One teacher's journey
Description
To gain a better understanding of how independent learning techniques can be implemented in the classroom, Lisa Probert, foreign language teacher at Fitzharry's School, embarks on a journey to find out.Lisa's first step is to enlist the help of education expert Jackie Beere. Having started her career as an English teacher, Jackie is well placed to assist Lisa in overcoming the particular challenges of teaching foreign languages in a creative and stimulating way. Jackie shows Lisa how, with a just a few simple techniques, she can produce an independent learning lesson plan that will motivate her class to become good team players and effective creative thinkers. We follow this process out of the meeting room and into the classroom where we hear from Lisa's students before and after the new-look lesson, and discover whether this is something Lisa would like to take further in her role as both teacher and Head of department.
Runtime
17 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2009
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?EDIV;1737543
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