Hi Beth,
One of the reasons I took the City and Guilds Teaching Certificates
qualifications was because I wanted to increase my teaching skills, and it
did prove to be a boon in that respect. The main mantra, drummed into us
at every available opportunity, was that 'If a student doesn't understand
anything, it is NOT the fault of the student - it is yours as the tutor, and
you must go away and find words to express what you want that are
comprehensible to said student.' I have never forgotten that, and try to
apply it whenever any student of mine has a problem understanding anything.
But - a great big round of applause for the C&G qualifications - it
certainly made those of us who took it - and a very diverse group we were -
think very hard about what we were doing, and how we went about it.
Funnily enough though, when I took the course, I don't think there was a
nationwide syllabus for it - several friends in other parts of the country
didn't do anything like as much as we did, and I don't think some of them
had as good a grounding as we did. But - if you get the chance to do it,
then go for it.
Carol - in Suffolk UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth Marshall" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace teachers
Thanks to all who've shared their experiences of lace teaching and/or lace
teachers.
Which was just as well, because family commitments and lack of transport
meant
My current teacher
is a lovely person, a wonderful lacemaker (when she gets chance to make
any
lace of her own) and a great source of ideas and patterns, but when it
comes
to teaching beginners... No written instructions/diagrams (so practice at
home is limited to what they can remember without) or suggestions for a
book
to refer to, not much order or progression in the choice of patterns (so
students miss out on some of the basic techniques) and she demonstrates
things
so fast most of us can't see how they were done... >
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