Tag Archives: Teaching
Final Year Project
Right. Final Year Project, Day One. I need to decide on a topic – a “Research Question” – if you will. There are several ideas floating around in my head at the moment, some of which are clearly more viable … Continue reading
New Year!
You know, it’s not that I had forgotten this blog was here. It’s not even that I have too busy to post. Call it what you will, I have realised this evening that it is 8 months (months! yes! eight … Continue reading
A day off
So, it’s Thursday night. I wasn’t teaching today, the school was closed for an inservice training day. I didn’t have to go, but the teachers were being given a lecture on Assessment for Learning, and it probably would have been … Continue reading
Teaching Week 2
So, I have finished my first day of the second week of teaching practice. I was pretty happy with my progress last Friday, some classes went well, some not so well, but overall I thought the week went well. Today’s … Continue reading
Teaching
I’m just watching a late movie on TV – Finding Forrester. I was struck by something Sean Connery’s character just said: A bittery disappointed teacher can be either very effective, or very dangerous. He was referring to a teacher who … Continue reading