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technical activity;
‘…because I was there, every so often he would look over and say –
“is that ok, is that alright?” – and you just check to see if he is doing the right thing’
(FN 27.02.07).
She is just a little unsure of herself and every two minutes was asking me was
she doing the right thing whilst the children were busy. It wasn’t taking from
the lesson in any way. As soon as she had given them a task she would step over
and say – is that ok- but she was grand. I think it’s just that it is something new
and [she] hadn’t done it before. I think she just wanted affirmation that what
she was doing, she was doing right.
(FN 27.02.07)
When part-modelling, teachers had differing views of me being there. Some
were delighted to have an ‘expert’ alongside them, whom they could turn to for advice
and affirmation, even if initially it may have been tinged with a little concern. This
concern was felt by the teachers whom I had lectured in college and may even have
assessed on their teaching practice;
‘I suppose initially we felt a little bit watched. We
had that in college, oh, is she looking, did we do that a little bit, but we knew you
weren’t there to watch us’
(1 FGT Kate JI). At stage 2 of the PDP, three of the teachers
continued to feel that they were being supervised, rather than being supported in their
teaching, and were reluctant to teach while being observed;
‘I learned that I hated when
you were watching me Maura, on the first lesson … never thought I’d hate it as much as
I did. I thought I’d be absolutely fine …’
(2 FGT Moira 3). Even the language teachers
used was related to their initial teacher education experience and being supervised on
teaching practice;
‘And being supervised is a bit of an issue as well because it’s a long
time since I was supervised, you know’
(2 FGT Amy 1).
…they’ve said it, “you are the expert”, therefore you know we are a little bit
hesitant in performing in front of you. Some of them see me still as a supervisor
of teaching practice, and a PE person from the college where they did their
training…
(FN 07.10.07)
I tried to allay any fears by not making notes during stage 2 observations, while
the teachers were teaching, as this seemed to make them anxious;
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