Sunday, September 25, 2011

Peppermint Patty at School

Don't wanna be a lousy voice through Patty's ears.



One thing educators must keep in mind at all times: students are human beings, who might have other things in mind than the lesson we want to teach them, who live, love, have headaches and feel sleepy (including when you're talking to them!)... Let's try to keep some other points in mind too...

  • students are not binary-programmed -- we have brains to think, not USB ports to receive information. And those are not industrially made, each one is unique and functions differently.
  • you evaluate them, they evaluate you -- don't think you're the only one in charge of drawing conclusions...
  • don't blame them for your mistakes, don't let them blame you for theirs. -- teaching-learning is  teamwork. Both parts need to find a balanced point where they speak the same language, then create productive learning experiences from that.
This is what I can get you tonight. I'll try and add something to this post later on.. if any of you and to help me out with that, just leave a post mentioning other possible topics!


talk soon, folks!

2 comments:

  1. Really enjoyed this post, can I copy some of these sentences to use in teacher training?
    A very nice idea for any language teacher is to be always learning a new language, one you find difficult, if possible. This way we never forget what it is like, and how much more sensitive and sensible we should be.

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    1. I'm with you, Flávio!
      Thanx for your comment.
      Feel free to use any content or material from the blog! I'd be glad!
      take care.

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