This is a role play activity. The main purpose
of the role play is to think carefully about
how best to conduct a post-lesson conference
with this teacher. Imagine that you have just
observed this lesson. The main issue you want
to focus on in your post-lesson discussion is
whether the pupils have actually learnt anything
in this lesson, though of course there may be
other issues that you wish to raise.
In your small groups, brainstorm the issues
that you would like to discuss with the lesson
teacher in the post-lesson conference. Make a
list of the questions that you think are important,
and the order in which they should be raised
in the discussion. Try to anticipate the answers
that you might receive and plan follow-up questions
in response.
(In a way
you are planning a script for part of your role
play while still keeping the responses open.)
Then decide h ow you are going to conduct the
conference such that it is supportive, critical
and developmental – in that it leaves the teacher
with something meaningful to work on for his
or her future professional development.
(These
criteriaare given in more detail in
Unit 2 , Activity D and in
Appendix 3 of Unit 2 )
Consider whether you are going to portray the
lesson teacher as a novice teacher being mentored,
or a more experienced teacher being reviewed
by her peers.
( 15 minutes)
You now need to decide , in the remaining 10
minutes of preparation, who in your group will
actually play the part of the lesson teacher
and perhaps two or even three mentors/peer reviewers
in the post-lesson conference. Once the roles
have been allocated and the list of issues to
be discussed has been decided, the group can
plan the presentation of the role play. For this
activity, imagine that it is only a portion of
the lesson conference that will be performed.
So keep the time to around 5 – 7 minutes for
your role play . |
