Thursday, December 1, 2011

Final Blog Post

1. Useful/ not useful

I think it was very useful to read about the different approaches and see the connections they have. It is important to recognize the most important aspects of each one and mix all of them to create a good approach that can fit to your reality and the interests and needs of your students.

It wasn't useful to read too much about the approaches and their authors.Although it is important to recognize one name with each one , reading about too many different authors is confusing.

2. Enjoyed/ didn`t enjoy

I liked writing reviews and paraphrasing.I learned to connect my ideas with some authors' ideas. I learned to read about one topic but according to different authors.

I didn`t enjoy to complete tasks without understanding completely the final goal.I think that we need the guidelines from the beginning with some checklists to follow instructions and improve our presentations.

3. improved...
I wish we had more teacher's presentations about how to present a situation in context, more examples about critical reviews.We can prepare a topic and participate in a group discussion trying to  learn how to be critical.Sometimes the articles were long and it was difficult to remember the specific ideas. The questionnaires to check understanding were very useful for me.