UNIT X - EDUCATOR: TOPIC: REFLECTION

When reflecting on the discoveries I have found within the

Educator unit are the different things you have to consider if you want to peruse a teaching career. Such as child protection, which is a very important aspect as it, is essential to know the appropriate way to act and be around children.

Another aspect, which I have discovered from observing my tutors and the teachers from DACA, is that every one has a different style or technique when teaching. When researching my own teaching style I completed a teaching style survey, which suggested that the style of my teaching is a demonstrator or coach like it states that I have one main goal that is to show the students what they need to know.

·       Pros: Demonstrative teachers incorporate a variety of teaching formats including lectures, multimedia presentations and student-involved demonstrations.

·       Cons: Because of the high degree of engagement, it is difficult to accommodate students’ individual needs in larger classrooms.

Having this teaching style implies in a larger class I would not be able to work on a one to one basis with my students. Suggesting that I would struggle to teach a larger class.

To resolve this I would have to consider incorporating a more Authority, or lecture style. This style is centred on the teacher taking and the students absolving the information by using methods such as note taking. This would improve my teaching method, as it is important to have a good medium of all the different methods to become a good teacher.

When considering what I learned in the Educator unit is a basic introduction of what it is, to be a teacher and the steps you have to take to peruse is as a career option. The main aspects of which I have learnt are teamwork can not work without communication and effort as well as what is expected of you when working in a professional setting e.g. time management, dedication, planning and organization. This unit has helped me discover that teaching high school student is not the age range I would like to work with I now understand that I would like to work with a older age range such as college students or adults.

 My engagement with the workshops has been successful as I communicated well with my peers and delegated the different roles between our team mates an example of how well one of our workshops was a viewer from unit X she has commissioned the pompoms stall and stated that “the pompoms workshop is a great idea and it works well to engage with people.” However one aspect I could improve on is stating my own opinions in-group tutorials including confidence as I have always struggled saying no to people this is an aspect I need to work on. I could achieve this by speaking more in the tutorials and by putting myself out of my comfort zone.

As an art student I save a lot of my old materials as you never know when it can come in handy which it did in the peppered moth workshop by recycling my old materials I was considering the cost and also the environment. The students in the moth workshop where quite young by placing small amounts of the materials on paper plate and by put away the rest for the next table this gave each child equal opportunity to use the same materials. During this workshop and the DACA one we split each process onto different table this method helped us to mange the students and develop the different stages of the moth.

By doing the different stages’ it helped the children to understand what happened to the peppered moth.

During this unit I have discovered when creating a workshop for art it is more hands on and requires you to consider the materials and processed by dry running your workshop this helped me to consider what’s what I need to re consider also improvement. Planning and prep is one of my key motivations of which I would take further in my future practise I have enjoyed this brief it as helped me develop me practise to become a teacher.

References

N.p., 2016. Web. 15 May 2016.

"Teaching Style Quiz: What Is Your Teaching Style?". Hotchalkeducationnetwork.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 May 2016.

"Teaching Styles: Different Teaching Methods & Strategies". Education.cu-portland.edu. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 May 2016. 

 

UNIT X - EDUCATOR: TOPIC: RESEARCH

When traveling to Thailand I was lucky enough to teach English language to the workers in my family’s factory. However I had to be creative with my teaching methods as I am not fluent in Thai for example I incorporated flip cards and picture games to help the workers to understand basic English words. In the near future I would like to live in Thailand and teach English language, which would require me to obtain a teaching visa as it is illegal even to volunteer with out a visa or work permit.

On Employment Basis

The applicant must apply for non-immigrant visa, Type “B” at the Royal Thai Embassy. The applicant is required to submit: 

·       Visa application form completely filled out

·       Passport or travel document with validity not less than 6 months and its copy

·       Two (2) recent 2 x 2 inches photographs (taken within the past 6 months)

·       A copy of education certificate

·       Criminal record clearance certificate in the United Kingdom or Ireland (issued by the national police department)

·       Official recommendation letter from the education institution in Thailand to the Embassy.

·       Information of the employment term of the applicant in Thailand has to be provided for the Embassy’s consideration.

If the applicant has appropriate qualification, the Embassy will issue a non-immigrant visa, type “B”, single entry with three months validity to the applicant within two working days. With this kind of visa, the applicant will be permitted to stay in Thailand not more than 90 days.

Once the applicant arrives Thailand, the education institution will apply a teacher license at the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of University Affairs and also apply for work permit at the Ministry of Labour for the applicant. The work permit will be issued within 7 working days.

After granted teacher license and work permit, the applicant is required to submit teacher license, work permit, employment contract and employment certificate to the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok in order to apply for visa extension to cover the term of employment.

(Teachingabroaddirect, 2016:online)

Stickman suggest that the teaching industry is changeling all the time however if you obtain a TEFL course certificate which you can pay to do online, however if you obtain a university qualification your salary would be much more. 

When researching the term TEFL its described as a course you can obtain quick and easy to teach abroad.

TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language – a term that refers to teacher training programs in EFL. TESL: Teaching English as a Second Language, Canada - national federation of teachers and providers in Canada. A term that refers to teacher training programs in ESL  (Teflcertificatecourses.com,2016:online)

Stick man suggest that to abstain a good teaching job you must be a native English speaker have a bachelors degree or better there was one aspect in which surprised me is the to be white skinned as it is prefers over any race.

When asking my Thai boyfriend his option about this racial preface’ he suggested that this is true some what as most Thai people are constantly trying to lighten their skin its consider healthy looking. As we try to tan our skins Thai people try to lighten theirs.

When reflecting on the different methods that can be used applied to teach Ellie suggest that British approach to learning a new language cannot be simply learnt by using the copy and repeat method. Suggesting that most British students are failing to understand the basics of a foreign language, however when comparing TEFL course The British Council estimates there are 1.55 billion English learners around the world, and at least 10.2 million English teachers. There are more than 100,000 native English speakers teaching in China alone.’

Which suggest the best method to approach is by applying for a TEFL as it is “a key component of triumph” the course helps you to communicate in lesion and learn a different way to approach your learners It is also helpful to go to a cultural knowledge induction as some things we think are acceptable in our culture may not be in others.

(Lauren,2016:online)

By researching the different aspect, which you need to teach abroad. This has helped me to apply myself to obtain my future goal one aspect I found helpful was researching is looking at what people experienced when teaching abroad as it helped me to understand the positive and negative aspects also the different challenges I would face when teaching.

References

"International Teaching Jobs Abroad". Teachingabroaddirect.co.uk. N.p., 2016. Web. 6 May 2016..

Razavi, Lauren. "What We Can Learn From Teaching English Abroad". the Guardian. N.p., 2013. Web. 6 May 2016.

"Teaching English In Thailand". Stickmanbangkok.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 6 May 2016.

"Visa For English Teacher haiembassyuk.org.uk. N.p., 2016. Web. 6 May 2016.

"What Does TEFL, TESL & TESOL Mean?". Teflcertificatecourses.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 6 May 2016.