FEELINGS ABOUT TEACHING

It is evident that the use of ICT in vocational training instruction is of paramount importance in assisting instructors in content curation, and demonstrates that teacher professional development now a days is zeroed to ICT and use of online tools like blogs and other platforms.

Different Pedagogical methods put across help the instructor to facilitate well and become a motivator in the classroom and workshop.

I was introduced to the constructivism theory and i found it interesting. If an instructor possesses the constructibility skills he or she is a good instructor.

I have been able to realize that Trainees explore their potential to discover great ideas and by so doing learn and become facilitators of themselves.  The instructor is there to provide condusive environment and the necessary guidance and a share a set of guidelines to achieve a certain project. I have realized that the learners are actively involved in searching for the meaning and not being informed every time by their instructor.

I have learnt that there is a shared decision making of the way forward, and the learners are empowered with the skills to search for new ideas.

I have a feeling that i have been getting much tired in trying to push to finish a number of slides with out minding about its meaning to the learners. I have found this rather parallel to constructivism theory and have changed immediately. I have been preparing what to delivery in a period of 2 hours and this must be completed whether they are getting it all or bits. i have learnt that the learners need time to sort out the ideas as a matter of sharing, discussions and then drawing conclusions by them selves.

However this is still being challenged by the increased enrollment and rigid curriculum and so i have seen to some extent will need remedial lessons to complete the work.

Am greatly touched by constructivism approach and is so much better off than most of the traditional methods. however it needs a constant supply of training inputs by the administrators if the trainees are to learn from their  own mistakes.

On the other development constructivism makes great  future leaders  just as they express them selves at this stage!!!!

i just leave the class room now asking my self have they learnt any thing?