Noushiba Wahab
Not in a classroom yet. Already speaking up.
Speaking up before ever standing in a classroom.
- Now
- Aspiring teacher, not currently teaching
- Programme
- PgCTL, three months in at the time of the video
- Next
- High school educator, then college professor
Noushiba was not teaching yet, and had a habit of signing up for things and then dropping them when her confidence gave out. Three months into PgCTL she started acting on her own decisions, and recorded this video without anyone pushing her to.
Sometimes done, often dropped.
Noushiba Wahab describes herself as someone who likes to take part in activities and programmes. Following through was another matter. “The problem was I lacked confidence when it comes to action,” she says. It was friends or family members who motivated her, supported her or pushed her to go through with things. “Sometimes I did it but many times I dropped it due to lack of confidence.”
She had been with Suraasa for three months when she recorded her video, and she offers the recording as proof that something has shifted. “The biggest evidence for that is this video itself,” she says. “This is the first video that I accept with my own will and my own determination.”
I have learnt to become self motivated and my readiness level to accept any challenge has been increased.
Practice without a classroom.
She is not teaching at present. Even so, she says she has been able to apply what she is learning in two of the programme’s five areas of impact. She lists the skills: planning, evaluating, analysing, critical thinking, creative thinking. She has also learnt how to deal with different kinds of learners and how to hold their attention with different technologies and strategies.
For now she applies them at home. When she wants her daughter to do something, she offers a reward, chocolates or some time watching cartoons on her phone. She says it has helped “to develop a friendly relationship with my daughter”. Her brother comes to her for a second opinion when he cannot settle on a decision. She evaluates the decisions he is confused about and suggests what she thinks is a better one. “If he feels it is apt for him, then he accepts it.” He appears in the video to thank her for helping him choose a college, and her father appears to say her confidence has risen.
High school first.
She is clear about where she wants this to go. “Starting with a high school educator leading to a college professor is my ambition, and I’m very ambitious about it,” she says. She hopes Suraasa will “lend a helping hand” in getting there. “This is what has happened till now. I’m looking forward to my future in my career.”
