Teaching Metaphors and Perspectives
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Teaching Metaphors and Perspectives
TEPS703-10C
Graeme Reid id: 9536258
Bodyboarding has been a constant in my life that has lead me around New Zealand, the world, to many different experiences, and have meet many different people. So, now that I’m moving into a new career and stage of my life, I’m hoping teaching will be as long and rewarding as Bodyboarding has been to me.
My teaching metaphor is,
“Teaching is like Bodyboarding”
Or
“Teaching is like surfing”
Definition: “Surfing is a surface water sport in which a person (the surfer) moves along the face of a breaking ocean wave (the surf).” (Wikipedia.org)
Like the diverse array of students that we will teach, when you Bodyboard you meet people of many different cultures, backgrounds, levels of skill and thinking. In my years of Bodyboarding I’ve meet world champions through to beginners, some of those I coached and have since been NZ champions.
I’m sure as the years go by we will see this happen to us as teachers where the students grow up and move onto jobs, family’s and careers themselves. In this I think we must always remember that we are directly involved in that process and it’s a great and wonderful thing to be a part of.
Every class we will take will be different. It will change. From hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and even from sunny to rainy days. As this happens we must adapt and cater for each situation. So the class is like the wave changing from hour to hour with the tides, winds and weather. Every wave (class) type demands a different way of riding and you must be flexible and prepared to adapt. Every wave, every class is forever changing.
The medium keeps moving – whether it be the magnificent waves of unfolding within us, or the equally magnificent unfolding of waves within the children, all of us keep moving, changing, and evolving (Celine Levasseur Burlock, 2005)
So I hope that teaching will be, as Bodyboarding has been, a challenge, something that I...
TEPS703-10C
Graeme Reid id: 9536258
Bodyboarding has been a constant in my life that has lead me around New Zealand, the world, to many different experiences, and have meet many different people. So, now that I’m moving into a new career and stage of my life, I’m hoping teaching will be as long and rewarding as Bodyboarding has been to me.
My teaching metaphor is,
“Teaching is like Bodyboarding”
Or
“Teaching is like surfing”
Definition: “Surfing is a surface water sport in which a person (the surfer) moves along the face of a breaking ocean wave (the surf).” (Wikipedia.org)
Like the diverse array of students that we will teach, when you Bodyboard you meet people of many different cultures, backgrounds, levels of skill and thinking. In my years of Bodyboarding I’ve meet world champions through to beginners, some of those I coached and have since been NZ champions.
I’m sure as the years go by we will see this happen to us as teachers where the students grow up and move onto jobs, family’s and careers themselves. In this I think we must always remember that we are directly involved in that process and it’s a great and wonderful thing to be a part of.
Every class we will take will be different. It will change. From hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and even from sunny to rainy days. As this happens we must adapt and cater for each situation. So the class is like the wave changing from hour to hour with the tides, winds and weather. Every wave (class) type demands a different way of riding and you must be flexible and prepared to adapt. Every wave, every class is forever changing.
The medium keeps moving – whether it be the magnificent waves of unfolding within us, or the equally magnificent unfolding of waves within the children, all of us keep moving, changing, and evolving (Celine Levasseur Burlock, 2005)
So I hope that teaching will be, as Bodyboarding has been, a challenge, something that I...