hello, this Samar Magdy. I would like to share my erience and reflection on this program. in the beginning i would like to express my happiness and gratitude for being selected to praticipate in the program. before i come here i had my plan to get the most of the program because I know it is my best chance to improve my skills as a teacher and as a faculty member. my goal is to spend each day i have here to learn something new and even if it is not new i would like to observe differnt form classes or our country. my notice from the beginning of the classes is that we are like starting from the beginning. it is like building a pyramid so you have to start with the basics so we can build on it to reach the top which i hope that i could reach during this program.
starting with the theortical part is important for me because i used to teach as a way of improvision and i haven't studied theories and i didn't even know they were there. so i kind of interested in learning those theories. however, the most important thing for me is how to apply those methods in my classes or adapt them.
the first week we spent here was really tough especially after the long flight that we had and the next morning we had to get up at 7am in order to be to start the program. but i enjoyed the cultural activities that we had. the classes i attended with Christina and Gaven we pretty intrersting some of the topics are familiar others were new espcially for the Kahoot and how to use it the classroom was really fun and enjoyable. Also, there was a class with Christina that i loved about how to teach pronuication, i was happy to learn those new activities. most of them were new to me. the most intersting classes i had with Mathewin the second week, i liked the way of teaching it keeps me engaged and fouced all the time.
in the second week we had the class observation with different teachers and professors. actually i didn't get the benefit with most of them espeially those are not in teaching. i know we have to experiece other ways of teaching but for example, there was a lecture to a professor about the disabilities, it was kind of long talk and a typical kind of a lecture. while on the other hand, i attened a lecture with David in career counsling it was pretty cool. i don't know anything about career counsling but i was engaged and involved in the lecture because of his way of teaching.