Who am I?

Name: Oscar Fabian Palacios 

Occupation: Teacher (student teacher at UNAD)

Subject: Pedagogical experience II 

Tutor: Liliana Moreno 

Group: 551025_1

School sciences of Education

My name is Oscar Palacios. I have been an English and science teacher for several years. As a teacher, I’ve had divergent overviews about teaching according to the stage. For instance, in the beginning, I thought the classroom management must have been strict making it more efficient, then as the years went by, I realized that thing is not true at all. I discovered students need to understand the reasons to do something in some ways and guide them to reflect on their behaviors and interest is the best way to encourage them into Education. I found out they want to have an active role during the lessons, and they have prior knowledge and belief that need to be respected and beard in mind.

 Secondly, teaching speaking skills is not an easy task at all. The learners have individual abilities, and some do not feel trust in speaking in a group. We, teachers, have some tools and resources to help them to take out of this state. The first one is to model the lessons to give guides and more trust to participate in a group. The second provides pieces of advice that they can do for themselves at home and self-monitoring their progress.

  Thirdly, the experience of teaching in online environments was so hard for me at the beginning. As a result, the planning spent more time than I would have thought. Later on, I discovered several web conferencing tools that were completely useful, some pages, how to use ppt in the lessons to present information or playing a game, even the power tool of collaborative work to share ideas and allow students to interact among them.

 Finally, I have the following principles in my online speaking sessions. Every single student has the opportunity to participate. The students need to activate their prior knowledge first. This online space has designed to make mistakes rather than to avoid them. These sessions are inspired by their interests. Learners can see their teacher as one who has weaknesses and strengths and make mistakes like them too.