As you can see from the above photo I was involved with fellow Missionary Anna-Karin in my first "proper " teaching / training day a few weeks ago. We both being former teachers ran a days seminar on "How to Teach" for out Nigerian collegues who are involved in teaching our children in the ministry. Only two of them have had any training of any sort and the rest nothing so it was long overdue.
It was difficult to know where to start in a cross cultural setting....so we picked some basic principles like the importance of good timing both for teachers and boys ( a huge big deal here "African Timing" is something to be experienced !!! ) How to make your classroom a good learning environment, How to encourage and punish children( without beating them!! ) and the importance of setting rules for the classroom. Then in the afternoon we taught the concept of planning the lesson, with an aim and assessment ideas being floated.....
We made them get involved in role play, discuss in small groups and brainstorm...they all coped well we had 20 people including three missionaries....
I really loved it and it was so encouraging to read the comments made in the evaluations...one person wrote it was great not to fall asleep in a seminar because it was so stimulating !!! Someone asked one of our leaders what I used to do in England as they thought i made a great teacher! so maybe I can't get away from my past life after all......
Seriously it was great to be able to see what impact my experience could have on others and we plan to do many more. It is at times like that I know why God has brought me here
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