tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081193553920954461.post2603746936557568279..comments2023-03-07T05:21:48.162+13:00Comments on 21st century me: What's in a name?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081193553920954461.post-61891046733111802742015-02-11T07:24:36.687+13:002015-02-11T07:24:36.687+13:00Well, Mr Gilmore, I always encourage my (tertiary)...Well, Mr Gilmore, I always encourage my (tertiary) students to call me by my given name, but a few years ago I realised that was creating problems for some of my international students who weren't so comfortable doing so. So I explcitly say at the start of each class that I prefer "Deborah", but I'm fine with them using my title and family name if that's easier for them. It's about making it easy for the students to approach me. I think that using my given name also emphasises that we are learning together, not just me up front teaching and them silently writing notes and "learning". (Scare quotes because I think that very little learning goes on with that style of teaching.)<br /><br />A bit different at school level, perhaps? I wonder if using teachers' given names might be much easier for little new entrants and for many primary school children, while a more formal approach might be better at secondary school.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081193553920954461.post-19985688666437071492015-02-10T21:56:47.375+13:002015-02-10T21:56:47.375+13:00Oh dear, my comment was published twice for some r...Oh dear, my comment was published twice for some reason and when I deleted one copy of it... both disappeared. Here it is again: I am not sure how I feel about students calling teachers by their first names. It doesn't really sit well with me. At our school our teacher aides like to be called by their first names, while our teaching and admin staff are all addressed as Miss/Mrs/Mr. I know a number of schools who find first names work really well for them though. So Mr Gilmore, can I ask a (hopefully not disrespectful!) question? How do you pronounce Bede? I'm a stickler for getting names right ;).<br /><br />Mrs Watkins aka BridgetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081193553920954461.post-62945051718436499202015-02-10T21:48:49.342+13:002015-02-10T21:48:49.342+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com