at one so-called teacher*. Student talking time was zilch, there were the most bizarre activities, e.g. students writing a word on an acetate then passing it on (whilst the other nine students yawned, twiddled thumbs) oh and no homework whatsoever, complete garbage. I lost all motivation to learn. After complaining, I was moved to another class with thankfully an excellent teacher.
Unfortunately, I never learned a language in a classroom whilst I was a teacher. But I have observed so much from the two Cervantes teachers. Yes, I�d observed colleagues teaching, but being a bona fide student is the only way to judge if a teacher is any good.
* A Spanish friend asked about teaching at the same Cervantes but was told he must have the DELE (edit - my mistake. This is a students' qualification, but there is a Spanish equivalent of CELTA). My first teacher presumably had this qualification. OK, she was enthusiastic enough but lacked basic classroom skills and had bad habits coming out her ears. She�s probably not had a good observation in years, if ever. I was gobsmacked by a recent thread on here where a few teachers expressed horror and felt insulted at the thought of being observed. Any other job on the planet will be �observed� somehow, so why are teachers exempt from this? |
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