For the report we were asked to provide i based my on teaching within the photographic industry, and as primary research i have the opportunity to do some work experience in and art department in Stockton Riverside College.
To start when i was planning out my report i knew i wanted to base it on teaching in colleges because i have always been interested in it, and i went and phones my old tutor from college to see if i would be able to come in and do some work experience when someone i know mentioned about work experience for primary resources. This is exactly what i did and it just happened that she allowed me. Word cant describe how i felt, it was over joyed due to the fact that i had the opportunity to do something i have never done before and i got to learn about teaching in a college. The main reason that i had to keep remembering is that my report was based upon teaching photography in a college based environment and i had to base my experience on photography.
I did my work experience in February 2015 at Stockton Riverside College, i started in the tuesday and finished on the friday, and i have got to say it was one of the best experiences i have done. Throughout the week i got to help around the classes, offer some advice, have tutorials with the students, practice university interview with one the students as well as do some photography with them and show them my work too.
This was a jam packed week. The one thing that i felt like i achieved was on the communication with the students because i am not that much older than them and they understood that i was a member of staff and respected me for that, but i could also talk to them as though they were adults. I had the opportunity to teach one of the classes and do some photography with them, giving them tips on what to look for like how the light sits on objects and how to present their wok.
Not only did this work experience give me evidence through teaching photography but it also gave me the opportunity to produce some questionnaires about photograph;y teaching and this gave me another set of primary research that i could refer back to in my report.
This experience has given me the opportunity to put to use skills that i have never really used whilst being a student at college, although i am professional when it comes to business like my job as warden and student ambassador, this opportunity allowed me to play a role in the work experience that gave me an opportunity to teach the students bait about my knowledge and understanding of different subjects and share with them some of my experience whilst being out in the working environment, because they would be there soon too.
Whilst there teaching about photography, this experience has made me more enthusiastic about becoming a teacher and i feel like this is where my next step once finishing university is to go, even though i will still keep producing photographs as i love photography and the general history and equipment used in it.
I feel like this work experience has helped me most definitely, it has help me have a better understanding of how funding within the college has an impact on what can be taught and how it is taught as equipment is quite expensive but i feel like colleges should still use photography as many students have very nice iPhones and other phones.
This experience has given me and insight into how the college environment works on a tutor aspect as i have now had the opportunity to view it from both side.
It has given me the opportunity to collect primary research for this report and gave me an insight into what others think of photography.
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