NIED-BES3 College of Education Seminars August 2005

NIED-BES3 College of Education Seminars

August 2005

Toward Understanding Teaching

“Those who can, do. Those who understand, teach”

Lee Shulman, The Wisdom of Practice, 1988

The Numbers 4 Colleges 6 Seminars 67 Teacher

Educators 409 Student

Teachers

More numbers 7 MCID

Consultants 5 UNAM

Consultants 4 AED Consultants 7 BES 3 Advisors 4 NIED Officers 6 MOE Officials

The schedule 1 August: arrival of international team

members 2-5 August: planning at NIED 6-7 August: travel to colleges 9-11 August: planning at colleges 12-13 August: Student Teacher

Seminars 17-18 August: Teacher Educator

Seminars 19-23 August: Report and Debrief

The topics Math, science and

language instruction Lower primary

teaching HIV and AIDS for

teachers ICT as an instructional

tool Action research Methods of reflective

practice

Some successful moments

“I see now that if group work is just facilitated in the right way it can do a world of good and a lot of learning can come out of it.” WCE Student Teacher

“I learned a lot more about how to work as a member of a team.” International Consultant

Some challenges “The information was very useful. I

just hope that I will go out and practice what I gained here” Student Teacher

“The seminar was too short – we needed more time.” Teacher Educator

“We must be sure to sustain what was started here.” College Rector

“What next?” BES Advisor

A few experiences

And a good time was had by all