My first week of school at the Samplet school in Adweso (a part of Koforidua) and with that my time to observe is over. Monday was a holiday over here, today on tuesday I talked about the classes I'll get and tomorrow I start actually teaching.
Unfortunately for now I only got 8 times 40 minutes, which is - as you can count yourself - basically nothing. Maths and I.C.T. (Information and communication technologies) for class 4 and 5.
But I can prepair the classes in the rest time and do other things or I just go home. And next week, if I did well, I'll try to get more hours. Maybe some english lessons as well and I would actually like to have some older classes - especially in maths. Let's see how it looks like in 2 weeks.
Last week was actually already the second week the kids were in school. In that week I observed class 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and from time to time I also taught a little.
School starts at 8 am and finishes around 2:30 pm for everyone.
Especially the first two or three days were very confusing for me, because the kids had to sit still for the whole 7 hours - except for during a long break at around 10 and a lunch break around 12 - without even having any lesson. The teachers make the teaching plan during the first two weeks and until then teachers teach the kids anything they want or just nothing at all.
It's tough to make the younger children be quite, but the method, they sometimes use here to do so, is still not ok: The cane to hit the children's fingers/hands. It's not always used, also sitting on your knees (with sometimes your hands up) in front of the board is a method. Let's see if I can introduce the method: Extra homework if not silent.
I prefer the older classes. They are easier to handle and the topics to do with them are more interesting.
I learn a whole lot here. About teaching, about psychology actually as well and about children and education in general. But also about the Ghanaian school system and about - me just having finished the school myself - the insides of a staff/teachers room. Very interesting seeing the other/the teacher's side of view so shortly after finishing school yourself.
I'm looking forward to the next days and weeks to come. I hope I'll learn some more about teaching and that I'll get more hours in the upcoming weeks.
If you want more details about e.g. the Ghanaian school system or anything else just comment here or ask me elsewhere.
But I can prepair the classes in the rest time and do other things or I just go home. And next week, if I did well, I'll try to get more hours. Maybe some english lessons as well and I would actually like to have some older classes - especially in maths. Let's see how it looks like in 2 weeks.
Last week was actually already the second week the kids were in school. In that week I observed class 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 and from time to time I also taught a little.
School starts at 8 am and finishes around 2:30 pm for everyone.
Especially the first two or three days were very confusing for me, because the kids had to sit still for the whole 7 hours - except for during a long break at around 10 and a lunch break around 12 - without even having any lesson. The teachers make the teaching plan during the first two weeks and until then teachers teach the kids anything they want or just nothing at all.
It's tough to make the younger children be quite, but the method, they sometimes use here to do so, is still not ok: The cane to hit the children's fingers/hands. It's not always used, also sitting on your knees (with sometimes your hands up) in front of the board is a method. Let's see if I can introduce the method: Extra homework if not silent.
I prefer the older classes. They are easier to handle and the topics to do with them are more interesting.
I learn a whole lot here. About teaching, about psychology actually as well and about children and education in general. But also about the Ghanaian school system and about - me just having finished the school myself - the insides of a staff/teachers room. Very interesting seeing the other/the teacher's side of view so shortly after finishing school yourself.
I'm looking forward to the next days and weeks to come. I hope I'll learn some more about teaching and that I'll get more hours in the upcoming weeks.
If you want more details about e.g. the Ghanaian school system or anything else just comment here or ask me elsewhere.
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