THEREFLECTIVETHEREFLECTIVEAPPROACHTOAPPROACHTOTEACHERTEACHERDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTATEACHERATEACHERTRAININGMAZETRAININGMAZEENTRYTOTHEMAZEENTRYTOTHEMAZEYou’reabusyteacherinaJiangsuschool.You’vebeenteachingfor15years,andyoudon’tfeelyouhavechangedmuchinthepastten.You’retiredandratherboredwiththejob.Yourchoicesare:LeavetheteachingprofessionJoinatrainingcourseGoonasyouareSlide1Slide1Who’sgoingtoemployatired,middle-agedex-teacher?Unlessyou’vegotaprivateincomeorarichspouse,thinkagain!ExitthemazeReturntoENTRYSlide2Slide2Youstartonthetrainingcourse,butwiththetravellingtothetrainingcollege,andthehomework,youfindit’sreallymuchmoreworkthanyouimagined.Yourchoicesare:TalktothecourseleadersDropoutofthecourseSighandkeepgoingSlide3Slide3Well,you’lljustgetmoreboredandfrustratedwithyourclasses,andhowareyougoingtocopewiththenewcurriculum?You’dbetter:ExitthemazeReturntoENTRYSlide4Slide4Thecourseleadersaresympatheticandtrynottogiveyoutoomuchwork,butbasicallytheyjusttellyoutokeepgoing.ReturntoSlide2Slide5Slide5So,you’reaquitter,areyou?Wellthen,youarebackattheentrytothemazeexceptthatnowyoufeelasifyou’vefailedatsomethingtoo.Wouldn’tyouliketothinkagain?ExitthemazeReturntoENTRYSlide6Slide6Youkeepgoingbutafterawhileyouhavethefeelingthateveryoneisdoingbetterthanyou.Yourchoicesare:KeepquietaboutitTellthecourseleadersTalktotheothercourseparticipantsSlide7Slide7Yousufferinsilencebutthingsdon’tgetanybetter.Youstarttoquestionwhetheryou’reanygoodatteachingORlearning.Whatareyougoingtodo?ReturntoSlide6ExitthemazeSlide8Slide8Thecourseleaderstrytobeencouragingandkeeptellingyouthatyou’redoingallright,butyoudon’treallybelievethem.Youstillfeelbad.ExitthemazeReturntoSlide6Slide9Slide9Youareamazedtofindthatalotoftheothercourseparticipantsfeelexactlythesamewayasyou.Youtalkaboutit,feelreassured,anddecidetodomoregroupwork.MoveontoSlide10Slide10Slide10Youkeepgoingtothecourseandtrytokeepupwiththework.Youmeetalotofnewideas.Yourchoicesare:TryoutalltheideasinyourclassesexactlyastheyweretaughtyouonthecourseTellyourcolleaguesatyourschoolabouttheideasateveryopportunityyougetNottryanythingnewwithyourclassesTaketheideasyoulike,adaptthemtofityoursituation,trythemoutandadaptthemagainifnecessarySlide11Slide11Alotoftheideasdon’tseemtoworkaswellinyourclassesastheydidonthecourse.Bothyouandyourstudentsloseconfidence,andyougobacktoteachingintheoldandtrustedways.GobacktoSlide10andthinkagainExitthemazeSlide12Slide12Yourcolleaguesatworkbecomeratherboredwithyourconstanttalkof“trainingcourse--this”and“trainingcourse--that”.Youfindyourselfincreasinglyisolated--‘acraneamongthechickens’-andloseheart.GobacktoSlide10andthinkagainExitthemazeSlide13Slide13Well,you’vestayedattheentrytothemazereally,haven’tyou?Ratherawasteofyourtime-andeveryoneelse’stimetoo!ReturntoSlide10andthinkagainExitthemazeSlide14Slide14Yougainconfidencegraduallyasyouadoptandadaptmoreandmoreideas.YourclassesgainconfidenceastheyfindtheycancommunicatemoreandmoresuccessfullyinEnglish.Thingsarelookingup.MoveontoSlide15Slide15Slide15Yourtechniquesimprove.YourEnglishimproves.Yourclassesimprove.Butthenthetrainingcourseleadertellsyouthereisgoingtobeanend-of-courseexam.Yourfeelingsare:“MyGod,IhopeIpass.”“MyGod,I’msureI’llfail.”“Well…whetherIpassorfail,atleastI’velearnedsomething.”Slide16Slide16Thenyou’llhaveanothercertificateinyourpocket,whichisgoo...
