Hi Donal,
Great to receive your posting as a practising school
teacher engaging in classroom work with History
students!
Tell us more....
Kind regards
Brian
--- Donal O' Mahony <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am one of the three teachers who presented with
> Margaret Farren at the
> CESI conference last Saturday. My background is as a
> secondary school
> teacher (for the past twenty five years).
>
> I started to study in Dublin City University in
> Autumn 2005 and am at the
> dissertation stage of my MSc (Margaret is
> supervising).
>
> I am particularly challenged by standards of
> judgement of my own teaching
> practice and the consequential learning of my
> students.
>
> I am interested in teaching History in a way that
> not alone enables the
> student to engage with the subject and pass their
> examinations but that
> they also come to be ‘critical’ of society as they
> think about issues that
> confront them.
>
> The value I hold important is democracy – on the
> lines of Dewey – a mode
> of associated living with opportunity accessible to
> all on equitable
> terms. The other value I hold important is providing
> some space for
> students to think in a critical way.
>
> I can see how my practice is changing, that I am
> improving what I am doing
> (small steps) but I am not sure about the learning
> of my students.
>
> Just some thoughts!
>
> Donal
>
>
>
> Donal O Mahony
> MSc Student DCU eLearning Strand
>
Brian E. Wakeman
Education adviser
Dunstable
Beds
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