4 and 1/2 questions (the last one is rhetorical)

[emilly]

help me out:

why are school websites so often so shit?

where in Melbourne can you buy postage stamps after hours?

what makes an effective teacher? serious question, i have to write an essay.

should I switch from English to SOSE? Don't actually have to decide that till next year.

isn't my handwriting lovely and legible? especially for a McLeay.

Comments

[pink-kan.livejournal.com]

what makes an effective teacher?

My 2c worth... I think something that makes an effective teacher is one that can teach all people. They have to be able to recognise that not all teaching styles suit all students and know how to teach each method to educate all students.

Eg - method 1 grabs half the class, they've got it so move on to method 2 to grab half the rest of the class, the've got it now, so use method 3 etc to teach the remainder of the class.

Some people need visual aids, some need examples, some just need facts and can work it out for themselves, some wont understand until they've tried it themselves.

An effective teach is one who teaches the students so an effective teacher needs to be able to reach all students.

Hope that helps.

[celuran.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is important to recognise that everyone is different, but I'm not sure that it's as simple to do as to say.

my issue with your example is that what are the kids who understood method 1 doing while you are teaching method 3 to the rest of the class?

Acting up, I imagine, and disrupting the class.

[pink-kan.livejournal.com]

Well hopefully if they're are dilligent students, they are starting to work on the associated activities now that they know how to do it.... basic example I know.

If they're interested students they're listening to method 3 so they can understand all the different ways of explaining it and can pass on the knowledge to someone else later... so then they can become a good teacher ;)