Teacher+Reflection

Teacher Reflections
Jodie and Liz's reflection on creating a fictional narrative from the perspective of an asylum seeker.

Bad- Factual research - finding the real facts behind asylum seeker's journeys Real life accounts to use as a basis lack detail It's hard to fill the gaps and make it up as you dont' want it to become subjective or give an inaccurate perspectiv Not enough research done by us beforhand - time factor Lack of world knowledge Using secondary resources

Good - Working with guiding questions Having the assessment piece done and using the inquiry question gave us good direction We created the resource with the end student product in mind Collaborating rather than alone

Ron Beginning of unit - used the analagy of students going on holidays. Other students interviewed them and this provided a good link between migrants and travelling somewhere. The questions that students ask will formulate the retrieval chart they use for interviewing a migrant. This proved to be successful. A reflection is that students had their fixed questions and were not as skilled at listening to an answer and formulating a new question on the spot. They wanted to stick to their planned questions. Students were able to reflect on which questions were effective and which weren't.

Lizzy Have discovered that some students have fixed opinions on migrants. I used a clip from Gruen Transfer about boat people. Students reflected on the clip and one commented that maybe they shouldn't listen as much to their parents! They seemed to have a shift in perception and displayed some empathy based on the persuasive nature of the clip. []

//Helen// //I love the clip from the Gruen Transfer. You might also want to look at the following link which explores the common myths about asylum seekers:// []