Mike Lamb – PGCE 7-14 Science 2007-2008 Communicating the views of trainees to the PGCE course convenor Canvassing opinion and relaying information ◦
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Mike Lamb – PGCE 7-14 Science 2007-2008
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Communicating the views of trainees to the
PGCE course convenor
Canvassing opinion and relaying information
◦ Creating an effective conduit for opinion, ideas and
suggestions for improvement
Recognising that what was needed was a
◦ Survival guide to the PGCE
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Student grants are available for small scale
projects
Project outline was presented to ESCalate and
university tutor
Project agreed by ESCalate
◦ Project involved interviews and group meetings with
trainees to establish which aspects of the PGCE
caused issues and problems and how trainees can
overcome them
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Results are still being analysed
◦ Over 50% thought that the PGCE year was the
hardest year of their life reasons cited included
◦ ‘(it) took over my whole life’,
◦ ‘the stress of the classroom’
◦ (lesson planning left me)‘feeling more tired than I
ever thought humanly possible’.
The work resulted in advice areas being
identified with associated student comments
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‘Make a real effort to meet up with old friends
- they've provided me with endless support
(and wine!)’
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‘…because nobody else really knows what
you're going through.’
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‘Buy some lever arch folders and plastic
pockets and start filing everything regularly
from the very start.’
Slide 8
‘Smile and be polite all the time and don’t be
afraid to ask for help’.
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‘Home-cooked meals, Vitamin C, Echinacea
and walks down the sea-front got me
through this year’
Slide 10
‘Relax before the course starts as you won’t
have much time to when it begins – get
plenty of sleep!’
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‘It makes it all worthwhile when you realize
that you’ve taught them something important
about life and not just your subject’.
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As tutors we may think we know what the
pressures and problems are for trainees
◦ But a tutor’s perspective arises from a different
context from a trainee’s perspective
Listening to what the trainees say creates the
pressure and how they deal with that
pressure can allow for changes to the
programme, approach or support provided
and ease/head off certain pressures
Mike Lamb – PGCE 7-14 Science 2007-2008
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Communicating the views of trainees to the
PGCE course convenor
Canvassing opinion and relaying information
◦ Creating an effective conduit for opinion, ideas and
suggestions for improvement
Recognising that what was needed was a
◦ Survival guide to the PGCE
Slide 3
Student grants are available for small scale
projects
Project outline was presented to ESCalate and
university tutor
Project agreed by ESCalate
◦ Project involved interviews and group meetings with
trainees to establish which aspects of the PGCE
caused issues and problems and how trainees can
overcome them
Slide 4
Results are still being analysed
◦ Over 50% thought that the PGCE year was the
hardest year of their life reasons cited included
◦ ‘(it) took over my whole life’,
◦ ‘the stress of the classroom’
◦ (lesson planning left me)‘feeling more tired than I
ever thought humanly possible’.
The work resulted in advice areas being
identified with associated student comments
Slide 5
‘Make a real effort to meet up with old friends
- they've provided me with endless support
(and wine!)’
Slide 6
‘…because nobody else really knows what
you're going through.’
Slide 7
‘Buy some lever arch folders and plastic
pockets and start filing everything regularly
from the very start.’
Slide 8
‘Smile and be polite all the time and don’t be
afraid to ask for help’.
Slide 9
‘Home-cooked meals, Vitamin C, Echinacea
and walks down the sea-front got me
through this year’
Slide 10
‘Relax before the course starts as you won’t
have much time to when it begins – get
plenty of sleep!’
Slide 11
‘It makes it all worthwhile when you realize
that you’ve taught them something important
about life and not just your subject’.
Slide 12
As tutors we may think we know what the
pressures and problems are for trainees
◦ But a tutor’s perspective arises from a different
context from a trainee’s perspective
Listening to what the trainees say creates the
pressure and how they deal with that
pressure can allow for changes to the
programme, approach or support provided
and ease/head off certain pressures