Interesting times working with student teachers at this point. It's here you see how far you have come over the years and how many skills you have that you just naturally do without thinking.
Timing the lesson, peripheral vision, student management and even content knowledge.
One trick I showed my colleague was that when you are asking students to do something use the 5W as a guide to what you should tell them.
For example, when asking students to fill in a sheet:
Who (discuss this in pairs);
What (complete questions 2-5);
When (You have 10 minutes);
Where (put the answers in your exercise book);
Why (we will use this information in the practical we will do later).
By doing this the teacher will ensure that just about all the important bits of information are given to the students but using the simple check list.
This came up naturally in conversation with the student teacher - another sign that I am beginning to assimilate the productive pedagogies into my teaching.
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This who, what, when, where and why has worked well in a number of situations, not least of which has been reviewing how the teacher presents new information. She seems to appreciate what I am trying to do and is certainly improving as the weeks progress.
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