Are We Experts?
I’m currently planning an INSET session for September based around the notion of expertise in teaching and learning. My plan is simple - a presentation about what we mean when we talk about expertise in the context of being a teacher, before giving faculty groups time to reflect on what expertise looks like in their own contexts - what would they prioritise or reject from the suggestions below, and what would they add? Here then is my first rambling attempt at an outline structure - I’d welcome any comments from the twitter-sphere for improvement. What is expertise? I’ll start by suggesting a definition of expertise based on having the ability to quickly see the underlying structures of whatever domain the expertise resides. An expert in baroque music then, would be characterised by their capacity to listen to a piece and quickly identify elements of form or style that are typical or otherwise of the genre; they’d be able to identify and consider what is conventional or typical, and w...