John Bayley on TeachersTV providing solid gold ideas:
For an experienced teacher who sets detailed LOs at the start of the lesson – make TERMLY ones – ‘You could share your learning TARGETS…my aim for this term is that you will be able to answer in extended sentences, know the difference between factual, comparison and speculative answers, and that you will be able to comment on each others answers…’
For a 5 years’ qualified teacher: ‘What do you make of this character at the front?’ [i.e. you]. / On rounding up the lesson – give instructions – ‘In five minutes this lesson is going to end…Remember I’m going to let the 1st row go first, then the 2nd… I’m going to be going to be looking for you sitting up with your books and bags away before you go – that’s what I’m going to see.’ / Setting objectives even for handing out books – ‘ How you hand out books is important – I will be looking for you to hand it into the other person’s hand.’
With NQT – On importance of standing still for presentation – ‘Plant your feet’. / Invite them to tell you what they understand – x – what does that mean in your own words (with get out – nominate someone else – then go back to x to explain) y- can you put that in different words?’ / Timings – use of wind up clock to agree time for task – Here’s what we’re trying to achieve in different phases of the lesson – invite them to help you work with it. ‘/ Plenary – using the last ten minutes is a very high professional skill.
http://www.teachers.tv/videos/great-expectations-1 /
http://www.teachers.tv/videos/too-much-talk
