Posted by EllaCat:
Transfers are always interesting. I wouldn't necessarily blame the previous teacher for ALL the knowledge gaps you find in a transfer. Sometimes it's a different teaching approach that prioritizes elements of knowledge differently, but sometimes it's just lack of retention by the student, despite the teacher's best efforts. I have a student at the moment, that if she moved to a new teacher they'd think I've done NOTHING with her - but actually, this kid seems to have no short-term memory, and I've been trying my darndest to get [i]anything[/i] to stick. Now when you have several transfers from the same previous teacher and they all have the SAME weaknesses - then you start to learn something more about how the other teacher operated ;)
Transfers are always interesting. I wouldn't necessarily blame the previous teacher for ALL the knowledge gaps you find in a transfer. Sometimes it's a different teaching approach that prioritizes elements of knowledge differently, but sometimes it's just lack of retention by the student, despite the teacher's best efforts. I have a student at the moment, that if she moved to a new teacher they'd think I've done NOTHING with her - but actually, this kid seems to have no short-term memory, and I've been trying my darndest to get [i]anything[/i] to stick. Now when you have several transfers from the same previous teacher and they all have the SAME weaknesses - then you start to learn something more about how the other teacher operated ;)