Next year I will apply for a PGCEi at Nottingham University. My current job is perfect, wonderful, the best, I love it. I teach at Dongseo University. I was employed as an EFL teacher to teach first and second year students. I was also given the opportunity to teach some history classes in English. I jumped at the opportunity, I was allowed to create the course and was given a lot of freedom, it was great, too great. As soon as I finished my first history class I thought this is what I want to do. The plan is to take the PGCEi, find an international school, and teach history, oh, and have fun.
I decided to experiment with one of the history classes I teach at Dongseo University. I will use The Civil Rights Movement class for my experiment. My aim is to make it as close as possible as an A Level History class. It will be difficult because the students are not native English speakers. All the students must have an IELTS score of 5.5, which means I will spend some time discussing vocabulary. I will also need to spend some time explaining the American political system to the students and also discuss American culture. Hopefully, the experience will give me an insight into teaching a history class which will follow as closely as possible the UK National Curriculum.
Students will be graded on their attendance (10%), participation (10%), mid-term exam (30%), final exam (30%), and student journal (20%). The university insists that a written exam must be used so that rules out any type of coursework, which is a shame, however, the student journal is an excellent way to get the students to engage in their learning and hopefully give me feedback on the course. For more information about student journals click here.
Armed with the OCR History A textbook "Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992", the Access to History textbook "Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA 1850-2009" and Russel Tarr's excellent "A History Teaching Toolbox", I will try to create an engaging history course which complies with the National Curriculum.
I decided to experiment with one of the history classes I teach at Dongseo University. I will use The Civil Rights Movement class for my experiment. My aim is to make it as close as possible as an A Level History class. It will be difficult because the students are not native English speakers. All the students must have an IELTS score of 5.5, which means I will spend some time discussing vocabulary. I will also need to spend some time explaining the American political system to the students and also discuss American culture. Hopefully, the experience will give me an insight into teaching a history class which will follow as closely as possible the UK National Curriculum.
Students will be graded on their attendance (10%), participation (10%), mid-term exam (30%), final exam (30%), and student journal (20%). The university insists that a written exam must be used so that rules out any type of coursework, which is a shame, however, the student journal is an excellent way to get the students to engage in their learning and hopefully give me feedback on the course. For more information about student journals click here.
Armed with the OCR History A textbook "Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992", the Access to History textbook "Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA 1850-2009" and Russel Tarr's excellent "A History Teaching Toolbox", I will try to create an engaging history course which complies with the National Curriculum.