05.17.07
WEEK 11 - TEACHING ROUNDS week #3
Week 3 has come and gone so quickly. My classes are all going fine, however the behaviour issues are out of control. The year 9 students are ‘too cool for school’ and are carrying around major attitude problems. It’s such a shame when you have half the class working really hard and the other half doing all they can to distract and interrupt the class. I guess that’s all part of teaching and that I will need to work on my classroom management skills. With that out of the way, I’m really starting to see results in most of the students. I have introduced a lot of new activities to each class and I can see that each student is taking on all these preliminary skills and using them in their own drama performances. It’s so interesting to see as a teacher how important and useful warm up games can be. I have found them to be extremely good in getting the students to think creatively and come up with ideas and concepts without wasting time. It just such a shame that you come and go so quickly over a three week period and your not sure what’s to come of them when you leave.Lets hope there’s a positive outcome for all. Â