Bila Ku Renung - As I Ponder

 Do we teachers know our weakness in our teaching? I am sure most of us do not think that we have weaknesses in our teaching. Have we ever done any self check lately? What about self evaluations. Here I would like to share a few tips that I manage to get from an article published in the net "How to Find Your Weakness as a Teacher" by Suzanne Capek Tingley, Veteran Educator, M.A. Degree. Here are 4 tips given. Utilise another set of eyes : - All the time we are only focusing at the students we are teaching. There was never an instant when there are other eyes looking at us besides our students. When you have someone knowledgeable sitting at the back of our classroom while we are teaching, would be a very good way of having another eyes looking and evaluating us. In one instant a teacher invited a veteran and respected teacher to sit behind the class and observe him teaching. At the end of the lesson this was what the veteran commented "You presented a very good lesson to

Positive emotions are important for a good relationship. Positive emotions forge strong connections with others by breaking down the wall, barriers and boundaries separating us from others.  By broadening attentions in ways that help us see ourselves as less important or distinct from others we will be able to create all kinds of relationships. The more you kindle positive emotions or feelings in a relationship the more connected and happy you feel. Sharing and spreading positive emotions to others via 'Emotional Contagion' is a perfect move in getting a good relationship amongst people. Positive emotions is complex and it happens below the level of our consciousness  Lets talk about it further in detail. Positive emotions happens when we have the tendency to copy or synchronise our facial expression, vocalisation, postures and behavior with those around us. This action may result in us taking on other's emotional landscape. Being sensitive to the emotional environment may