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Development of Newly Qualified Teachers/ Lecturers

  • 22-10-2013 10:42am
    #1
    dart1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    Just a general question to all educators, how long did it take you to become expert in your field after graduating, i have read alot on the forum about poor teachers and lecturers, but from your own experience how long many years did it take from your first day in the classroom or lecture hall to become a topclass educator??


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  • #2
    jimbo28
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    Am still learning................and hope that this is the case until i leave!:) It would be quite boring otherwise.


  • #3
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,397 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    dart1980 wrote: »
    Just a general question to all educators, how long did it take you to become expert in your field after graduating, i have read alot on the forum about poor teachers and lecturers, but from your own experience how long many years did it take from your first day in the classroom or lecture hall to become a topclass educator??

    I think there's two different questions there really.

    It can take a while to know a syllabus inside out but you can guarantee from time to time even after years a student will throw a question at you that you don't have the answer to.

    In terms of getting your message across it's constantly changing. What works with one class doesn't work with another class. You'll find some things that in theory are fine don't work at all with any class. Introduction of new technologies can change the way you teach something that you've done one way for years.

    We have data projectors and a teacher's computer in all our classrooms. Five years ago we didn't have that many data projectors. It means I can use a lot of visual aids in my teaching which I couldn't do before, show video clips etc. You have to keep adapting. Some new technologies are good, some not so good.

    But going back to the point on subject matter, if you are a sub you could be moving around for a while and not getting a run at a particular subject. In one school you could be teaching junior certs and in another teaching leaving cert, so two different courses. For something like English there are a wide variety of plays and novels to choose from.

    I know a friend of mine who has been subbing for years and hasn't found a long term teaching job says she feels rusty on a couple of topics and it's just so happened that she hasn't had to teach them in the run of schools she's been in over the last 5 years.


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