Learning to Teach

‘Move Me On’ is a ‘problem page’ for those involved in training or mentoring new history teachers. Each one includes a description of a difficulty experienced by a trainee teacher and detailed advice from two experienced mentors or teacher educators about how to respond.  Read more

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  • Move Me On 117: Putting her ideas into practice

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    This Issue's Problem: Mary is having problems putting her IDEAS into PRACTICE 

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  • Move Me On 116: Having problems with his mentor

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    This Issue's Problem: Henry Plant is having problems with his mentor. 

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  • Move Me On 109: Pressured into using teaching styles she is uncomfortable with

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    This Issue's Problem: Marie, PGCE history trainee, feels that she is being pressured into using teaching styles with which she feels uncomfortable. 

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  • Move Me On 99: Struggling with just about everything

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    This Issue's Problem: Sophie Scholl, PGCE Student. is experiencing very seious difficulties...in just about everything. Problem: Sophie is approaching the end of her second school placement. It was clear from her first placement report that she was finding the process of learning to teach extremely difficult, but she displayed a...

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  • Move Me On 97: Having difficulty evaluating own lessons

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    Move Me On 97 This Issue's problem: Maggi Paton, PGCE student, is having difficulty evaluating her lessons Problem: It is the first term of Maggie's PGCE course and she is a few weeks into her first school placement. Initially, her mentor and other staff were impressed by her: she had...

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