Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion

Published on 3 May 2013

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

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Hot Topic: Digital Storytelling

By now you might have heard of Digital Storytelling and it's popularity in corporate communication, and also education. While there is a lot of information out there, I found the following example (from TELIC Stories) rather interesting:

Ian Guest, who completed his MSc in 2011, leads the ICT support team in a school in Sheffield. In this story he talks about how even the smallest of interactions while studying for TELIC can still have significant unanticipated outcomes. Ian explains how his use of social media developed during the course and how it has had an impact on his own professional practice.

A transcript of Ian's video is also available.

Have you come across any interesting examples? Better yet, have you tried it out? Drop us a comment, or share your story on your blog.

UPDATE: The ESRRC '15 committee has accepted the proposal to add a Digital Storytelling workshop to this year's conference proceedings! I'm expecting some really cool and useful work - be sure to be there!

*Educational Students' Regional Research Conference

Weeklikse Vraag 6: Fin du semestre

Engage and respond to your peers' blogs and tweets regarding your PGCE program so far.
Tree in gesprek met, en reageer op die blogs en twiets van u eweknieë rakende u NOS-program tot dusver.

HowTo:

1. Ontwikkel u idees op u Persoonlike Blog. / Develop your ideas on your Personal Blog
2. Post title = Your own heading. / U eie opskrif.
3. Post body = U antwoord. / Your answer.
4. Labels = task6
5. Toon interaksie met u kollegas. / Show interaction with your colleagues.

Die towerkuns van die opvoedkunde

In die moderne samelewing waarin ons onsself bevind, is dit so maklik om oorweldig te voel deur die massas inligting tot ons beskikking. Dit is geen uitsondering met die proses van die opleiding van onderwysers, pedagoë en selfs kurrikulumtegnikuste nie.

Volgens die Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (HAT) is 'n onderwyser 'n "persoon wat na ['n] afgelegde eksamen bevoeg verklaar is om les te gee aan 'n hoër of laer skool." Die HAT verklaar ook 'n pedagoog as 'n "persoon wat hom toelê op die studie van die pedagogie". 'n Kurrikulum word verklaar as die "studiekursus" of "leergang" wat 'n kurrikulumtegnikus as't ware dus ontwikkel.

Uit bogenoemde verklarings is dit duidelik dat al drie hierdie professies of rigtings 'n direkte uitwerking of effek op die kinders wie hierdie opvoeding van bogenoemde persone ontvang, sal hê. Dit maak dan net sin dat die onderwyser, pedagoog of kurrikulumtegnikus een doel voor oë moet hê: om hierdie leerders te inspireer om te leer.

'n Mens is so geneig om vas te val in 'n raamwerk van reëls en rigiede strukture met betrekking tot die opvoeding van Suid-Afrikaanse kinders, maar 'n mens se nommer een uitkykspunt in die onderwys moet wees om te inspireer - daarom my finale argument:

Dit is aanvaarbaar dat daar standaarde en beleide moet wees, maar elke onderwyser, pedagoog of kurrikulumtegnikus moet opgelei word om ander en daarom leerders te inspireer deur hul optrede, kennis en vaardighede. Is dit nie hoe ons 'n land gaan "vorentoe neem" as kinders die toekoms van môre is nie?