Teaching Practice and My Experiences

 

   I remember the very first day when I stepped to AMHSS, Thirumala,  for collecting portions for my First Phase Teaching Practice. I was nervous, anxious and tensed to a great extend. I can also recollect my first class that I took in the school. Talking about my experiences from the first phase of training, I get to know about the functioning of an institution,  how well the teachers influence the growth of a school and how much impact the school's culture create on students. I was able to identify the characters, backgrounds and talents of students and also get to know that each and every child is talented in their own way, we can't judge a book by its cover. It was from there I was able to develop my voice,  teaching skills and classroom management. 

    Coming to path of St Mary's Higher Secondary School,  my strength was all those experiences that I gained from my previous school, whether in teaching or in related activities.  Here, I was able to be a more skilled teacher, than in my previous school. The three months of experiences from AMHSS has showered a lot to me, which I was able to implement in this school. Understanding my students,  responsibilities, duties became more easy with my previous experiences. 

    In the first year of our B.Ed degree we learn much about the theories of Philosophy,  Psychology and Technology, along with Pedagogy. The discussion,  demonstration and criticism classes and micro-teaching provide us a bunch of good experience and beat out stage fear. The Psychology classes had helped us in understanding the children who are in front of us and learning about the learning difficulties in students help to teach them on the basis of their needs.

    So, we can say that, our two year B.Ed degree not only guve us textual or content knowledge,  but also a wide rqnge of life experiences which is very  beneficial and immensely helpful for each and every person who is an aspiring teacher!