tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post112440211524799972..comments2024-03-27T06:09:20.323+00:00Comments on EdCompBlog: Research Blog: I've got this friend...Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614417017549146281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-1124570258952345512005-08-20T21:37:00.000+01:002005-08-20T21:37:00.000+01:00Hello EwanHmm... Assistants, I'd forgotten about t...Hello Ewan<BR/><BR/>Hmm... Assistants, I'd forgotten about them. Once again, exposing my ignorance. <BR/><BR/>Hello Ian<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. It is worth remembering that as teachers we are also always learners.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if it would help student teachers to read comments like this from experienced practitioners. From Ewan that learning from pupils is "<I> can be the most satisfying part of our job</I>" and from Ian that many of the new and exciting developments in your subject "<I>have been student-led or initiated by students</I>".<BR/><BR/>Brilliant. Thanks!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614417017549146281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-1124540755981245692005-08-20T13:25:00.000+01:002005-08-20T13:25:00.000+01:00In my subject (Computing) I would be surprised if ...In my subject (Computing) I would be surprised if an A grade Advanced Higher student project was not beyond my knolwedge in the area he or she was investigating. When I look back at the developments which have occurred in my departmnent over the years, many of them have been student-led or initiated by students who have kindled my interest in a new technology or programming language. eg. Our first school Intranet (in the days of the Mosaic browser if anyone remembers that one) started life as an electronic magazine organised by pupils in my Higher Computing class)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-1124528283646199972005-08-20T09:58:00.000+01:002005-08-20T09:58:00.000+01:00The thing about German teachers - or any foreign l...The thing about German teachers - or any foreign language teacher - being in a situation where someone else knows more happens quite often. Foreign language assistants are there partly to share new vocabulary from the country from which they have just arrived. Language changes regularly and so a languages teacher can't expect to be at the to of his or her form the whole time.<BR/><BR/>The other scenario is where you have a pupil whose first language is not English and they, also, have a better knowledge of vocabulary. What's important for a teacher to recognise are the limits of each person's knowledge. The pupil needs help with exam and learning skills, and the teacher still has something to learn from the pupil. The latter part sometimes gets forgotten but is the bit that can be the most satisfying part of our job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com