Ask any teacher about a “bad lesson” and they are likely to recall how despite careful preparation, sometimes things did not go to plan.
When this happens – and it will happen – it can be hard to take. Julian Stanley, chief executive at the Education Support Partnership, says that teachers “tend to report feelings of disappointment, sometimes failure and concerns about whether they would be able to manage a class again after a difficult lesson”.
There are many reasons why a lesson can go badly. Technology can break down, it might be behaviour, or you might just inherit difficulties from a previous lesson, so the class may arrive in a challenging mood. Or if you yourself have just had a challenging lesson you could inadvertently pass on your own emotions.
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