c2 Week 1 Lecture 1
c2 Week 1 Lecture 1
c2 Week 1 Lecture 1
Dr Dennis Francis
Commonwealth Education Trust
Foundations of Teaching for
Learning
Course 2: Being a Teacher
Week 1: What is a Teacher?
Lecture 1.1: What does a Teacher Do?
What is Teaching?
I said I am
teaching him,
not that he’s If my students have not
learning. learned, how can I call
myself a teacher?
Good Teachers and Bad
Teachers
Explains things
clearly Shows an interest in us and
What we do outside school
Is approachable if
We have a problem
Helps us feel Is prepared to acknowledge
Part of the class He does not know everything
Is fair and consistent,
Treating everyone equally
Knows our name Is ready to be flexible and
Helps us if we Protects our rights acknowledge
make mistakes And prevents name Mistakes if he makes any
calling Has sense of humour
The Task of the Teacher:
Setting the Environment for
Learning
Gender, race,
culture, language,
social class.
The Task of the Teacher:
Providing for Individual Differences