WHICH TRAINING COURSES WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO AS A TEACHER? WHY? WHICH IS, IN YOUR OPINION, THE BEST WAY TO SHARE GOOD PRACTICE AMONGST TEACHING PROFESSIONALS? WHY?

Regarding which training courses I would like to have access to as a teacher, I think among many, I would prefer different kind of them. However, it is important they must be useful to my professional career.

From my point of view, teachers mustn’t stop studying because we, as a teachers, must go at the same rhythm as the society. So, if the society changes we must change too.

Firstly, I would like being touch about how to solve habitual problems in the school. I studied to be a secondary education teacher and I think there are a lot of different things to know in these levels.

As everybody can see, there are a lot of kinds of courses. Although, as I see it, not all courses are equally interesting, it depends on each person and his/her interests.

The courses which I’m interested in are the following ones:

-          Didactic strategies to improve abilities in the different education periods. To promote the maximum development possible of my students' skills and competences

-          The enterprising and business activity methodology in secondary education. To learn methodological techniques, strategies and resources to promote the initiative and spirit of enterprising in my students.

-          School organization: Violence prevention and control in the centers. To encourage the positive coexistence and the school violence prevention.

-          Work risks preventions in the schools center. Because it seems nobody take it into account, however it is very important teachers and head teachers know the basic aspects related to the work risks preventions.

Concerning in which is, in my opinion, the best way to share good practice amongst teaching professionals,  there are a lot of good ways to share good practice, from my point of view,  the best way is through organizations or communities. These ways are constituted by professional teachers who are involved in a process to collect learning from others professional teachers. So, they share their experiences, ideas, works, techniques and so one, from each others.

Moreover these communities can be on-line, in a physic place or both.

As I see it, these are the best way because you can share with others important things and you can improve your learning and your teaching too. So your students will be lucky.  

IF YOU WERE NOT LIMITED BY THE DEMANDS OF THE NATIONAL/REGIONAL CURRICULUM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WOULD TEACH YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT (IN A CLIL CONTEXT)? HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THEIR LEARNING?

     As I said in my presentation post, I’ll teach the Technologies' subject but I’ve never teach yet. Personally, I think the curriculum is important because it is a way in which teachers haves general goals in the same region. So that all the students in a community will be able to come out equally prepared.

   Regarding the first question, I would say the most important thing I would teach my students about my subjecte (in a CLIL context) is obviously the content, but other thing with a lot of importance to me and I  would like to teach are the values.

    From my point of view, the values are really important beacause in secondary education, students are teenagers and they are in a transitional stage of physical and phychological human development and they have to learn about good behaviour,  team working, autonomy, respect the rules, and so one. It is a period between childhood and adulthood and the  purpose is the preparation to be a good adult.With these values children will be better in a lot of ways, being responsible and good student , helping to others, and being a good citizen.

  Concerning the second question, I would assess their learning through different techniques, doing practical works, individually, in peers or in groups, using worksheets, tests, games, and so one. I would like to assess it with a rubric and a portfolio, because as the rubric as the portfolio have a lot of advantages for the students.

    I’m going to name some advantages:

    -         Promotes connection between student assessment and course objectives.

    -         Students know how they are being assessed.

    -         Student improve their responsibilities.

    -         It provides useful feedback.

    -         Portfolio encourages students’ reflection on their learning.

   Concluding this reflection, I think it is necessary having the curriculum to have a way to teach all students in the same knowledge; however, teachers have to know how to teach it depending on the students and taking into account the importance of their goals.