
{"id":2734,"date":"2019-05-28T06:05:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T06:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/my-predictions-for-my-first-teaching-experience\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:35:10","slug":"my-predictions-for-my-first-teaching-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/my-predictions-for-my-first-teaching-experience","title":{"rendered":"My predictions for my first teaching experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">From my very earliest memories, I have been surrounded by good teachers. Women who patiently sat and taught me to read, write, and think \u2013 to question my surroundings, to analyse texts, and to break outside the box to become something more than the standard.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">They\u2019re some pretty big shoes to fill.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">When my professor says that he wants me to become a \u2018pre-packaged academic\u2019 by the time I graduate, he often hesitates when I bring up my desire to teach. \u201cTeaching classes is part of academics, right?\u201d I asked in our first meeting, pen in hand, \u201cI need experience in tutoring some units.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">He gently explained that he avoids teaching if he can help it, because researching is the skill he likes to foster. \u201cIf I focus on my research,\u201d he responded, \u201cI\u2019ll get more research to do, and I\u2019ll be happy. I prefer research.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Don\u2019t get me wrong. I enjoy research too, but I feel like something is missing in my life if I\u2019m not communicating and interacting with others. Whether it\u2019s education or a single \u201cwhat are you up to?\u201d conversation, I love talking to people\u2026 for a few hours a day, anyway. I recharge in the quiet of my home, but the day doesn\u2019t feel complete unless I\u2019ve chatted with someone.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">So when it comes to teaching (like with everything I do), I want to be good. No, I want to be great. I want to inspire the same motivation in my students that I received from the teachers before me. I want to explain something such that it lights the bulb inside someone\u2019s head, so they can finally understand a concept. I want to be the one who helps someone improve their writing, or their presentation style. I want to teach\u2026 something.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Problem is I haven\u2019t got a lot of experience in teaching.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019ve presented radio shows, I\u2019ve sat next to kids and tutored them with their homework, I\u2019ve been a test audience for presentations and given feedback on training courses, but I\u2019m yet to stand in front of a class and be responsible for the communication of an entire unit\u2019s worth of information. Nobody has approached me to clarify assignment requirements, and I\u2019m not in charge of listing what pages to read to pass an exam.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019ve run study sessions, but they\u2019re not quite the same. Rarely in my life have I been the authority on something. Rarely have I been given the\u00a0<i>opportunity<\/i>\u00a0to be the authority on something. I can attest that I do know a thing or two about management and organisational behaviour, let alone strategic HR, hospital management, and various other niche topics I\u2019ve been studying the past two years. I could comfortably give teaching first-year business undergraduates a shot\u2026but will I be any good?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I can predict that my first class will be over-prepared and awkward. I\u2019ll want to prepare a speech, rely heavily on my slides, and get flustered when something unexpected happens. I\u2019ll go bright red and my students will wonder who put me in charge, and they\u2019ll move on.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">My second class may go a little better. I\u2019ll give up trying to become my Professor and just approach life my own way. I\u2019ll wear something a little more casual, throw in a few unforced puns, and be a bit more engaging to listen to. My students will think I\u2019ve finally had my coffee and move along.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">As with most experiences, the third time will be the charm. My supervisor may come in to check how I\u2019m doing and see a class that is (mostly) paying attention. I\u2019ll be wearing whatever I decided to wear that day, handing out stickers and asking questions as we go along. I will be script-less, worry-less and entertaining. I\u2019ll use the time allocated well, not miss a beat when interrupted with a question or a comment, and stay on topic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">After the third class, I\u2019ll be in the groove and my students will begin to see me for who I am \u2013 a researcher with a passion for her topic \u2013 an accessible source of information and clarification, and someone who doesn\u2019t mind being stopped in the library for an impromptu question. I want to engage with the students and give them the best education I can, but for now I\u2019m limited by inexperience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">By the time this post is published I will have had two weeks to prepare for my first class and have taught the first one. I\u2019ll be in the awkward embarrassment stage of trying to follow my Professor\u2019s example word-for-word, and it\u2019s not going to work. I\u2019m going to hit my head against the wall, and then I\u2019m going to see this post. I\u2019ll read the words I\u2019ve written a little while ago and be reassured that no matter how embarrassing my last class was, my students will move on. They\u2019ll move on, and come back, and I\u2019ll get another go next week.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">And, week by week, I\u2019ll become a teacher.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Madeleine Kendrick (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIKendrick94\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>@MIKendrick94<\/i><\/a><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">) is a PhD candidate (Scholarship Recipient, Full-time), an Academic Research Assistant, and a Business Consultant. This story was published on March 2, 2018, on Madeleine\u2019s blog, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mkendricksite.wordpress.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>Research &amp; Beyond<\/i><\/a><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"> (available <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mkendricksite.wordpress.com\/2018\/03\/02\/being-a-good-teacher\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">), and has been republished here with her permission.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From my very earliest memories, I have been surrounded by good teachers. Women who patiently sat and taught me to read, write, and think \u2013 to question my surroundings, to analyse texts, and to break outside the box to become something more than the standard. They\u2019re some pretty big shoes to fill. 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