TASK 1: Critical Incident Analysis Task

Think back on your experiences as a pre-service teacher in the first semester. Did anything outstanding happen? Analyze an event of your choice critically and reflect on it. Post this to your blog. After that, visit your classmates’ blogs; choose 2 peers’ posts related to this task and comment on them.

Details of the task: 

Choose a critical episode: for example, students continually arriving late, students talking during class discussions.
• Describe the incident:
when and where it happened (time of day, location and social context)
 what actually happened (who said or did what)
what you were thinking and feeling at the time and just after the incident.

• Interrogate your description as follows.
Why did this incident stand out?
What was going on? Were there different levels of behavior or activity? or Did I bring personal bias or a particular mindset to the event? Could I have interpreted this event differently from another point of view? What can I learn from this episode? What can I do to progress a resolution of the problem(s) it suggests?

• Find a friend or teacher to: share your account of the episode, to discuss your interpretation

 Modify your analysis, where necessary, in the light of peer suggestion, advice, and perspective.

• Where appropriate, you may want to compare your analysis with the views of other key people involved in the episode (students, your cooperating teacher or other pre-service teachers)

• Don't mention any school names or teacher full names. 

In addition to these points, you are welcome to elaborate on the points which are not listed above. 

Before you write your analysis, please read the detailed information and examples about critical incident analysis here.

DON'T FORGET TO LABEL YOUR POST AS "TASK 1"!

WRITE YOUR POST TITLE AS "CRITICAL INCIDENT ANALYSIS".

Due: March 7