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motivationandengagementwithschoolastheyhadwhentheywerepupils.
Astheybecamemorefamiliarwiththeschoolsettingshowever,theyalso
seemedtobecomemoreunderstandingoftheexperiencesofothersandmore
resilientinthemselves.Inaverypersonalreflectioninherjournaltowardsthe
endoftheyearforexample,Violetwrote,
Ihavecometorealisethatmanyofmypupilswillcometoschoolwithbaggagewhich
canmaketheirstartmuchmoredifficult.FrommyownstrugglesIhavedevelopedasense
ofempathyforthepupilswhodonotcopewell...theshowmustgoon.
Learningfromteachers
Hostteachersplayedasignificantpartinbridgingthedividebetween
theparticipants’personalexperiencesandthoseoftheirpupilsbyhelpingto
broadentheconceptoftheroleoftheteacher.MrsM.forexamplehad
aprofoundinfluenceuponIris’understandingoftheteacher’sroleinanarea
ofveryhighsocio-economicchallenge.
...everyTuesdayafternoonMrsM.visitedthehomesofstudentsandfuturestudents.
Sheexplainedthatshevisitshomestoprovidehelpwithhomeworkandtohelpparentsfilling
inapplicationformsfortheirchildrentoattendschool.Theseparentsdon’thavetheskillsto
dosothemselves.
Thisextracthighlightsthevaluethatexposuretoanunfamiliarcontext
providedforIrisintermsofhelpingherseethemultifacetedandhighly
complexroleoftheteacher.
Theteachersalsohelpedtheparticipantsgainpracticalinsightand
knowledgeintermsofactually!being’intheclassroomandunderstandingthe
natureofteaching.LikeIris,Rosebegantoseehow!teaching’wasnotasimply
adidacticactivity,butratheraninterplaybetweenindividuals,witheach
dependentupontheother.Shewroteinherjournal,
...theydonotsimplyteachwhateverlessonorskillneedstobetaught,theyimmerse
themselvesintheclassroomandactasafacilitatoroflearning,whochangesandadapts
theirplanstofittheneedsofthechildren.Theyareaguidetolearning,whothemselvesare
guidedbythepupils’abilitiesandskills.
Asecondkeylearningarearelatedtoplanningandpreparationfor
teaching,notonlyasanecessaryactivity,butalsoasameansthroughwhich
