I wanted to tell what is hidden deep in my heart about this issue. We are all student teachers and lucky to do our practice teaching in METU Development Foundation Schools. Almost everything goes OK. in our classes with our mentor teachers. What I suggest you here is that while considering our future as professional teachers we should also take the reality of our state schools into consideration. I believe that if we work in a private school, we could do lots of things which will most of the time be easy to conduct in nice settings of such schools. What about our reality or state schools? Will we be able to realize what we plan in our minds which I believe are idealistic ones? What should we do? Will we be transformed into "stable, not changeable" teachers?
I sincerely want to hear my dear friends' voice here. What can we do in our state schools? What are the facilities that we can provide our students with? Can we create nice settings as in private schools?
Sharing our thoughts on such an important issue will certainly broaden our horizon...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
WHAT WOULD THE WALLS OF OUR CLASSROOMS TELL?...
Hi FRIENDS,
I wanted to tell what is hidden deep in my heart about this issue. We are all student teachers and lucky to do our practice teaching in METU Development Foundation Schools. Almost everything goes OK. in our classes with our mentor teachers. What I suggest you here is that while considering our future as professional teachers we should also take the reality of our state schools into consideration. I believe that if we work in a private school, we could do lots of things which will most of the time be easy to conduct in nice settings of such schools. What about our reality or state schools? Will we be able to realize what we plan in our minds which I believe are idealistic ones? What should we do? Will we be transformed into "stable, not changeable" teachers?
I sincerely want to hear my dear friends' voice here. What can we do in our state schools? What are the facilities that we can provide our students with? Can we create nice settings as in private schools?
Sharing our thoughts on such an important issue will certainly broaden our horizon...
I wanted to tell what is hidden deep in my heart about this issue. We are all student teachers and lucky to do our practice teaching in METU Development Foundation Schools. Almost everything goes OK. in our classes with our mentor teachers. What I suggest you here is that while considering our future as professional teachers we should also take the reality of our state schools into consideration. I believe that if we work in a private school, we could do lots of things which will most of the time be easy to conduct in nice settings of such schools. What about our reality or state schools? Will we be able to realize what we plan in our minds which I believe are idealistic ones? What should we do? Will we be transformed into "stable, not changeable" teachers?
I sincerely want to hear my dear friends' voice here. What can we do in our state schools? What are the facilities that we can provide our students with? Can we create nice settings as in private schools?
Sharing our thoughts on such an important issue will certainly broaden our horizon...
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Of course it is impossible to have the same conditions and opportunities at state schools, however this does not mean that we will be old fashioned teachers like today's state school teachers. I am not that pessimistic about this issue. Everything depends on your motivation and creativity. You can create lots of enjoyable and effective activities with paper and pencil only. You even do not need these sometimes.
dear Emel
yes if we consider state schools there is not much opportunity but I aggre with neşe.
it depends on teachers creativity. you can create your own environment as you wish. it is difficult but managable, I think.
learning english can be a very fun activity and the teacher will have fun at the same time.
I am very happy about my choice. but I am anyway still worried about the future. ::)
"stable, not changeable"...I think we shoudn't treat the issue unambiguously. Actually, after 10-15 years in the profession, teachers generate a stable knowledge base, incorporating their experiences, beliefs, teaching styles and so on. Naturally, not all top-down changes and innovations are perceived positively by experienced school teachers (the ones you call "stable, not changeable"), since they strongly base on their prior knowledge, experiences, and teaching contexts. So, until they themselves realize that a particular change is important or necessary, they may remain "stable" and resistant. Institutional contexts also play an important role in a professional formation and development. To resist the institutional environment is hard, I mean if you are surrounded by indifferent, "stable, not changeable", consequently, boring instructors- it may be contagious. I think, not to become like them it's important to self-initiate personal professional development, which will definitely facilitate your teaching and your students' learning, keep updated on the issues in the feild of teaching through the internet and other sources, and collaborate with your colleagues from the same school and other schools in Turkey and abroad.
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