Starlit Journey

Teaching Practice

First Teaching

That was a pair teaching with Allison, we nailed it!

Final Demo Teaching

When I was extremely nervous, Ma'am Ave and Ma'am Annie were always smiling at me.. Thanks for the support Ma'am!

Procedures Teaching

I started the lesson with the Indonesian greeting, “Selamat siang,” which means good afternoon. Afterward, there was a brief review of the previous topic. The activity I had previously planned, “Siapakah Aku,” went smoothly. The DIY leaf crown—which was made a few hours before teaching—played a significant role in attracting students' attention. Thanks to Leonile for helping me make it!

When learning history, it should be fun so that students don't get sleepy and bored quickly. Hence, I took the students to the past; we visited Athens, battlefields, and museums to learn about Greek civilization. Nevertheless, learning is still strict with the student-centered method. Students are actively involved in Pagtatalakay, Paglalahat, and Pagpapahalaga sessions so that at the end of learning, students can do the evaluation in the form of 10 multiple-choice questions and conclude well about Greek civilization.

Classroom Management

Classroom management is necessary to create a conducive classroom atmosphere. I try to involve students actively in the learning process. The classroom management that I apply in my class are:

Involving all the students to be active

Sometimes there are only a few students who raise their hands when I invite them to read the PowerPoint slides. The effort I made was to call their names to read the slides in front. So, all students have the opportunity to be active and raise their confidence.

Keeping the class conducive

Allison taught me this clap. Hep Hep Hooray! Whenever I feel that students are no longer listening to me, I will say “Hep Hep” and then students will answer “Hooray!”

Keeping the class in a good mood

I believe the mood of the students will affect their learning spirit. Besides greeting with good afternoon, I close the lesson with a rhyme. Pantun is an Indonesian literary work. Usually, when the first and second stanzas are mentioned, the audience should answer with 'cakep,' but I modified the answer slightly. I told the students to answer with “Eyy.”

Time Management

I only had an hour to do everything from greeting students to giving quizzes. Is an hour enough for it? Unfortunately not...

The first obstacle I faced was the projector preparation, which took quite a while. For the first 10 minutes or so, I was still struggling with a loose HDMI cable that was difficult to connect to my laptop. I tried to be calm and not panic, and finally the slides could be shown in front of the class. The delay at the beginning had a domino effect. I needed to extend the time by about 15 minutes for the quiz for the students.

Problem-Solving

There were two problems when I did the final demo teaching. First, I forgot to bring the speaker even though there was a video to be played. Second, students could not access the quizizz link because there was no network in the classroom. I solved this by explaining the content of the video again. For the link that could not be accessed, I showed the questions through the projector in front of the class.

I also had problems understanding the contents of the araling panlipunan book. Because the book is in tagalog, I always scan the pages with google lens to translate to English. The struggle is REAL. But, with the help of good people, I can overcome all the struggles.