HKIEd
CLASP QEF
 
 

 
     
 
     
  Small group discussion (30 mins)  
   

Go back to the introduction to this unit and identify the characteristics that help to create the tone of the lesson. Which of these characteristics are you able to identify in these two lesson sequences?

If you are a PE teacher and are mentoring this novice teacher, how will you balance the concerns you might raise about safety with supportive comments on this teacher's attempt to create a happy and enjoyable learning environment?

If you now consider your own teaching subject, how are you, as mentor, going to encourage novice teachers to be sensitive to the tone of the lesson?

Make a flip chart list of the various skills you would want to encourage in a teacher of your subject and how you might discuss them in a lesson conference.

 
   

 

  
  Whole group sharing (20 mins)  
   
Finally, as a whole group, share your ideas about the mentoring strategies you can use to encourage sensitivity to the tone of the lesson as a major contributor in enhancing pupils' learning and enjoyment of the lesson.