A brief reflective synoptic review of my current teaching practice

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A brief reflective synoptic review of my current teaching practice

An attempt to categorise required teaching skills was made by Kyriacou (1998) who distinguished “decision making skills” and “action skills”. In essence this distinction identifies the ability of making decisions about your own teaching and then the skills required for the successful execution of those decisions in the classroom. With this categorisation in mind when I address the teaching strategies that I have employed I will concentrate on the decisions that I made in preparation for teaching.

 My own planning and preparation centred on being able to answer the questions, who am I teaching? What am I teaching?  How can I teach it? Kelly and Mayes (1995) also identified the progression of these elements in relation to effective planning. In addressing the first question, who am I teaching, it dawned on me the numerous teachers who had emphasised the importance of acquiring knowledge regarding the pupils that I was going to teach and identifying those with any specific individual needs.

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Another important aspect that determined what I was going to teach was the level of pupil’s prior knowledge on areas of the topic and embedding literacy and numeracy in a way that is relevant to the role of a Carpenter such as interpreting and producing scaled drawings and producing word processed estimates, quotes and method statements.

 Factors that I considered to be important when selecting and constructing learning activities for my lessons were that these planned activities would capture pupil interest and keep them involved and motivated. One way of achieving this would be through varying the style and range ...

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