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Confidence, knowledge and teacher development
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- The subject matter
- Theories about learning and teaching
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- The workplace
| Confidence, knowledge and teacher development
Gaining self-confidence and developing your teaching ability are closely related, and working on either concern leads to improvement on the other. The more you develop your teaching ability, the more confident you will become in your teaching. In the same way, the more confident you become in your teaching skills, the better prepared you are to move on to “the next level”, i.e. deepen your understanding of learning and teaching, find out about the latest learning and teaching theories, and try out new teaching practices, thus developing your teaching ability. In other words, answering one of the questions may help us to answer the other question as well. As far as knowledge is concerned there seem to be different ways in which teachers can develop confidence and improve their general teaching ability: ● The subject matter – Above all, teachers should aim to develop their knowledge of the subject matter they teach. If this is English, teachers can study the language to further their understanding of how it works, they can enroll in language development courses, and they can seek opportunities to practise and develop their ability to listen to, read, speak and write in English, for example, by not missing the opportunities they have to interact orally with native speakers, subscribing to EFL/ESL magazines, and participating in synchronic or asynchronic discussions on the Web. ● Theories about learning and teaching – Teachers should also aim at deepening their understanding of the theories underpinning learning and teaching practices. This can be achieved by reading about teaching and learning, attending seminars and workshops regularly, and enrolling on methodology courses which will enable them to reconstruct their knowledge of the background to language learning and teaching. ● The students – The more teachers know their students, the more effective their teaching will be. Teachers can get to know students better by giving them opportunities to talk about themselves, really listening to what they have to say, encouraging them to give teachers feedback on anything and everything that happens in the classroom, showing a real interest in them and above all, by teachers just “being themselves,” i.e. not pretending to be somebody they are not. ● The workplace – Finally, it is important that teachers know the context in which they work very well. This involves academic aspects such as syllabuses, assessment procedures, and knowledge of the supplementary materials they can count on, as well as more practical concerns like the use of audio, video or computer equipment. жүктеу/скачать 0,93 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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