Great to hear - I missed your earlier post when I was on holiday but I'm really happy to read this one! You have to do things your way and not let one set of results get you down.
Elona Hartjes
· 1 year ago
Doug, To thine own self be true! :)
Sara at On Simplicity
· 1 year ago
Emerson is always inspiring. :) I have to say, I never imagined I'd hear him quoted alongside Fred "Hot Dog Flavored Water" Durst, but it just proves Emerson's point about the value of individuality.
Jonathan Gower
· 1 year ago
I think you're right. I teach KS2 and have had some disappointing SATs results. And I was upset. But I know that I don't 'believe' in SATs. In fact they're silly. But the power of public judgment is quite a force.
Adam
· 1 year ago
Just remember whatever the results you are dealing with human beings (well kids at any rate) not automatons who can be programmed. If you feel you have done your best by them, and more crucially thay feel they did their best no one can (should) ask for more.
shefi
· 1 year ago
I recommend "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. A highly controversial blockbuster.
Kelli
· 1 year ago
This is just my second year of full time teaching (English), and my year 12 students are about to sit their Higher School Certificate (HSC is the last year of high school in NSW, Australia).
I have tried over the past year with them to blend traditional learning with a class blog. Recently I also introduced them to Voicethread for a creative writing workshop. I email a lot of work, and connect the to a range of online sources, youtube videos etc.
It sure is difficult, when you spend most of the year up your high horse, complaining about how exams are narrowing the curriculum, when at the end of the day the students are the ones who are most effected by a bad result. But at the end of the day I really DO believe that I am teaching them '21st century' skills and knowledge that are going to pay dividends in the future once their results are long forgotten. I also believe that what I am doing is pedagogically sound - although like yourself I have seen areas where I am slack that need tweaking in future, and like you, mine are discipline and homework!
We won't see our results until after Christmas. I'm hoping for the kids sake that the results are good...but if they're not, I'll also be reflecting on how to improve my e-learning pedagogy, not chucking it out the window.
Doug Belshaw
· 1 year ago
That's the difficulty, isn't it? Keeping the balance. Good luck! :-)
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You have to do things your way and not let one set of results get you down.
To thine own self be true! :)
I have tried over the past year with them to blend traditional learning with a class blog. Recently I also introduced them to Voicethread for a creative writing workshop. I email a lot of work, and connect the to a range of online sources, youtube videos etc.
It sure is difficult, when you spend most of the year up your high horse, complaining about how exams are narrowing the curriculum, when at the end of the day the students are the ones who are most effected by a bad result. But at the end of the day I really DO believe that I am teaching them '21st century' skills and knowledge that are going to pay dividends in the future once their results are long forgotten. I also believe that what I am doing is pedagogically sound - although like yourself I have seen areas where I am slack that need tweaking in future, and like you, mine are discipline and homework!
We won't see our results until after Christmas. I'm hoping for the kids sake that the results are good...but if they're not, I'll also be reflecting on how to improve my e-learning pedagogy, not chucking it out the window.