I'm having a pretty good week because of the amount of effort I've put into preparation. I taught a class of 18 today (huge for where I am) - mostly teens - and achieved my objectives.
I also rethought the way I'm teaching business to a non-native speaking class. I'm dropping a lot of the material prepared for me by the BS department because it really didn't work across cultures. Today I used toys placed on a table (to represent transport) that they moved around a market mapping grid themselves. I had feared they might play with them, but this really didn't happen to any extent I needed to act on. It was an early lesson - 8:30 am - so I felt that moving around would work. Result - a productive lesson, with one normally disruptive pupil working well.
The downside is that this is twice as much work, but the adrenaline contrast to the alternative depression is a big compensation!
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Found the same too, Once I tried to incorporate my 'PGCE' into my teaching practice initially was almost twice the work and then I began to really enjoy teaching.
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Good idea this blog
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I wonder if the effect is on us rather than the students? I tried some of the new material today and the lesson went really well. I asked my studnets what they thought about the new handouts and they claimed not to have noticed any difference! Can teachers benefit from the placebo effect too???
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