Post on 26-May-2015
Topic 4
The professionals in Education
Who are the teachers?Carmen Chan Cheung Man Wai Ng Yu Juan Joyce Yeo
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Learning Objectives
• Relate self awareness and reflection to professional discipline of a teacher.
• Explore challenges faced by teachers and brainstorm possible ways to overcome them
• Invoke the hidden attributes beneath the professionalism of teaching.
Agenda• ‘Noose’ - recent news reports on teachers
• Outdoor interviews follow up on “Noose’ telecast
• ‘Live’ from NIE’ campus- solutions to challenges
• “NIE Prof’” – uncover hidden meanings behind professionalism
• “NIE Live” reflect Passion or Conviction
Noose Headlines1.Teacher bashed teen and filmed
her half-naked2.Trainee teacher jailed for having sex with minors3.MOE scholar probed over lewd
act4.MOE scholar caught with hardcore
child pornography video 5.PE teacher attacks 8-year-old boy6.Teacher in court for altering
PSLE answer scripts7.MOE probes teacher's Face book rant
At CBD ……
At MOE ……
Interview by a panel of Ministry officials and principals
Contract Teaching for 6 months to 2 years
Recommendation from Principal
PracticumSchool cooperating Mentors Cooperation TeacherNIE supervision coordinator
Ms Grace
ful
At NIE ……
(Deng, & Gopinathan, 2001)
Dr Ho Cin
2001- ASK Framework (Attitudes, Skills, Knowledge)
Emphasizes attitudes, values, and integrity of teachers over and
above their content mastery and teaching competence.
2004-VSK framework(Value, Skills, Knowledge)
Comprehensive review and enhancement of initial teacher preparation programmes.
(Chong, & Cheah, 2009)
Dr Ho Cin
2004 VSK framework
2008-2009R1-R6
(NIE, 2009)
2008-2009V3SK framework(Value3, Skills, Knowledge)
(NIE, 2009)
Summary on the headlines
As an educator and a role modela)uphold the standards of the teaching
professionb)Practice self awareness and reflection as
part of their personal and professional discipline
(Boon, 2011)
1st learning outcome
Challengesa)to control angerb)draw a distinctive line between personal life and private interest or lifestylec) relationships with students-to be Friendly or friends?
Studio Nie Starsearch
•Each group is tasked with a scenario•Consider the
challenges and suggest possible
solutions
Studio Nie StarsearchCase 1-school culture
•You are struggling with the school's system and culture. •There are many teachers with long service.• They always converse to each other in dialects which you cannot understand a word.• They disseminate information and work in their own group •What would you do?
Studio Nie Starsearch
Case 2 – work/life balance
•You find it difficult to balance work and family. •One day, you completed your work and preparing to leave early for your child’s 1-year-old birthday party.• Supervisor seek your urgent help to mark some test papers
•What do in this situation?
Studio Nie StarsearchCase 3 - teach
subject not trained for
•Just newly posted to school, you are asked to teach Primary 6 Mathematics when you specialized in Chinese language.•How will you deal with this situation?
Studio Nie StarsearchCase 4 – difficult
parents/students•You work hard to guide your students.•During the “meet the parents session”, parents blamed you for their child’s poor academic and CCA performance. •What is your response?
Studio Nie StarsearchThere is no perfect solution
Explore challenges faced by teachers and brainstorm possible ways to overcome them
2nd learning outcome
Studio ProAnagram
•Arrange the alphabets in the word‘professionalism’ to form words & phrases used in teaching.•Minimum length for one of the word or phrase must be 6 letters.•Each letter can only be used once.•Record your words/phrases on the construction paper.
Studio ProAnagram
Examples for your reference:
•Professional – 13 letters
•Moron is passe- 12 letters
Did not meet the minimum length of
6 letters
Studio ProAnagram
To summarize:One word stands out
– Passion-Passion or lies (13letters)•Invoke the hidden positive and negative attributes beneath the professionalism of teaching.•The conflicts between a role model and a ‘holistic’ teacher •Passion or conviction?
3rd learning outcome
Nie Live - Video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mot9lS1MGPA
Challenges in the teaching
professionSchool Culture- Culture shock?
→ Handling mixed genderClassroom management &
roles of teacher→Form teacher > CCA > Relationship mentor???
Passion Waver ?
Nie
NoosePassion vs Conviction
Support group
Learning Objectives
• Relate self awareness and reflection to professional discipline of a teacher.
• Explore challenges faced by teachers and brainstorm possible ways to overcome them
• Invoke the hidden attributes beneath the professionalism of teaching.
References1. Boon,Z (2011). Presenting Singapore teachers for 21st century schools:
Ready?Get set, Go. In W. Choy & C.Tan(Eds). Education Reform in Singapore: Critical Perspectives. Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall.
2. Deng, Zongyi, & Gopinathan, S. (2001). Re-conceptualising teacher preparation in the era of new educational initiatives in singapore . Proceedings of the Annual conference of the australian association for research in austrila Fremantle.
3. Chong, Sylvia, & Cheah, Horn Mun. (2009). A values, skill and knowledge framework for initial teacher. Austrialian Journal of Teacher Education , 34(3),
4. National Institute of Education. (2009, Oct). Te21 a teacher education model for the 21st century. Retrieved from http://www.nie.edu.sg/files/spcs/TE21_Executive%20Summary_101109.pdf