Personal Teachers diary

This is the easiest way to begin a process of reflection since it is purely personal.

After each lesson you write in a notebook about what happened. You may also describe your own reactions and feelings and those you observed on the part of the students.

You are likely to begin to pose questions about what you have observed.

Diary writing does require a certain discipline in taking the time to do it on a regular basis.

Writing a teaching diary

Here are some general questions to get you started:

Lesson objectives

• Did the students understand what we did in the lesson?

• Was what we did too easy or too difficult?

• What problems did the students have (if any)?

• Was there a clear outcome for the students?

• What did they learn or practise in the lesson? Was it useful for them?

Activities and materials

• What different materials and activities did we use?

• Did the materials and activities keep the students interested?

• Could I have done any parts of the lesson differently?

Students

• Were all the students on task (i.e. doing what they were supposed to be doing)?

• If not, when was that and why did it happen?

• Which parts of the lesson did the students seem to enjoy most? And least?

• How much English did the students use?

Classroom management

• Did activities last the right length of time?

• Was the pace of the lesson right?

• Did I use whole class work, group work, pairwork or individual work?

• What did I use it for? Did it work?

• Did the students understand what to do in the lesson?

• Were my instructions clear?

• Did I provide opportunities for all the students to participate?

• Was I aware of how all of the students were progressing?

Overall

If I taught the lesson again, what would I do differently?

So score yourself as a teacher.....

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20th World Teacher's day 2014

When, local time: Monday, 6 October 2014 - 10:00am to Tuesday, 7 October 2014 - 8:30pm Where: France, Paris Type of Event: Category 8-Symposium Contact: wtd@unesco.org World Teachers' Day open Forum "Teaching Today" Open Forum on "Teaching today: an international overview of professional development and conditions of work" for the 20th anniversary of World Teachers' Day. The Day commemorates the adoption of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendations concerning the Status of Teachers. UNESCO encourages local activities which can be promoted on www.worldteachersday.org map The forum will bring together teachers, researchers, experts (including UNESCO Chairs and university professors), students (teacher training institution, Education Sciences), representatives from teacher training institutes, education and teacher organizations, specialized media.

It aims to provide as much discussion between speakers and participants as possible. The forum will include four parallel participative workshops: . Teachers’ living and working conditions . Teachers’ continuous professional development . How ICT can support teacher training . Pedagogical innovations in education. At the end of the two-day open forum there will be a free concert by Toumani and Sidiki Diabate, a father and son duo that embodies perfectly the transmission of knowledge and the beauty of teaching. On 7 October a webcast will take place from 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. on «Teachers for the 21st century» and at 3-4:30p.m. for the conclusions of the workshops and forum.