Year 1 PGCE Experience
RJ2 – Broadening your Experience by working with other Specialists
The experience of year 1 PGCE enabled me to understand the importance of understanding how learners need to be enthused by the subject and the context of my teaching. I recognise although I understand my subject area, as a part-time lecturer, it is beneficial to draw on experiences of lecturers and teaching staff who have been in education and academia for longer and have other backgrounds and knowledge. What I have pro-actively tried to do is participate in the discussions regarding student groups and what other peers do to motivate, engage and ensure differentiation within their sessions.
Avis et al in “Teaching in Lifelong Learning” was a useful book which has provided me with practical teaching guidance on classroom sessions and what I can do to improve my delivery to students. I have drawn on this resource and it has assisted me with discussing with my peers in the PGCE sessions about what is beneficial to learners and what can be detrimental within a classroom environment. By engaging in these types of debates within PGCE it …show more content…
I therefore had to co-teach the seminar group with a colleague. The same lecturer had taught the “People and Organisation” module previously. I found this situation quite difficult, as although I was preparing the material for both seminar groups the other lecturer did provide feedback, comments on how things could have been done differently. The feedback was not constructive on lesson techniques instead was more a personal opinion on what he would have included in sessions etc. I took this feedback on board and ensured I acted professionally in the meetings; however I did discuss this with my mentor to get feedback on whether I handled it correctly and what way I could approach it in the
The experience of year 1 PGCE enabled me to understand the importance of understanding how learners need to be enthused by the subject and the context of my teaching. I recognise although I understand my subject area, as a part-time lecturer, it is beneficial to draw on experiences of lecturers and teaching staff who have been in education and academia for longer and have other backgrounds and knowledge. What I have pro-actively tried to do is participate in the discussions regarding student groups and what other peers do to motivate, engage and ensure differentiation within their sessions.
Avis et al in “Teaching in Lifelong Learning” was a useful book which has provided me with practical teaching guidance on classroom sessions and what I can do to improve my delivery to students. I have drawn on this resource and it has assisted me with discussing with my peers in the PGCE sessions about what is beneficial to learners and what can be detrimental within a classroom environment. By engaging in these types of debates within PGCE it …show more content…
I therefore had to co-teach the seminar group with a colleague. The same lecturer had taught the “People and Organisation” module previously. I found this situation quite difficult, as although I was preparing the material for both seminar groups the other lecturer did provide feedback, comments on how things could have been done differently. The feedback was not constructive on lesson techniques instead was more a personal opinion on what he would have included in sessions etc. I took this feedback on board and ensured I acted professionally in the meetings; however I did discuss this with my mentor to get feedback on whether I handled it correctly and what way I could approach it in the