TESSA: Dealing with Sensitive Issues - Audio: Recent Episodes
The Open University
Teachers' responsibilities extend to dealing with a number of sensitive topics and ensuring that their pupils have the knowledge and skills to cope with difficult situations. In these short dramas teachers encounter a number of incidents: 'Aduja’s Predicament'– potential abuse; 'The Notorious Fighter' - an aggressive pupil; and 'The Chase and Where do Babies' come from - misunderstandings and classroom myths. Each drama poses a dilemma for the listener to discuss.
The clips in this album are designed to be used to support the development of teachers' classroom practice in both formal and non formal learning situations. This material is from the TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) initiative.
This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Two children discuss where babies come from. They are confused by their mothers' replies
Transcript -- Two children discuss where babies come from. They are confused by their mothers' replies
Tunde is always fighting, the teacher has given up on him but Madam Fati talks to Tunde's mother and persuades her to take more interest in her son.
Transcript -- Tunde is always fighting, the teacher has given up on him but Madam Fati talks to Tunde's mother and persuades her to take more interest in her son.
Aduja does not want to go home because her step father is abusive. Her teacher tries to resolve the problem.
Transcript -- Aduja does not want to go home because her step father is abusive. Her teacher tries to resolve the problem.
Ezekiel is too embarrassed to explain menstruation to Njideka and she becomes frightened and runs away. This causes lots of problems in the village which are eventually resolved by Mama Baby
Transcript -- Ezekiel is too embarrassed to explain menstruation to Njideka and she becomes frightened and runs away. This causes lots of problems in the village which are eventually resolved by Mama Baby