I must really nail thisit is obvious that it isn’t just thinking hard about something.
• A great recommendation that students negotiate and own learning, taks outlines topics
• obvious, we must look through he eyes of our students, see the class from their perspective, we often say this to our student teachers, but do we do it often enough.
• Without an appreciation of how we perceive learning we are at risk of being ill informed and inappropriate.
• Of course a students disinterest comes from having to study arbitary chunks of disassociated knowledge.
• There is the power to be transformative using education
• Critical incident questionnaire; alerts us to problems
• It grounds our actions using accurate information
• Modelling this enables learners ability to reflect. And it justifies diverse and innovative teaching methods
In Canberra we can be seen to be vert esoteric at stage six with the diversity of units at hand, there is often a chance for teachers to develop courses or specialise in areas that are often not included in HSC or VCE. We do use a lot of evaluation, is reflective yes, but not critical. It only justifies what we do; it does not critique it at a higher more dense level of understanding.
I had my own review last year; it was a blood bath as part of a bigger faculty audit.
I am an expert in my field, I have developed the department. I am a higher level thinker, I lack creativity and drive. Ironic that. My negative reflections were apparently extreme versions of what was stated, yet I underestimated my strengths. A useful process. None of the actions suggested by the independent reviewer was implemented. That person had little understanding of arts education. Oops.
A 'C'? A 'C'? I got a 'C' on my coathanger sculpture? How could anyone get a 'C' in coathanger sculpture? May I ask a question? Was I judged on the piece of sculpture itself? If so, is it not true that time alone can judge a work of art? Or was I judged on my talent? If so, is it fair that I be judged on a part of my life over which I have no control? If I was judged on my effort, then I was judged unfairly, for I tried as hard as I could! Was I judged on what I had learned about this project? If so, then were not you, my teacher, also being judged on your ability to transmit your knowledge to me? Are you willing to share my 'C'? Perhaps I was being judged on the quality of coathanger itself out of which my creation was made...now is this not also unfair? Am I to be judged by the quality of coathangers that are used by the drycleaning establishment that returns our garments? Is that not the responsibility of my parents? Should they not share my 'C'?
text taken from
http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/MonologuesView/105
Ali Crocker:
Published on Jun 16, 2010
Stayton High School's production of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown. This is my coathanger monologue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxEPOiVl8Q&NR=
Image found: http://www.shawnsaumell.com/wordpress/
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