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Remember, all the time I have been creating an environment in which learning takes place without any great subject knowledge.
Nina has continued with her Politics lessons at her school but she says she much prefers mine as she 'learns a lot more and I am asked questions which never happens in class '
In fact she is recommending me to other pupils in her class.
Over the week-end Nina attended a Philip Alan revision course. Two very very experienced teachers. One she said was excellent. The other she thought was very poor.
No doubt someone who knew the subject but couldn't teach well, at least from Nina's point of view.
When I started teaching Economics my preparation was similar (though Tutor and Oxbow etc were a long way ahead on the horizon.)
I'd do all the research etc and then present the pupils with a structure. The more I taught, the more I learned and the more my pupils learned. I remember teaching ACCA (Accounting professional exams) to a pupil. (Mature student.)
He said he thought I was the best teacher he'd ever had.
Although he didn't know it I was studying for the same exams myself we took the same exams and he did better! The reason being that he had 'learned' whereas I had 'prepared'.
The preparation for Politics takes a long time but I am paid £50 a teaching hour and this covers the various resources I have bought. The interesting thing is that I could no use all these notes for other pupils and this would require no extra preparation. Individual tuition is often far faster than for class (in class we have plenty of 'in groups discuss') so my lessons for Nina could easily cover weeks at a school.
Last week, for example, I ran a one day seminar for Psychology students.
I have never studied Psychology but the point of the seminar was to involve students, to get them to learn and rehearse and practice.
They were very satisfied and only once was I caught with a question. (My response was to tell the student to ask her peers as learning from peers is also useful meanwhile I checked my A-Z handbook!)
So, what is the point of these long blogs?
The point is that to those of you who 'worry' over your subject knowledge, worry that you cannot teach Economics as you've never studied it cannot teach Business Studies for the same reason stop worrying.
Concentrate on your teaching skills.
Concentrate on researching the topic, creating a structure to cause learning.
That way you'll be very successful, your pupils will be successful and the preparation this year will stand you in good stead next year.
(I cannot send my Politics notes to people because, as stated, parts of them are copy and paste from Exambuster (tutor) and the tutor site otherwise I would.)
Nina has continued with her Politics lessons at her school but she says she much prefers mine as she 'learns a lot more and I am asked questions which never happens in class '
In fact she is recommending me to other pupils in her class.
Over the week-end Nina attended a Philip Alan revision course. Two very very experienced teachers. One she said was excellent. The other she thought was very poor.
No doubt someone who knew the subject but couldn't teach well, at least from Nina's point of view.
When I started teaching Economics my preparation was similar (though Tutor and Oxbow etc were a long way ahead on the horizon.)
I'd do all the research etc and then present the pupils with a structure. The more I taught, the more I learned and the more my pupils learned. I remember teaching ACCA (Accounting professional exams) to a pupil. (Mature student.)
He said he thought I was the best teacher he'd ever had.
Although he didn't know it I was studying for the same exams myself we took the same exams and he did better! The reason being that he had 'learned' whereas I had 'prepared'.
The preparation for Politics takes a long time but I am paid £50 a teaching hour and this covers the various resources I have bought. The interesting thing is that I could no use all these notes for other pupils and this would require no extra preparation. Individual tuition is often far faster than for class (in class we have plenty of 'in groups discuss') so my lessons for Nina could easily cover weeks at a school.
Last week, for example, I ran a one day seminar for Psychology students.
I have never studied Psychology but the point of the seminar was to involve students, to get them to learn and rehearse and practice.
They were very satisfied and only once was I caught with a question. (My response was to tell the student to ask her peers as learning from peers is also useful meanwhile I checked my A-Z handbook!)
So, what is the point of these long blogs?
The point is that to those of you who 'worry' over your subject knowledge, worry that you cannot teach Economics as you've never studied it cannot teach Business Studies for the same reason stop worrying.
Concentrate on your teaching skills.
Concentrate on researching the topic, creating a structure to cause learning.
That way you'll be very successful, your pupils will be successful and the preparation this year will stand you in good stead next year.
(I cannot send my Politics notes to people because, as stated, parts of them are copy and paste from Exambuster (tutor) and the tutor site otherwise I would.)
Chris Sivewright
posted by Duncan Williamson @ 5:07 PM
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