Moving into Season 3 of SEAMC, the elephant in the room was dealing with student’s disappointments as they were not able to participate in their SEAMC rounds. The biggest challenge was that many of them were beginning to lose motivation in the training course as rounds were being cancelled due to the Coronavirus.
LO4 – Showing perseverance, resilience was demonstrated as I tried to help students maintain their motivation even without any further rounds simply through the enjoyment of the mathematics explored. Even though some were beginning to quit the program or simply be absent from training sessions, those that stayed still needed me to run the sessions and did get something out of them due to my perseverance.
