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 I have found through experiences of active listening and  deep understanding of the person who's talking and non judging them, having an open mind and being able to connect with them fully (emotionally). I think being a teacher trainee role,.its is paramount for my learners' to be able to have an open mind, confidence and to fully express themselves without any hindrance. For my group learners' who have learning disabilities/ difficulties sometimes can be challenging as they need more time and space to be able to fully express themselves. Offering learners' support and time has enabled me to create positive rapport with my learners' and they fully trust me as a teacher. (Sarah)

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 I have found through experiences of active listening and  deep understanding of the person who's talking and non judging them, having an open mind and being able to connect with them fully (emotionally). I think being a teacher trainee role,.its is paramount for my learners' to be able to have an open mind, confidence and to fully express themselves without any hindrance. For my group learners' who have learning disabilities/ difficulties sometimes can be challenging as they need more time and space to be able to fully express themselves. Offering learners' support and time has enabled me to create positive rapport with my learners' and they fully trust me as a teacher. (Sarah)

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Listening and understanding with empathy

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I used to feel quite tense on first joining my lessons as a student, but I quickly realised that by finding the humour in any mistakes I make helps me to laugh at myself and make the lesson less stressful.

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Having to teach learners online. How can I make sure my quality of teaching is a thorough online as it would be in the classroom. How can you make the lesson content meaningful without classroom interaction.

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I could work on this more! However I do feel I am able to find humour in my self and in my sessions now and its made me have a much better connection with my learners.
(Milly)

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Listening with understanding and empathy.

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Listening with understanding and empathy.

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This is something I have learnt through past experiences and understanding there is always a reason why people act in the way they do. Important for mental health and something I feel confident in as a teacher/coach/mentor.

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allowing the sessions to be enjoyable. allowing myself to find humour

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I have found remaining open to continuous learning very helpful  and applying past knowledge through my learning as well as my teaching. Persevering and making the most out of my peers as well as my mentor and colleagues in my teaching.

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Applying past knowledge to new situations

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Applying past knowledge to new situations

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Applying knowledge from coaching context and undergraduate degree, when learning about the application of teaching within FE. Understanding that it is all not too dissimilar.

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This has been something I have developed throughout this process in session but also in my academic writing. To be precise and clear as i can sometimes be very descriptive and flowery with my speech.

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Finding humour

This is something I think that is helping now... especially with what’s going on with the world at the moment.

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Applying past knowledge, creating, imagining and innovating. 

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Applying past knowledge, creating, imagining and innovating. 

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Using knowledge gained from past college course, from what worked and was beneficial. In addition the use of degree knowledge that can be applied. Creating, imaging and innovating has been something that has come more recently within session activities

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Applying past knowledge (accessing prior knowledge) has been very helpful.

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Applying past knowledge (accessing prior knowledge) has been very helpful.

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Thinking and communicated with clarity and precision - I realise that although I thought I was good at this - I need to work on this and help scaffold my clarity sometimes

Suprising:
NEVER thought about if I am gathering all data through ALL sensory pathways or if I am just using one or another - I need to really think about this especially in reference to my subject

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being flexible

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Finding humour, applying past knowledge to new situations and thinking flexible. 

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Finding humour, applying past knowledge to new situations and thinking flexible. 

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I like to make my session as laid back as possible. By using humour I’m creating a fun and friendly atmosphere that can only hep the student’s motivation levels. I like to apply past knowledge and experiences throughout my sessions as it shows the students what I have been through and what I have learnt from that experience. I like to stay flexible within my lessons even if students want to go off task and talk about another situation, I am more than able to do this then go back to the task on hand.

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Managing impulsivity - thinking before I act, making sure I am informed, always thinking about consequences. Going to placement has reinforced this HOM taking my time and staying calm to manage my planning and delivering of sessions

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Managing impulsivity - thinking before I act, making sure I am informed, always thinking about consequences. Going to placement has reinforced this HOM taking my time and staying calm to manage my planning and delivering of sessions

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Thinking flexibly.  seek new approaches to learning. 

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Thinking flexibly.  seek new approaches to learning. 

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I thought this was a habit I have used throughout education very well - however it suggests setting high standards for yourself will lead to intelligent behavior. This is something I disagree with,  sometimes the standards you set for yourself and for your students can be too high (expecting the same high level all of the time/perfect scores e.t.c.) this can lead to stress and burnout.

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Being persistent in managing time effectively to ensure lessons are planned well. 

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Being persistent in managing time effectively to ensure lessons are planned well. 

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I have learnt to manage impulsive and think before I responding to students, to allow the the most appropriate response.
Applying past knowledge has been essential to my teaching experience, especially from observation and reflection on teaching practice week by week.
I probably need to work on taking more risks as I like to stick to methods that I know work rather than risk an activity or approach not working and feeling disheartened by this.
I think interdependent thinking is imperative in teaching to work alongside colleagues and often use them as MKO in order to provide the best learning experience for students.

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How to deal and work with difficult students

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How to deal and work with difficult students

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Knowing how to work with students who always cause problems in the classroom and having a 0% work ethic.

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Listening with understanding and empathy: 

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Listening with understanding and empathy: 

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I underestimated the amount of listening I would need to do in my sessions. I understand my learners more and get on with them all really well. I think listening to them and helping them with ideas or problems has made them trust me as a teacher.
(Milly)

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Placement

Listening to others

I have never been good at listening I loose concentration easily. However, I feel placement with learners and colleagues, I believe I am better at listening to others and find it easier now to concentrate and engage in conversations with learners/colleagues.

Humour: I find my self laughing at myself when I make a mistake or spelling mistake and or stutter. I find this help as it can make situations less stressful for when they may make a spelling error and lets them know that "we are all human, we all make mistakes, and its okay to laugh"

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Listening with understanding and empathy has helped me understand my students

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Most challenging -

Persisting - this is something I have had to do while being a student teacher, though it has been very tough at times.

Thinking flexibly - something I need to improve on as sometimes my thinking can be rigid, which isn’t helpful and I need to keep working on this

Have come more easily -

Thinking about your thinking - something I am used to doing, though I have not mastered it yet. I am comfortable doing this, but I need to find the most efficient way for ME to do this, which may be an ongoing process throughout my life

Remaining open to continual learning - this is the reason I wanted to teach in PECT as I think it is something invaluable, which we all naturally do. I am committed to learning and developing new skills and understanding throughout my life.

Needed the most -

Finding humour - something I have been doing a lot of this year and it has ben helpful in not becoming too overwhelmed and stressed

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In my sessions this has helped me to create more engaging and dynamic sessions. At first every session i taught felt like a risk as I was applying pedagogy and using activities and strategies for the first time.

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One Habit of Mind that I think I already possess is Finding Humor and being able to poke fun at myself, which really helps when dealing with students. Rather than letting a problem or challenge overwhelm you, have a laugh about it and I think learners can relate to that. An example being, if a piece of tech does not work or it is having issues, don’t get stressed, don’t get bothered by it, just relax and try to find the funny side in all of it. This can be easier said than done, but I do think it can be a very important tool and habit to have under your teaching belt. One student has been particularly troublesome in lessons, after lessons we were able to chat and I used humor to chip away at their tough exterior and now we have a much better relationship. I also allow learners to use humor in lesson, not taking everything so seriously as they have complained to me before about teachers they find "boring" or "dry". I often use memes in my slide and also post funny videos for us to watch related to our tasks (normally film related). This allows me to create a fun, friendly session where learners feel comfortable and included. I often start the session with a lighthearted task, get the creative jucies flowing before delving in to the main body of work.

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On my learning experiences I use these alot:
- Persisting: I constantly find ways to motivate my learners and never giving up as a teacher
- Listening with empathy: I show that I'm always here for support as a teacher
- Thinking flexibly: Being able to adapt my teaching strategies in certain situations
- Thinking and communicating clarity and precision: I need to be clear with using terminology in the create context
- Applying past knowledge: use my experience in performing arts to influence my learners
- Finding humor: to engage my learners in the learning and use in their creation

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Thinking of other ways to explain work to learners and if they are unable to grasp it first time, how can you change your explanation to make it more understandable to learners.

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Remaining open to continuous learning (j cullen)

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Remaining open to continuous learning (j cullen)

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Remaining open to continuous learning has made me realise that I am continuing to learn about adjusting my lessons to include differentiation in the classroom. This has helped me to self assess my teaching methods

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Directing learners has been really interesting. I am used to directing individuals or older learners with more theatre experience. Directing younger learners (Level 2 etc) with less experience, has made me realise how much more you need to put in to teaching them how to use their habits of minds when looking at scripts etc. They need to understand the whys before the hows. I have to put myself in their place.

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I think I use these a lot:

Managing impulsivity.

Listening empathically

Metacognition

Thinking flexibly.

I find myself, particularly when teaching, pausing and really thinking how to answer questions, and also listening more to what learners say, processing it and trying to understand where they are coming from.

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Listening with understanding and empathy j.cullen

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Listening with understanding and empathy j.cullen

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Listening with

understanding and empathy has helped me to look at my learners needs more, assessing why and how they do things. In what different ways do they learn things. By talking and communicating more with others who support these needs gave me a far better understanding of which way to move forward with my learners.

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Gathering Data through all Senses j.cullen

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Gathering Data through all Senses j.cullen

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Gathering Data through all Senses
This is my preferred learning style...
I like to learn from hands-on

experiences and observe the

environment around me. I form

mental images and engage in

visual-spatial reasoning tasks.

I take information in through

my senses and solve problems

through scenarios and role-playing... and this is something that I do like to let my learners experience too as it is a helpful learning tool.