Training in Zaza Sector

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The last two days have been very tiring but a lot of fun. I did run a work shop for 30 teachers from 15 different schools at Zaza A. The drive to the school was horrible, as the road was very hard and bumpy and I did feel every movement of the motorbike in my whole body. Having that 2 hours every day for 2 days is certainly not great fun and I could have easily resistet.
But the training itself was just so nice!!! It is always funny when I arrive, as the teachers do look at me as if they want to say:'Who are you?' 'What's gonna happen today?' 'Do we really have to speak English all day long?' 'Will it be a long day?' 'Can we hide and just say nothing?' 'Are you going to speak fast?' 'Will you show us things that are irrelevant for our country?'
But after I introduce myself they always start to relax and latest half an hour later they do have a huge smile on their face and absolutely love it.
I think we are always a good team and I enjoy every single minute.
Training is great fun!!! It is one of the things that really do make me understand what I am here for.

Zaza is so very pretty and reminds me of home.

We talked about our brain, the different senses and how we can involve them into teaching. The teachers learned a lot about different learning styles (VAK) and why it is important to involve different senses and activities into teaching. Afterwards they worked in groups. They had to think about what kind of activities they use while they are teaching and what they can do to enhance the learning of pupils with different learning styles.

The teachers are not used to do group work. But they enjoyed it very much. Afterwards they discussed about the value of group work and why it is good to let the pupils do group work. Nice!!!

This is just next to the school. It looks somehow like at Ham House. I love it.
I hope you are having a great time, whereever you are.
xxx Tina

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