What are the coping skills for the unstructured defense session of teacher recruitment interviews?

1. Questions related to educational theory

The examiner’s questioning here may involve teaching objectives, key and difficult points in teaching, teaching methods, and the design intention of the teaching links. Relatively speaking, this kind of question is relatively straightforward and does not have many hidden questions. The examiner mainly wants to understand your basic theory and your grasp of the content you are talking about. For example: What is the focus of your lesson? Why do you set this content as the focus? When answering, just use concise language to explain the question clearly.

2. Issues related to the teaching process

The examiner’s questioning methods here are more flexible and diverse. Generally speaking, they mainly have the effect of teaching link setting intention and teaching preset. , Errors in the teaching process. Questions about setting intentions in teaching sessions generally ask about the design intentions for a certain link. For example: You set up an exercise session during the trial lecture just now. What is the purpose of setting this exercise? When answering, you should base your answer on your own reality. Just state the intention clearly. One thing to note is that you must clearly state the relationship between the link you set and the teaching objectives; questions about the effect of teaching presets are generally based on your trial lectures and ask about the actual teaching of a certain design. Can the preset effect be achieved in the trial lecture? For example: You set up a discussion on XX question in the trial lecture. Do you think such a discussion can achieve the purpose you expected in actual teaching? When answering this kind of question, Please note that you cannot simply answer yes or no, but you must recall the discussion question you set and think about whether your setting is appropriate, because the examiner may ask this question because he feels that your setting is not reasonable enough. , answer according to the actual situation. If it is really inappropriate, you can take this opportunity to come up with a better solution. For example, it will be better to let students discuss in layers; finally, it is about the error problems in the teaching process, that is, in You may have made some intellectual errors in your trial lecture. The examiner will ask you questions during the defense. The main purpose is to see if you really don’t know how to do it or if you made the mistake due to a slip of the tongue or other reasons. For example: Regarding the question just now XX content, can you repeat it again? At this time, you must pay attention, think twice before speaking, and try to seize this opportunity to make up for the mistake just now.

3. Teaching evaluation questions

For this kind of question, the examiner mainly wants to examine the applicant's self-understanding of his or her trial lectures, and examine the suitability of the position through the candidate's answers. For example: What do you think of your trial lecture today? When answering this kind of question, it is recommended to answer from two aspects. On the one hand, it is to explain that your trial lecture has basically completed the teaching objectives; on the other hand, due to time constraints and There are some shortcomings in the trial lecture due to factors such as your own stress. For example, if you fail to explain some non-key knowledge points clearly, in short, you must make sure that your trial lecture is complete. Secondly, you must also mention some shortcomings, but try to avoid key points when talking about deficiencies. .

In addition to the above suggestions for various types of defense questions, it is also important to emphasize that no matter what type of question you answer, the tone must be sincere to give the examiner a sense of communication. When answering questions, you should also be careful not to rush when answering questions, think clearly, and summarize your ideas before answering.

I wish you all the best to pass the exam!