Vera Murashova. Task 8. "Hands tied or hands-free? Using constraints creatively in teacher development"

I have chosen a talk called "Hands tied or hands-free? Using constraints creatively in teacher development" by Rose Aylett

It considers how imposing restrictions on teachers can actually benefit them and generate creativity.
First of all she explains PREP us why do we use constraints (Gr):
  • to protect ourselves
  • to support
  • to prepare
  • to challenge
Next, she speaks about 3 aspects (constractions) of teaching:
  • time
  • materials
  • language
Finally, she is trying to explain what interesting lessons are:
  • experimental
  • simple
  • disruptive
It was really interesting for me to listen to it. Now I dream my lessons to be like hers.

Comments

  1. Natalia EydelmanApril 20, 2019 at 9:16 PM

    Vera,

    thanks for the report. It was a good idea to organise it the way you did, but you should have provided more details. For example, what the speaker mentioned in the beginning of her talk when discussing the constraints, 3 aspects of teaching and what makes lessons interesting.

    I am glad you found her lessons so engaging. I am sure that it's possible to reach such level of mastery in teaching through practice and would like to wish you good luck with it.

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    1. Natalia EydelmanApril 20, 2019 at 9:17 PM

      Content: 4
      Organisation: 5
      Mechanics and language: 4.5

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