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I lecture in special needs at a university. I'm standing in for a colleague for the next few months. These students of mine are going into a caring profession and it's essential they have a good understanding of how to work with children with SEN.
Unfortunately there's a group of them in the lectures who talk, laugh, whisper throughout my entire lecture. I know this may sound pathetic, but despite being so much older than them, I find it really intimidating.
I think I may have a touch of imposter syndrome. I need your advice on how to deal with this. SEN has been my passion for 40 years now, and the majority of my students are engaged. This group is distracting to other students, but as I say, also extremely intimidating to me. Because I'm only standing in for my colleague, I don't feel I can go to their superior to discuss the issue - it doesn't feel serious enough, they're just being a pain in the arse.
I need to find a way around it, it actually had me in tears I'm embarrassed to say. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with them and giving myself a bit of confidence?
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Baleena · 16/10/2018 19:17
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