viernes, 9 de mayo de 2008

Time out, take five How teacher feel when being observed

When an authority or a colleague of us enters the classroom, we tend to feel nervous and with a bit of anxiety, because most of the teachers (and in general human beings) do not like being observed. This will bring a problem during our lesson, because we are worried to develop our lesson without making mistakes and we forget sometimes the topic of the lesson itself or we give an instruction in a way that our students do not understand, just because we are worried about the observer rather than the lesson and the students.

In my opinion, I think that the idea of being observed is something that teachers need to have in the sense that we share our experience with others and this makes us reflect upon the activity suggested is useful or not. Being observed by our peers is a way of finding solutions or making our classes better than we expected. Making mistakes during our lessons will help us to reflect with our peers what things we need to change in order to develop our classes successful.

1 comentario:

Gladys Baya dijo...

Many teachers are a bit obssessed about excellence and perfection, you know, Osva. Yet, deep inside, we know these ideals are impossible to realize in the classroom (or even in human lifetime, for that matter!), and I guess that's the origin of our anxiety when others come into our class.

If the teacher can feel the observer brings an extra pair of eyes that will help them gain insight into their classes, teacher trainees are likely to get warmer welcomes.

You know how you can contribute to that? By carrying out observation tasks and submitting reports on your observations that focus on learning to perceive and reflecting upon what you've noticed, instead of judging teachers (this may sound a bit weird to you, but it was the tendency years ago!)

Happy sitting in on lessons!
Gladys