My name is Sara Ross and I am currently doing MA (Hons) Education at the University of Dundee. I come from the island of Cyprus and have wanted to be a teacher since the age of five. My parents are both teachers, so in a way I think their enthusiasm for their career inspired me. And I think it was also due to the fact that I loved being at school- especially in Primary. Often times, after school I would come home and teach my imaginary class what my teacher taught me that day. I’d mimic her teaching methods and write on my own little laminated “whiteboard”, correcting the pupils who answered wrongly and praising the ones who answered correctly. I knew I wanted to be a teacher when I grew up and that desire never dimmed throughout my years of study at school. It was only in the latter years of my education, when I volunteered in various primary grades, and also through taking a Sunday School class, as well as babysitting occasionally, that I realised I liked working with children and helping them learn new things and decided I’d prefer to teach Primary rather than Secondary.
Being an undergraduate in this Primary Education course means that I can now learn how to be an effective teacher and gain the knowledge and expertise when it comes to teaching. So far I’m enjoying learning about the professionalism of teaching as well as the psychological aspects of how children develop in their thinking skills and ways in which this is relevant in the classroom. I like the fact that teaching is an ever-changing learning process where the teacher is always seeking to improve their methods and willing to learn new concepts for the benefit of the children they work with. My goal, as an undergraduate, is to work towards being a teacher who puts the needs of the children first, helping them in their learning journey and being a positive role model whilst maintaining order in the classroom. I want to be a teacher who inspires children to enjoy learning the way my teachers inspired me…
