'Riverboat' by ebergcanada, made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic licence We always talk about what students are learning in our classes, but did you know that we teachers learn from you, too? I constantly improve myself through interacting with you, from observing you, from trying to understand you. So I thought I would add my own reflections on what I have learned about teaching in this university so far this semester in ENG 101:
- APA citation format is a lot more difficult than it seems, and we need to practise it as often as possible. I think it requires more knowledge of the research process and the types of sources used in research.
- It was a very good idea to teach you how to find and cite Creative Commons images.
- It was a very good idea to talk about ways to avoid plagiarism and how to use source material properly.
- Blogging can be a daunting task, and we need to start more slowly. We should work on it more in class at the beginning. The notification emails need to be set up straight away. I have learned so much about how to implement future blogging projects, thank you!
- Blogs allow you to express your creativity and show off your analytical, reflective and citation skills. They also enable you to make links with your other classes (SPS, TLL).
-An element of competition can make blogging more lively.
-I feel absolutely delighted when someone comments on my blog, and even more so when one of my posts inspires one of yours.
- We need more writing practice and more exposure to various genres of academic writing.
- We need more practice in avoiding generalisations/limiting our claims in academic writing.
- We need more practice in effectively incorporating source material into academic writing.
- We need more class time to discuss the core essay texts.
- Reading worksheets need to be completed for the core essay texts.
- You are endlessly creative in preparing and delivering your presentations.
- Practice presentations are a good way to prepare for the final presentation, and you value the feedback comments you receive.
- You ask quite good questions at the end of presentations.
- Even when I start projects well in advance and encourage organisation, many students still wait until the last minute to do things.
- You do your practice presentations even though you are not receiving a grade. This shows that you can rise to a challenge, and that you can meet the high expectations I have of you.
- Most likely, classes at Sabancı University are never going to start on time and students are not going to stop arriving late.
- Students are more likely to bring a laptop (when reminded) than pen and paper.
- Some students never seem to check their email accounts, SU Course or my blog.
- Some students actually do take notes!
- Time management remains the biggest obstacle to student success at SU.
No doubt there are many more things I've learned, but I wanted to share my initial thoughts with you.
Please feel free to give me your feedback on any of the things mentioned here.
I always wonder how foreign teachers feel in a class with student of other cultures. Especially about language lessons. :D The teacher probably laughs about the mistakes their students make:P And I think a teacher should also tend to change their way of teaching, depending on the reactions and feedback of their students :)
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