Lamiya Motiwala
Finding the rules that make a lesson work
- Role
- Teacher
- Programme
- PgCTL, studied during the pandemic
- Takeaways
- Lesson planning, questioning techniques, technology for teaching from home
Lamiya was teaching from home through the pandemic, without a training grounding to plan or question from. Studying PgCTL gave her a lesson-planning method she calls simple to follow, a footing in learning theory and questioning, and the command of technology the moment demanded.
A few basic rules.
Lamiya Motiwala introduces herself as a student of PgCTL. She chose it, she says, for the clarity it offers, and she found each module explained in an explicit manner. Lesson planning is the part she describes most warmly. The course, she says, “has made it so easy, so smooth and it’s magical. By just following a few basic rules, you can deliver a good lesson.”
My basics are clear and my roots are stronger.
Lessons delivered from home.
She goes through the other modules one by one. On learning theories, she says it is extremely important for a teacher to understand a child’s psychology before teaching in the classroom. Questioning techniques matter, she says, for “a very communicative classroom setup”. Then technology. “In the current pandemic situation, every teacher has to be tech savvy,” she says, so that lessons can be delivered from home, and the programme helped her upgrade herself for that. The last module she names is reflective teaching. “Teaching had so many aspects, I have learnt now,” she says.
