Be for yesterday's enjoyable Skype call, A was reading A Handbook on Reflections and Experiential Learning, by Jennifer Moon. I was thinking about my previous learning experiences and how I reflect on how that effects my teaching. Like teachers who never let you have hands on experience at something new the first lesson. But make you wait till 2 or 3 lessons in. I hated that. Hence I never do that.
The topic in the 5pm Skype call was on similar ideas. A key point that stood out for us was the term discourse. - Discourse or basically said a conversation with in our field which only we really understand as it focuses in on its finer details and concerns to help make our practice work better for us. Beyond our training.
Many of us shared what fields we are trained in. But our training does not necessarily define what actual practice we are in now. It was expressed that training helps give a broad title to what we do or have learnt. But our practice is a focus of key routines which garner our deeper consideration of what we do and what we have done. It has us prove to ourselves that we are doing it well. Even aiming to do it to perfection. One example of this discourse can be such issues as: when teaching art, how much do we guide and how much do we allow creative freedom? - with the urge to draw for them, when we perceive they are doing it "wrong". Another discourse was on the idea that homework should be mandatory. With the premise it helps the parents learn with them. But Then also the consideration of the financial background of the child and their family.
We our focused our thinking on looking at charts noting our influences. Internal and external. This is a great idea of reflecting which we are looking into at the moment. And can help us to become more professional in our practice. By analysing and understanding ourselves more. I like this idea.
How much do you consider ways you do your practice?
Do you care more about your title and formal training/background or do you care more about your detailed practice?
What areas of your personal practice do you care about most and give detailed discourse on?
The topic in the 5pm Skype call was on similar ideas. A key point that stood out for us was the term discourse. - Discourse or basically said a conversation with in our field which only we really understand as it focuses in on its finer details and concerns to help make our practice work better for us. Beyond our training.
Many of us shared what fields we are trained in. But our training does not necessarily define what actual practice we are in now. It was expressed that training helps give a broad title to what we do or have learnt. But our practice is a focus of key routines which garner our deeper consideration of what we do and what we have done. It has us prove to ourselves that we are doing it well. Even aiming to do it to perfection. One example of this discourse can be such issues as: when teaching art, how much do we guide and how much do we allow creative freedom? - with the urge to draw for them, when we perceive they are doing it "wrong". Another discourse was on the idea that homework should be mandatory. With the premise it helps the parents learn with them. But Then also the consideration of the financial background of the child and their family.
We our focused our thinking on looking at charts noting our influences. Internal and external. This is a great idea of reflecting which we are looking into at the moment. And can help us to become more professional in our practice. By analysing and understanding ourselves more. I like this idea.
How much do you consider ways you do your practice?
Do you care more about your title and formal training/background or do you care more about your detailed practice?
What areas of your personal practice do you care about most and give detailed discourse on?
I definitely used to care more about my background and former training as felt it wasn't as superior as some colleges, however I am now very experienced in my particular practice and that is now the only detail I care about. Currently the syllabus within my practice isn't changing but the students and their worlds are changing quite rapidly so this is often a subject for discourse. Charlie M1 x
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