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Paul McKillop's comment,
August 20, 2013 9:01 AM
What a great set of guidelines Ana. I would add 'Learn to listen'. Use the time when you're not delivering directly to hear what they're saying about what they have to do.
Ana Cristina Pratas's comment,
August 20, 2013 12:43 PM
In complete agreement with you Paul, listening is essential. The more we listen to students, the better they perform in classes as well.
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“In particular, I wasted a lot of effort designing activities rather than considering what my students needed to learn. In an increasingly obsessive quest for efficiency, I’ve developed 5 guiding principles:
Time is precious – put more of it into long and medium term planning
Marking is planning – every time you mark students’ work, you should also be working out what they need to do next.
Focus on learning not activities – I am the enemy of activities! Loading lessons with things to do actively prevents students learning whatever your clear, thoughtful objective was.
Know your students – Good teaching is founded on good relationships. Use data and your knowledge of your students to write ‘pen portraits’ of 5 students in each of your classes every term. Communicate these with the students concerned and let them know that you are planning lessons ‘just for them’.
The 1 in 4 rule – in any given week I’ll spend a disproportionate time planning one or two lessons, but most will be put together in no more than 5 minutes. My formula tends to be that if every fourth lesson for every class is a corker, all will be well.”
Cited From: http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/learning-spy/#ixzz2cURJ20ym