Module 1 Activity 4
I felt really bad having to resort to suspension as a way to curb loitering, but no one could come up with a better way of curbing the behaviour. The only way to get these children to change a negative response to a positive one is to remove what they enjoy. They school has a culture of fights and deviant behaviour. One policy of the school was to move a child up once they would have spent two years in one level. Of course the children are now wise to this and so for their second year in the same form, they misbehave and do no work for they know that at the end of the day they will still be moved up.
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Module 1 Activity 3
I have just taken over the management of the second largest secondary school in Antigua. For me it was a culture shock. I had been managing a small school in the country for three years. The difference in the culture of the school were vastly different. This school has many gangs and students from the slum area of the country. Most of them come with chips on their shoulders and a short fuse.
Dealing with students like these. one is always unwilling to refuse to listen to their problems and very willing to punish. I have learnt that no matter how deviant a student is one needs to be prepared to listen. Sometimes they are disadvantaged simply because of their background.
I have just taken over the management of the second largest secondary school in Antigua. For me it was a culture shock. I had been managing a small school in the country for three years. The difference in the culture of the school were vastly different. This school has many gangs and students from the slum area of the country. Most of them come with chips on their shoulders and a short fuse.
Dealing with students like these. one is always unwilling to refuse to listen to their problems and very willing to punish. I have learnt that no matter how deviant a student is one needs to be prepared to listen. Sometimes they are disadvantaged simply because of their background.
Monday, 17 September 2012
Module 1 Activity 2
As I read through the information much of the information I learned years ago came flooding back. I found I kept asking myself, how can I adopt the information to help students use ICT to help them in their learning. It was also surprising that although Piaget published his finding years ago what he learnt then is still current when it comes to education
As I read through the information much of the information I learned years ago came flooding back. I found I kept asking myself, how can I adopt the information to help students use ICT to help them in their learning. It was also surprising that although Piaget published his finding years ago what he learnt then is still current when it comes to education
Friday, 14 September 2012
Module 1 Activity 1
I completed Activity 1 since 4 this morning but did not post for I wanted to really think about the activity. The activity made me think about the number of years I have been teaching. Monday 17th September makes 31 years I have been teaching. A life time. I realized a long time ago that I would not do anything different if I had to do it all over again.
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