English teacher, Author of How To Teach Literacy and star of Channel 4’s Unteachables,
Phil Beadle gave an inspirational talk about what teaching entails.
Beadle has written columns in The Guardian
and several books, describing one as "a bunch of columns that nobody read collected in a
book which nobody bought”, which made everyone giggle.
I could see straight away why this man was Teacher of the
Year; the books he’s written and his funny personality would make any child
instantly like him.
He’s just an ordinary man (with a strong Cockney accent) who
has a passion to make his class succeed despite their abilities.
He emphasised three things throughout the talk:
- Always give your students genuine praise
- Have high expectations of them all, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, and
- Never let their behaviour affect your attitude towards them
His audience was filled with new and experienced teachers as
well as students like myself who are interested in this profession. It was a
great event to go to, with lots of laughter, a good discussion and great advice about
teaching.
It was an ideal talk for anyone who wanted to work with
children or in the education sector.
Humairaa Patel
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