My class had there last session with me today, I went see F&J (Furniture and joinery Trainer)to see if he could show my students some of the projects they could make if they decided to enrol in the 1 year furniture and joinery course after completing MS (multiskills).
After some discussion about how we could get more of these multiskills graduates into the furniture joinery courses, he mentioned he had been thinking and working on a coffee table that would be ideal for the MS program.
I asked F&J if he could bring it into the class to show my students before they left for the day. 5 minutes later F&J walked into the rowdy class with the coffee table. Instantly without saying a word 80% of students settled down and made a bee line for the coffee table. That was it! The look on the students faces said a million words. Right there and than within 30 seconds of the table coming into the workshop i had made up my mind I need to work with F&J to create a prototype for my next intake of multiskills students.
I have had to put myself in the "FLIP FLOPS" of my students........Only than have i rediscovered the passion in the art of pedagogy. This blog is a reflective journal that will detail Development, Planning Implementation and Evaluation on the 2 new projects. 1. Letter box 2. Coffee table
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