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Teacher support groupsListen to the audio

Sharing problems and knowledge with other teachers
 The challenge
 
Teachers need each others’ support, guidance and encouragement
 


"Basic materials for work are not available... text books are inadequate.. so we want to find a way of helping one another by sharing ideas." Obed Adom, President of "Arts Teachers Association", Ghana

 
   
 Some solutions 
By meeting as a group teachers can support each other professionally.
 


"It’s about teachers coming together, sharing the problems that you experience in the classroom, carrying the ideas from one another and going back to implement, or correct what you think you are not doing properly. It can happen within the school or with teachers from other schools, and it benefits teachers a lot." Nunu Ncube, Open Learning Systems Education Trust, South Africa.

 
   
 What teachers have said 
Support groups are motivating and allow teachers to reflect on their approach to teaching and take ideas back into the classroom.
 


" The great thing is that you don’t just get one solution, you get a diversity, and you can select which would work best for your classroom situation, and that’s good because you actually have that opportunity to say ‘no - this works and that doesn’t!’ " Fathima Bismillah, teacher trainer, South Africa.

 

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