Week 5
Monday flexible Monday....we were due to leave for Thaba Tseka at 10am....1pm we were on the road! It was such a treat to leave the city and head for the mountains. 4 hours later we arrived at our little campus in the hills and settled into our accommodation on site.
Day 1 of the workshop started early(!) and as usual the audience were sceptical, who is this over excited Welsh woman spouting things like "collaboration, cooperative, leaping, linking Welshness!" After 30 mins we were in full flow and working well together, all on side, well nearly all! We were joined by NCDC after our morning break, after being briefed on what to present on an "Introduction to the new Integrated Curriculum", they started with something completely different - but it worked itself out by lunch time!!
Day 2 was to tackle the mountainous changes in Planning, lots of work was put into scaffolding the process step by step to show the lecturers how you can plan thematically with progressive conceptual and contextual learning objectives. Something I take for granted but it is a whole new approach to teaching and learning here. Is it possible I asked myself after a long, tiring day? I don't have the answer to that yet.....the teacher trainers have the ability to do it.....so maybe....one day!
Monday flexible Monday....we were due to leave for Thaba Tseka at 10am....1pm we were on the road! It was such a treat to leave the city and head for the mountains. 4 hours later we arrived at our little campus in the hills and settled into our accommodation on site.Day 1 of the workshop started early(!) and as usual the audience were sceptical, who is this over excited Welsh woman spouting things like "collaboration, cooperative, leaping, linking Welshness!" After 30 mins we were in full flow and working well together, all on side, well nearly all! We were joined by NCDC after our morning break, after being briefed on what to present on an "Introduction to the new Integrated Curriculum", they started with something completely different - but it worked itself out by lunch time!!
Day 2 was to tackle the mountainous changes in Planning, lots of work was put into scaffolding the process step by step to show the lecturers how you can plan thematically with progressive conceptual and contextual learning objectives. Something I take for granted but it is a whole new approach to teaching and learning here. Is it possible I asked myself after a long, tiring day? I don't have the answer to that yet.....the teacher trainers have the ability to do it.....so maybe....one day!
Day 3 was our final session on Assessment for Learning. Our ECOL colleague came from Maseru to present the changes in Assessment policy and I kept it fully practical with AfL techniques galore, peer teaching (and humiliation) all finishing up with laughter, smiles and "light at the end of the tunnel!"
The four hour drive back to Maseru didn't provide me with much "light" however I did sneak a peek at Mohale Dam and saw a magnificent African sunset!
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