I found the partner dialogue really helpful so as to improve our teaching practice. It is definitely a great opportunity to reflect on our own teaching. I agreed with one of my partners to carry out this activity. I shared with my partner the lesson plan in advance so that he could take a look at it and give me some useful advice. We talked about the language development activities that were stated in my lesson plan so we discussed the questions stated in Step 4. My partner came up with really interesting points and ideas to improve my lesson plan.
Post-reflection dialogue report
- What aspects of the development of your unit plan did you find useful?
- What did you find was not useful?
- Suggestions for improvement? Concerns?
- Do you have suggestions for how we might continue or follow up this work and dialogue?
I found some aspects of the development of my lesson plan useful. For example, the timing and the opportunities for recycling pointed out by my partner. I think to improve it, I have to work on timing. I usually find it hard to deal with timing, that's always been one of my concerns about my teaching. Another problem is the interaction patterns. I think I really need to work on that. We might follow this work and dialogue up with other partners. We could share our ideas so as to improve our teaching.
Your idea of following up this dialogue with other colleagues. From my own expereinces, I know that finding the time to work with other colleagues can be a challenge, but perhaps it is something your coordinator could support you with?
ResponderEliminarYou clearly got some useful feedback on your lesson plan. One of the questions in the activity instructions was about involving the wider community in your unit plan. Did you discuss any ideas about this point?