February 28 - March 4, 2022
Today, February 28, 2022, Monday, we had an observation in the class of our Cooperating Teacher. Her two morning sessions show a big difference in terms of number of attendees, active participants, level of thinking and reasoning skills. I was amazed that the first-year students are always more active where they don't hesitate to speak and open their camera up to the end of the session while the third-year students are the opposite of them, but even though they are inactive and hesitant, when someone speaks their explanations are better and well organized.
As well, this week from Tuesday to Friday is the schedule of writing our first lesson plan. As I wrote it, I thought Bayanihan is only about moving the Nipa house into another place. I know it’s right but this idea is so simple that even when I grew up, that’s the only idea I know. As I read about it, it said that it's a Filipino way of group work. Meaning to say as long as people are working together towards a shared cause is already called Bayanihan such as the community pantries that happened during this Coronavirus pandemic, painting a school, cleaning up an area and much more.
During my observation, I can relate to the students that when the professor asks someone to read a context a lot of students want to speak, but when the teacher asks for their insight, the atmosphere will instantly change. This is because some students are used to reading the context only without understanding. As a future elementary educator, I need to focus not only that they can be able to do the 3 R's of education which reading, writing, and arithmetic but also they must able to comprehend every text.
Reference:
Ang G. (1979). The Bayanihan Spirit: Dead or Alive? Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/29791626
Tagalog L. (2002). Bayanihan. Retrieved from https://www.tagaloglang.com/bayanihan/
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