This French movie the class describes the relationship between students and teachers, most of the scenes from this movie is taken inside the classroom, because this movie shows on how to handle students specially the students of the other country with different personalities, behavior, nationality, beliefs and culture.

                The movie mostly focused on how Mr. Marin deals with his class that has students with different races and influences, I can really say that every time and everyday that he inters his class he struggles with his students specially those students who are very disrespectful specially Esmeralda and Khumba, they are sit mates and friends and they always interrupt every time Mr. Marin discuss his lessons, they are showing disrespect, they are whispering, they are laughing and doing some other stuffs. The other student who also shows disrespect with Mr. Marin is Souleymen hi is an Islam, he always makes things that will make the classroom discussion interrupted and quarrel with his classmates that has good concentration and focused and sometime he uses his hand to hurt his classmates, even though most of the students show disrespect to Mr. Marin there is still a student who is respectful he is Wei, he is usually very quiet, he is always smiling and he is intelligent and he is a Chinese.

                Mr. Marin had done everything to handle his students, he manage the class well , he uses effective methods of teaching that will make his students learn, he entertains questions and explains well when there is something that his students doesn’t understand, he motivates his students and appreciates them to boast their confidence, but the problem is on the students who are very disrespectful, noisy and don’t want to listen to each other because of their differences that they need a very understanding an patience teacher like Mr. Marin.

                The statement that made me wonder and think is the statement of one student that was told   to Mr. Marin by his student at the end of the year “ I didn’t Learn Anything” in the future  if I will be told by my student the same statement, I think I will ask myself what is the matter with me or my style of teaching and my method then I will ask my student what is the reason why he/she doesn’t learn anything then through my students answer I will find ways where  to begin the changes and improvements for my teaching.

Postscript – Some Random Thoughts on Demonstration

         Demonstration this is a method of teaching in which teachers perform certain activity that learners will imitate. In Demonstrating we must always keep in our mind that we must get and sustain the interest of our audience our demonstration must be clear, focused yet simple, and the most important thing is that we must not hurry our demonstration specially when there are too many important things to be discussed so that we can impart full knowledge to the learners, because when we hurry on demonstrating things we are not actually demonstrating we are just presenting and the worst thing is our learners heard a lot but learn a little. That is why on demonstration we must always bare in mind that even though our learners have a little bit experience on things that we are going to demonstrate but still we must assume that they does not have any knowledge or skill so that our demonstration would have a great result.  

The Art of Questioning

In teaching learning process questioning is important because it is one way of having conversation with the learners and in that you can measure or you will know what  have they learn from the teachers, it is stated that a good teaching also involves good questioning.

In questioning we must consider its types like question that is according to the thinking process and from low level to high level questions, to the type of answers that is needed and the degree of the exploration and values of persons.

Questions have descriptive categories they are The cognitive Memory question this is rage in the low level of questioning because it is just simply recalling things learned, The Convergent Questions this still belongs to the low level questioning because still recalling information that will lead to correct answer, The Divergent Questions this question is in the high level because it encourages students to think and this is applicable to essay type questions the last is the Evaluation which is still on the high level because it requires student to apply their critical thinking and value judgment to answer. A good question is simple, clear, definitive and adaptive to the age, abilities and interest of the learners.

Classroom Management

Classroom Management is a very important thing in teaching and handling learners because we are all aware of the different abilities, attitudes and behavior of the learners. There are approaches that will help teachers in handling classroom management the first approach is the assertive approach this is specific to orientation of the rules and regulations of the classroom and the consequences for disobeying the rules, the second approach is the Business Academic Approach this approach is on organizing and managing students as they engage in academic work, in this approach the teacher must have clear communication with the students specially the standards of the assignments and projects and their absents, this also includes the monitoring of the learners and the feedback of the learners. The third approach is the behavioral Modification approach in this approach teachers must understand the causes of the behavior of learners like what kind of environment they have in their community and their home that shaped them then motivation is applied if there is something that needs to be changed in learners behavior.

Group Managerial Approach this approach is observing the behavior of learners in responding to group and present any problems that might occur specially on the behaviors of the learners.

In classroom management the classroom environment is also needs to be considered the physical environment of the classroom, its intellectual climate and emotional climate that suits to the learners level, the social climate and the emotional climate that meets very learners behavior and personality.

A classroom that has good classroom management is conducive for learning and mental health, learning also becomes interesting and enjoyable under favorable working conditions.

The Seminar

     

      Seminar this way usually happens in a groups and the purpose of this one is to inform, to solve problems or enhance skills and abilities. In preparing a seminar we must consider the topic that will be discussed, the mastery of the facilitator or the speaker of the topic and the skill the speaker that will guide throughout the seminar.

Methods of Teaching

                 Methods of teaching is one of the important element of teaching-learning  process and the choice of teaching method that teachers used depends largely on the information or skill that is being taught and may  also be influence by the students performance.

                The inductive method is the process of learning that starts from what is already known to what needs to be known the utilization of this method has 5 steps the preparation, presentation, comparison and abstraction, generalization and application.

                The Deductive Method is reverse of the inductive in which lessons starts from the specific cases then ends to the wholeness of the cases or study. Deductive Method has four steps the statement of the problem, Generalization, Inference and Verification.

                Project Method this is the practical unit of activity of learners involving the use of physical materials to complete the unit of experience the steps of project method are purposing, Planning, Executing and Evaluating.

Laboratory Method this method of teaching is teaching the learners to investigate problems and conduct experiments in a place called laboratory. This method offers opportunities the learners to get real experiences this also increase the learners interest and provide actual participation in developing the learners skills in using the laboratory equipments.

The Problem method this method is investigating only one case which is common and learners are studying the case exhaustively.

Lecture Method this is the usual way or method that is used in teaching because as I can see this is the simplest method to be performed and because most of the lessons that is being taught is best learned when it is explained by the teachers. This method has two types the Formal an Informal the formal Lecture is that teachers presenting lessons in the class is not interrupted and questions are entertained at the end of the lecture while the informal lecture is that along the way of the lecture conversation between teachers and learners are allowed.

Demonstration Method this method of teaching is simply showing learners what to do and learners just imitate the teachers in demonstration we must get and sustain the interest of our learners, it must be simple and clear, we should not hurry our demonstration and it is important that we must give written materials after our demonstration.

Metacognition Teaching Method this method is teaching the learners to become aware of and control their learning through metacognition process. The steps in metacognition process are planning, deciding, monitoring, evaluating and terminating.

Different Types of Lessons

                

                There are different types of lessons these are developmental lesson, supervised study lesson, review lesson, drill lesson, appreciation lesson and application lesson.

                Developmental lesson is a type of lesson to be learned in which there is new idea presented and then developed, there are two types of developmental lesson the formal which utilizes the deductive and inductive methods then the informal which uses the question and answer or conversational approach. In this type of lesson learners feel satisfaction because they are learning the activities independently.

                Supervised Study Lesson this is the lesson in which the teacher is giving the learners topic to study then the teacher is the one who is supervising under the direction and guidance of the teacher.

                Review Lesson this is the kind of lesson which the teacher is reviewing the past lessons and practice this lesson so that it will be mastered by the students or the students will deeply understand it.

                Drill Lesson this lesson is applicable in the outdoor activities because this develops the performance and the degree of particular skills learners possess, the guidelines to be observed in the drill lesson are motivation, focalization, repetition and attention and application.

                Appreciation Lesson this is the lesson where learners appreciate the lessons that was presented in a way of letting them to work their self to appreciate the lesson more.

                Application Lesson this is the lesson of applying whatever the learners learned in the classroom discussions, this type of lesson is used in the practicums and problem solving.

TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

                This is the classification scheme categorizes a wide range of learning outcomes into more manageable clusters that share some common dimension. This has 3 classifications the cognitive domain, affective domain, and psychomotor domain.

                The cognitive domain emphasize the mental skills and intellectual learning of learners and their ability and skills in solving problem tasks, this is performing tasks and recalling the previous learning and matching it into new acquired learning and then synthesizing bodies of learned information.

                The affective domain this domain is more on the emotional side of the learners, their behavior and the way they manage  their emotions, this is how they encompasses their likes, dislikes, altitudes, values and belief with others.

                The psychomotor domain this is the domain that deals on the physical ability and skills of learners this interprets the learner’s ability to perform of motor act.

Lesson Plan and Creativity Lesson Plan

               

                Lesson Plan is a very important tool for teacher, this serves as the teacher’s guide in every lesson that the teacher is going to tackle. Lesson plan includes the aims and objectives of the teacher for the subject matter or lesson that they are going to present to the learners.

                A good lesson plan must have a good objective for the learners that will motivate them to learn the lesson, a developmental content has validity, significant balance, self-sufficiency, interest, utility, learning ability and feasibility to help the student learn more about the lesson, the procedure of the teacher in presenting the lesson must have effective methods to take the attention of the learners to learn, and at the end the teacher must have some activity or assignment to measure or to examine whether the learners have learn.

                In creating a creativity lesson plan the teacher must have adequate knowledge of the subject matter, knowing the nature of its learners, familiarity with the variety of teaching strategies and different methods, materials and teaching aids and devices that will facilitate the teaching-learning process and through understanding of the objectives that relate to thrust of the Philippine education.

Unit Plan

               Unit plan shows the long-range goals and are means of organizing various aspects of the course or subject in which the study or lessons focus, this also serves as the basis for developing a set of related daily teaching plans and educational activity.

                Unit plan is composed of 5 parts the objectives this can be behavioral or non-behavioral it depends on the teachers strategies, Content this is the lesson or subject of your discussion or activities skills the  possible skills that will be acquired or used during the lesson, learning activities this are possible activities in the classroom in which learners will enjoy and at the same time learn effectively, resource and materials this are your references or the things that you are using to add the motivation and learning will be effective

Instructional Planning

               Instructional planning is the ability of the teacher to visualize and forecast what teaching-learning process all about is. There are two types of planning the mental planning and formal planning,

                Mental planning is the response of the teacher to a sudden event or situations and the Formal planning this is the usual things that teachers do, this is doing activities in an organized and very well set way which is carefully planned.

                In making instructional planning a teacher must also prepare a course study on mapping this serves as a long-range guide for the subject in doing a course study the teacher must consider and identify the details, the content, the concept, the skills and the values to be taught for the entire course.

                Instructional planning is important because it is the presentation of the clear total picture of lesson for the day, week, month, semester or the entire year.

Functions of Teaching

                   

                 In teaching its function includes administering the class, informing and explaining to learners, motivating learners and developing learners attitude and knowledge, there are types of learning’s in which learners can learn effectively these are social learning in which learners learn through its social learning environment and with the people which surrounds them and the observational learning in which learners learn by observing and watching other people this learning needs the learners attention, retention, ability to reproduce the behavior, motivation and reinforcement to learn. There are also several laws of learning the law of readiness this is the need for motivation and preparation of learners mind-set, the law of exercise this is practicing the learners mind to master what he learns and the law of effect this is characterized by the responses, which are followed by satisfying after effects to be learned and repeated.

Cognitive Learning

               Cognitive learning this is our intellectuality of knowing and thinking, this is also the study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak and solve problems.

                Learning new information results in modification of memory, especially when we are learning through our experience. There are 7 comprehension skills that we  can develop as learners, these are analysis, focusing or scanning, comparative analysis, narrowing, complex cognitive, sharpening and tolerance this skills are used when we are in the middle of solving problems.

                Weinstein and Mayer proposed that learners also have 7 thinking strategies that will develop more our intellectuality and mental capacity they are the basic rehearsal, complex rehearsal, Basic elaboration, complex elaboration, complex organizational, Comprehension monitoring and Affective.

Principles of Learning

                

               

                From this topic I learned that learning is most important thing in teaching-learning process that in learning process the teachers must consider the different levels of the learners to make the learning more efficient also the teachers must consider the readiness of the learners to learn because when the learners are ready their response in learning is active and it would be more easier for them to gain knowledge.

                Motivation plays a great role in learning because through motivation learners’ attention are being focused on the subject. There are two types of motivation the extrinsic motivation in which learners are motivated because of the reward or punishment and the most effective motivation because the learners are motivated through its own desires to learn and gain knowledge.

Charactiristics of Learning

 During the discussion of this topic I learned that learning is fundamental, interactive and developmental and it is not just us who are growing and developing our learning is also developing by using it.

                I also learned the different factors of learning and one of it is feedback or knowledge of result and this is important because through feedback we are able to enhance our knowledge and it also serves as reinforcement.

                I also learned that there are several ways to improve our studying techniques and make it more efficient for learning that we must firstly be motivated to study our lessons and make it as a practice and in studying it would be more easier for us to understand our lessons if we will study it part by part and it is important for us to adopt this ways to learn more achieve higher grades

Meaningful Learning Theory

               

                 From this topic I learned that we are relating our newly acquired learning to what we already know to make it meaningful for us, I learned that there are concepts related to meaningful learning and this concepts are helping us to develop more our learning ability specially on relating prior knowledge to newly acquired knowledge.

                I also learn from this topic the different conditions of learning and one of this is Motivation and it is the condition that influences the behavior and gives direction to conditions of learner, that every person has different kinds of needs regarding motivation it can be physically or psychologically.  

                There are also cause of forgetting and one of the most common cause that I know is the disuse because it is very particular with the students, we students never use the learnings we acquire in school that is why we forget it.

                We need to always put in our minds that learning is not just a mere acquisition of knowledge but it also includes remembering and applying the learning we acquire so that it will always retain in our minds.

Information Processing

From the discussions of the topic about the information processing I learned how the information was processed in our brain. It first enters into the sensory registers were information was received and was being stored for a very short period of time for processing and forwarding to the next stage of process the Short-term Memory this is the one who hold the limited amount of information and is responsible in organizing it for storage or discarding and connecting it to other informations stored in the Long-term Memory it is the last stage of processing information where informations being forwarded is stored for a long period of time and is free to be rehearsed, retrieved and connecting this to other information for future use.

 I also learned the three theories of learning and how to apply this for classroom teaching the first theory is the cognitive learning theory which focuses more on the memory of the learners and the other two theories the Information processing theory and the commulative learning theory they are more on the application for proper teaching and imparting knowledge to the learners. 

Behavioral Theories of Learning

   
       On this lesson I learned the different types of learning strategies for students and the elements that will affect their learning like the environment, their performances and the reinforcements that was applied to students for better learning. Conditioning students to learn is not that easy because students have different ways of learning styles, behaviors, attitudes and personality that the teacher must adjust.

        Also maintaining a good environment for learning is important because this will affect the learning conditions of the students and their performance in learning their lessons. Reinforcement is important especially in motivating and making your students focus on learning their lessons and studying and gaining good performance in school. Praising learners is also one way of giving students confidence and motivates them to learn and to participate in school. The thing that must be avoided is discriminating your students because this may affect their learning conditions and may cause them to be disappointed by themselves and avoid participating in any activities but some students also take discrimination on positive part and use it as a challenge to change their behavior in learning.

Learning

     The first reporter discuss about learning and I learn that learning is defined as modification of behavior through experience, I also learn the nature of learning and its approaches the experimental which is to find out the nature of learning process and the clinical is to find out the setting and satisfaction of learning situation. The reporter also discuss the theories of learning which is the Behaviorist Theory and it deals with things that can only observed and the organismic and Gestalt and field theories this theory states that a man can learn by his own response we also tackle about Kolb’s research and its cycle of learning, the learning action that without action we can’t learn and without learning there will be no action, the information processing theory and the theories under it.

     Learning is a lifetime process, because every day in our life we learn different things from our experiences, the only constant thing in this world is change and we need to cope with those changes and through it we learn.

What is Teaching?

   

      During the 2nd week I learn what is teaching and this serves as a guide and provides direction in every classroom work conducted by the teacher. We also learn the important elements of teaching the teachers, the learners, the instruction method and the curriculum. Teacher is an important element because they are the one who manage the class, they motivate the student, the serve as the leader, they are our model, our second parent, they are making us aware of the society and they serves as our guidance counselor in all our problems. Learner is also an important element because without them there will be no learners and teachers is useless, the instruction method is the order and delivery of knowledge to the learners it is important to know the teaching methodology and the curriculum is the wholeness of the study and its related activities.

Qualities of a Good and Effective Teacher

    

  

During the first week of our discussion in our lessons we tackle about the qualities that makes a good and effective  teacher, I learn that there are two qualities that a teacher must possess it is the Personal and the Professional Qualities.

The Personal Qualities this is all about the personal being of a teacher how he handles his self like the personal appearance, the pleasing voice, how to show kindness to the students, and being helpful to the students needs specially in learning the lessons.

            The Professional Qualities this is being a professional teacher, as a teacher you must have knowledge on your subject because if you know everything about what you are teaching it is not difficult for you to share your knowledge to your students, the other professional qualities are understand your students and their ways of learning.

            We also watch a video presentations about a teacher, this videos is about the teacher and their role in the life of the students and their capacity to change students life through the simple things that they do. I also learned in the video that it is not just us students who learn from our teachers but they also learn from us.

            This made me realize that whenever we are and whatever we achieve in our life we must always look back to those people who give us lots of learning’s and thank them for everything.

Teacher

 

     Teachers play a very important role in every persons life, they are the one who shares everything that they know to their students. I think the teacher is one of the most important creation God has made and they also received  one of the greatest gift God has given the gift of sharing and teaching, We all know that teaching is not that easy I mean it is not that simple to educate people and to become a developer of a persons life, because without them there will no other professions that is created and there will be no great individuals that exist because the teachers are the one who thought the best Engineers, Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants, Nurses, Police, Politicians, Writers, Artist and Businessmen to be the best that they can be.

     Our teachers were the one who encourage and motivates us to become what we want to be and they are pushing us upwards to reach our goals in life, and they own a capability of changing one persons point of view in life by inspiring us their different experiences in life , they also serve as our second parent that is willing to comfort us and help us in all our problems and making us feel that they are always there when we need them. That is why I thank and salute all of the teachers specially my teachers for inspiring me and making me learn what life is.