About Me

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia
I was brought up in a generation that was extremely private so it's quite hard for me to share a profile. I will begin at the beginning. I'm a mature age student in the GDLT at CQU. I am a Registered Nurse who has had 25 years in Nursing. Twenty of those as an Enrolled Nurse. I am often in charge of a 32 bed surgical ward situated at a Hospital in Sydney. I am a mother of four, ages 27, 25, 11 and 4. Grandmother of two. In the back of my mind I've always wanted to be a teacher but the opportunity never came up until now. I am finding this subject ICT extremly exhausting due to the fact that all of the tools I've pretty much never heard of. I have used computers in my workplace to write nursing notes, lookup information including test results, and order clinical tests for my patients but thats the extent of it. I have seen powerpoint presentations many times as you have to keep up with your knowledge in Nursing, however I've never constructed a presentation. While this course has been exhaustive it has also been exhilerating. I look forward to the Journey.

Monday, February 27, 2012

How School Education has changed!

The Journey begins at the start, gathering knowledge and gaining experiences as we move along.
Being a mature aged student when I went to school times were very different.  We were not taught or even encouraged to be interactive.  As long as you weren't disruptive in the class and sat quietly you were seen by alot of teachers to be a "good" student.

Group work was very rare and if there was group work it was very controlled.  Sometimes it's hard to grasp change when you are used to something, when it's been conditioned into you.  I remember we had a relief teacher and she took us outside to sit on the grass under a tree in Autumn amongst the leaves and she let us touch the leaves and write about the leaves. It was an experience that stays with me, unlike the "traditional "type learning experiences.
We are now in a very changed world. I am embracing the changes of the new interactive learning with new technologies, it might take a bit of time  and effort but it's worth it. It's opening new doors already, new ways to learn and understand life.
I'd be interested to hear about other peoples experiences with thier childhood education!
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  1. Sharon DudleyFebruary 28, 2012 at 4:08 AM

    Dear Tracey
    Thankyou for a wonderfully thought provoking blog. I fortunately have many special memories of my teachers who trully wanted to see me suceed, extend myself and reach my full potential. They could obviously see attributes and abilities blind to me, through lact of self belief and in a student of only average academic ability.
    One of my earlist and very fond memories is of my kindergarten teacher. In the mid afternoon when we would be loosing interest and bored we would clear the room (which seem enormous at the time) and she would play classical music. Two pieces of music in particular stick in my mind, Flight of the Bumble Bee and Hall of the Mountain King, we would run around and act to the music. Music has always been a part of my life and now also in my childrens lives. The experience enriched my feelings for music and allowed me to fully appreciate and enjoy it.
    Being the same generation as your self, my experiences of teaching styles and what constituted a good student are very similar but I was lucky to have some very special teachers.
    I sadly also got to see some of the very worst bullying too, and the worst was by a teacher. I am extremely thankful for changes in addressing bullying issues and the open awareness it now has.

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    1. Tracey - Slideshow images with compliments of photobucket slideshowMarch 1, 2012 at 4:09 AM

      Thankyou so much Sharon for sharing your experiences with me. I totally enjoyed reading your comments. I actually dont have any fond memories of classical music as a child at school but as an adult my favorite piece would be vivaldi's four seasons. As I teacher I will be providing my students with musical experiences as I feel it opens up different pathways in the brain.

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