tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post8703918741463505931..comments2023-08-22T15:03:34.991+01:00Comments on HOME EDUCATION: Teacher-speakUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-52728659154523388212010-11-10T21:04:16.904+00:002010-11-10T21:04:16.904+00:00Maybe I need to go back into the classroom to dese...Maybe I need to go back into the classroom to desensitise myself?Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-12870164791551600562010-11-10T20:42:45.132+00:002010-11-10T20:42:45.132+00:00A little tipple before the class might help.
Mayb...A little tipple before the class might help.<br /><br />Maybe drop the words 'Autonomous Education' into every written piece of work you do and see how long it takes before the tutor googles it or asks you what exactly it is?globeonmytablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609128836118306664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-56964915803189536222010-11-09T15:55:44.707+00:002010-11-09T15:55:44.707+00:00Yes Parasombra, it was adults.
To be fair to the ...Yes Parasombra, it was adults. <br />To be fair to the tutor, it was supposed to be a more academically-focused workshop. But...still depressing. I assumed (wrongly) that as adults we would be equal partners in the learning process.<br /><br />And also depressing because I was one of the few to notice (and object to) the method.Big mamma froghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006397435397636499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-34048711074540356602010-11-09T02:07:28.154+00:002010-11-09T02:07:28.154+00:00Am I right in assuming that the audience weren'...Am I right in assuming that the audience weren't kids but adults hoping to explore creative writing but being led by a holder of secrets unwilling to share them?<br /><br />Honestly, I can't believe that people still behave this way and call it teaching then also call the audience experience learning. <br /><br />If the 'teacher' response to the first audience response had been &#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526156988772719350.post-3290730479908972302010-11-09T00:10:35.373+00:002010-11-09T00:10:35.373+00:00We did a schools workshop once - our first - and t...We did a schools workshop once - our first - and the "teacher-type" was really struggling with the HE kids. They kept going off on tangents and asking other unrelated questions, and showing very little interest in the "interesting" thing the "teacher-type" had chosen. Amusing and yet embarrasing watching her trying to drag them back on topic. ;-)Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127623000367674910noreply@blogger.com