What is this soldering iron for?

Stardate 1 mach 2009-03-02
Inspection and more
I was inspected this week yes again. It went ok but it was suggested again that I ask more questions.
It’s difficult to ask questions for the sake of asking questions. I feel an idiot holding up a soldering iron and asking does anyone know what this is. But if it’s required to improve an inspection patronising and dumb questions I will ask. I understand that I’m required to check learning. It’s more important to be seen to be to be doing it than merely knowing that a learner knows the basics. I prefer to check on learning in a 1 to 1 situation when the learner attempts the new skill they are more likely to have questions. Watching a demonstration just shows the method the skill of the task comes with trial and error. I’m becoming more confident in inspection as I finally feel I have a handle on what’s required. The actual inspection the watching me teach part, I’m usually too busy to do anything especially for the inspection it’s the nature of the class. Was also commented that my lesson plans need to reflect the actual things I do, to listen to the instructions and advice I was given I think I need to make the plan more like a sales pitch which is good from one viewpoint and bad from another. Yes it reflects the lesson accurately tells the story of the session, but I can’t help but feel these are things that all teachers do as a matter of course and as a plan that I feel is predominantly for my use and benefit. For the driving test I throw my head around so the inspector sees me check the mirrors but in reality if I’m off sick the lesson is cancelled. So I will add all this stuff but I will state it’s purely for show. What else E registers are going to be a problem I can sense it. More later...