Let's talk about...

What have you been up to this weekend? Getting a good rest from the CAs I suppose? 

I had a very fruitful morning at TJC this morning where a couple of Geography teachers got together to engage in a discourse about teaching Rivers to Upper Sec students. I sure learnt a lot from some of the very experienced teachers (30years!!! wow, IMBA hor?!) and it was a very beneficial session for me as a relatively 'young' teacher.

See, even teachers spend their weekends to think about how to improve themselves in teaching students effectively. So shouldn't you spend some time reflecting on how to improve your learning? 

How to do that? Talk about it! Like my 'Discourse' with other school teachers today, all we did was to get together and share our experiences on teaching Geography - like what kind of methods work, what won't work, what students like/dislike etc and it was a very meaningful session. If you find yourself having certain difficulties in understanding a subject/topic,  talk to your classmates about it! Ask them how they come to understand, ask them for tips, ask for clarifications. When you talk about it, you start to learn. 

On certain occasions I have overheard some of your conversations  like how you 'up your level', how to 'kill that monster' or whatever in playing computer games. So why don't you ask your friends 'how did you get A1'/'how do you manage to understand this difficult concept' etc? 

Remember, peers are great teachers too! Everyone can be a teacher!