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Teacher voices

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Most of mine have trained to be primary educators, and go on to change lives and make lives in their teaching careers. They achieve this through innovative pedagogies, creating great learning spaces and with a liberal dose of technology. I want to share these teacher voices with you. Prepare to be inspired. Unported License.

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Teacher Voices: Tyla Elworthy

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I have wanted to be a teacher since I began teaching the alphabet to my teddies in my bedroom when I was about 7 years old! When one of my pupils came up to me and said ‘Miss Elworthy, you’re the reason I love coming to school, you teach me interesting things, thank you’. What/who inspired you? What were your motivations?

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Teacher Voices: Lloyd Chilcott

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Finding out what former students are doing now they are qualified, is one of the joys of teaching. 7) What is your favourite story or memory of teaching children you would like to share? And once you start teaching, you can even share your war stories with them. This is number seven in the ongoing series. Unported License.

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Teacher Voices: Naomi Hancock

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It's also a chance for them to voice their hopes and fears about teaching, now they are actually in the thick of it. I got into teaching because I wanted to continue my backpacking lifestyle in Thailand but needed some funds so teaching TEFL English was my ticket. 1) What made you decide to become a teacher?

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Narrative pedagogy 3: Problem solving

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In this short series (on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy'*) I'm exploring some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. At that very moment, we heard voices outside, and as if by magic two large men materialised out of the snowstorm. Teachers can learn a lot from the techniques writers use.

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Passion for education

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Unconditionally regarding each child with positivity is key to good pedagogy (Rogers, 1983). Effective pedagogy not only has impact, it's contagious. It was a simple question: Why are we expected to standardise our testing when we have differentiated in our teaching? Many teachers think this but few voice it as an issue.

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Teacher Voices: Megan Douglas

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She is half way through her second year of teaching. She now teaches in Berkshire where she grew up. When she found out it would be a specialised STEM primary school she was even more interested, and after a long application and interview process she secured her first teaching post at the school. degree in primary education.

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