My Magic Hat Series May---New Teachers at XJTLU

In this episode, we invited teachers who are new to teaching at XJTLU to ask them what their experience has been like so far in their new roles.  For this episode we wanted to know what realizations these teachers have had in their first few semesters here at XJTLU and get some advice for new teachers starting next year. 

Here are some of the topics we covered:

• Why they became a teacher

• Why teaching a topic makes you a better expert

• The importance of cultural differences in learning

• Changing power dynamics in the classroom

• Why professional development is important

• Self-care as a new teacher

Guest Speakers of the Episode (from left to right):

Anirudha Poria,

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics 

Kaizhe Xu 

Assistant Professor, Department of Communications and Networking 

Wenmin Zhao 

Teaching Fellow, Institute of Leadership and Education Advanced Development 

Host:

Rebecca Wakelin, Educational Developer, Educational Development Unit