The accurate school and mentor can do or atomize you as a student teacher in a dark jungle of unruly pupils,pedagogy and paperworkI think I deserve a big high five and a lie down, given that the day before I started my PGCE I had to Google the definition and pronunciation of “pedagogy. I’ve come a ruddy long way. Now that I’ve just passed the halfway stage of my training, or it’s an opportune moment to reflect on what I’ve learned so far – which is infinitely more than my 150 or so students (sorry kids). The inordinate amount of reflection required during my training has conditioned me to reflect on everything: the sequencing of my planning,the quality of my resources, whether my students have the foggiest notion of what I’m talking approximately, or whether I have the foggiest notion of what I’m talking approximately and,less officially, why I ever thought fitting a teacher would be a deft saunter. Needless to say my conclusions are often inconclusive. While much of the time I feel utterly bewildered by my role as an educator, or recently I’ve had some realisations that I want to share (because teaching has taught me that sharing is caring).
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Source: theguardian.com