So, I'm remembering what that guest (the candidate to lead the education dept. at UWB) said about how student teachers should have the freedom to experiment and the freedom to fail.
anyone experiencing either of those? if so... in what ways? i'm curious to know... and envy your experiences...
-hux
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Freedom to experiment is a bit handcuffed, but my master teacher is definitely giving me the freedom to fail. He knows that I'll learn a lot more by my failures than by my successes. Another cool thing he does is he won't come in and rescue the situation unless I ask for his help, which has given me at least a shred of teacher-cred with the students (as opposed to a master teacher who always comes to the rescue and never allows their student intern to be viewed as the real teacher).
ReplyDeleteMT has cut me loose and it can be scary. Although MT is around as a "safety net," when there is a discipline problem and a lesson bombing, it is up to me to deal with - what a hard lesson for me. And I know these are the ones I will remember. :-)
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