Teaching Practice

Teaching is carried out for Class 8 (M.2), with the topic of Nutrition

Learning Objectives

1. Students will understand the importance of proper nutrition for energy, growth, and disease prevention.

2. Students will identify the six main nutrients (water, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals) and their roles in the body.

3. Students will explore how the human digestive system processes food and absorbs nutrients, linking theoretical concepts to real-life functions.

Tools: Laptop, Canva, Projector, LCD, Board

Key Activities

Opening: (ENGAGE)

1.  Teachers use questions about students' eating habits (e.g., "What did you eat for breakfast?") to create an engaging introduction.

2. Objectives for the lesson are clearly outlined, focusing on the role of food and digestion in maintaining health.

Core Activities:

3.  Give the student a PowerPoint slides and educational videos (e.g., digestion and nutrients) introduce concepts interactively. Visual and Interactive Learning. (EXPLORE)

4.  Students works in a group, collaborate to complete worksheets related to nutrient sources and the digestive process using books and online resources. (EXPLORE)

5.  Class Discussion: Groups present their findings, followed by a Q&A session to deepen understanding. (EXPLORE)

6.  Practical Application: Students connect the information they get to their experience before (ELABORATE)

Closing: (EVALUATE)

7. The teacher summarizes the topic, emphasizing the functions of nutrients and the significance of the digestive system.

8. A short quiz (game) serves as a formative assessment to evaluate students understanding

The total time for 1 credit is 50 minutes, that divided into:

Opening: 5 minutes

Core: 35 minutes

Closing: 10 minutes 

In teaching practices, some strategies used to manage the class are by providing direction on what will be learned, explaining the activities and their objectives clearly so that students know what is expected of them during group work and class discussions. Making rules in games, such as raising hands and shouting out the name of the group to answer. In addition, in learning, i use a group system to make it easier for them to discuss and can encourage them to listen to the explanation and presentation, and hope they will ask questions at the end. Actually, if we do not hesitate and are confident in explaining the rules or learning materials, students will also easily accept the materials and directions given.

In this teaching practice, of course, there are some obstacles, such as language barriers. I always feel worried whether students can accept my explanation or not. However, to minimize miscommunication, I tried the advice of my CT, teacher Beer, to speak slowly. In addition, because of the language barrier, I made PPT materials using pictures to make them easy to understand. Whenever there are obstacles, the most important thing to do is to ask the Cooperating Teacher, such as the teaching schedule system which is different from in Indonesia because there is military service training every Monday in Udonpit, how to use tools in the classroom, and so on. The guidance by teacher Beer was very helpful, he always gave direction and assistance when I was going to do teaching practice 🩷