Pedagogy Discovery !!!

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yeah!!! we meet again in my new entry. Because last week I didnt post up, this week im gonna post up 2 entry. For last two week, I was discovered many new thing in pedagogy class. Lets check it up!!!

There are many things that I was discovered by last two weeks in pedagogy class. If you think to be a teacher is an easy job, you re wrong! Why? There are many thing teacher needs to think before start teaching and learning to process. For example, what the student gonna learn and how to attract students to focus on the class. Also in the last class, my lecturer also advised us to have a projector, pointer pen and speaker by our self. These things are used as a teaching aid in the class. Although in every school has this teaching aid, but it is limited. As a teacher we need to try to fulfill the student needed to provide a better and modern teaching and learning process. I’m also discovered that every lesson plan needs to be perfect for each class. Its means that the lesson plan should be discovered in depth. In the lesson plan, we need to put all the things that we as a teacher want to do in the class. For example, the activity after each lesson that used to measure student understanding. In the lesson plan, the objective should be able to be covered with the time stated. Never be too short or long, during teaching and learning to process. In my last entry, I’m already posting the mistakes that usually do during designed the lesson plan. You can check it on my latest entry!

In the last class, I’m also discovered new things about slide show and presentation. Everyone usually thinks that presentation and slide show were easy to create and do. But it needs an appropriate idea when to create the slide show. First, you need to discover who is your audiences, which is included with their age, gender and their interest. When you use a slide show as a teaching aid, you need to create it properly. For example, for the Economics subject we know that student from the upper form will learn it. So you must create it with suitable with their ages. You can't put cartoon images on your slide if you think it can attract the form 4 students. The cartoon picture is suitable for lower form and primary student. Instead of use, picture of European or Asian, you should put pictures of Malaysian because it is related to the real case.

In designing the slide show for teaching and learning process, you must know how to use slides that can attract the student. You must know how to use the slide show excellently. You can use animation or transition. It gives a fun vibe to the student. Also, we can add colorful design to make it more attractive. With the colorful design, it didn’t look bored. Although the slide just you as delivery information, we can put the question to the topic that we cover in that time. During teaching process, the teacher can make student to be active learning rather than just use it as directs instruction. It will also engage the student with the topic that was covered. Never make the slide look dull because it can bring the student mood down.

In conclusion lesson plan and slide show is very important part during teaching and learning to process. We can measure our delivery information or knowledge is successful with it. As an educator to-be, I need to learn and practice to design the lesson plan and slide show to be more attractive and achieve the objectives. We need to be more creative and use critical thinking to burst the idea to bring a better education to the student.

Oh No!!! I need to start thinking what I’m gonna do for my mock teaching... OMG

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Mistakes in Designing a Lesson Plan

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Last week and throughout this week was the busiest week for me. There are many thing that i need to handle beside the assignment, forum and tutorial. I am very busy with the activity club and the program that i involve in it. Also, I am starting to do business in getting experience and gain profit. So for this entry I am gonna write about my reflection on mistake when designing the lesson plan.

Let’s go and enjoy it guys!!!

Do you know what is the lesson plan? I think all the teacher and educator to-be will know about the lesson plan or we call it as ‘Rancangan Pengajaran Harian’. Based on Wikipedia, lesson plan is  a teacher's detailed description of the course of instruction, or 'learning trajectory' for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the needs of the students. So, we know that lesson plan is use as a guide for teacher during teaching and learning process.

To have an effective class during teaching and learning process, we need to have an excellent lesson plan and apply it in the class. Not just make a lesson plan but did not apply it in the class. Such a waste! If you want to be a best teacher never skip or ignore about lesson plan. As i said before, ‘Teacher is NOBLE job’. From what i have learned last week in the pedagogy class, I would write 4 mistake in designing a lesson plan. Lets dig up!

First, the objective that we put in the lesson plan is not actually been apply in the class. In designing the lesson plan we need to think about the objective first. The objective will be a measurement tool in teaching and learning process. If you put 3 objective in the lesson plan for 40 minutes class, you need to make sure that we achieve the objective. Never put the objective that you know it cant be achieve between the times. As a teacher we know either we can achieve it or not.

Next is plannning too much or too little. For the lesson plan we need to be accurate with what we want to teach. Do not squeeze all the topics in the one time. It can not achievable. You can split it between the other time. Its very important for the student to get what we teach. If you plan it too little, we know that it can waste the time. For example, you already done teach in the class and still have 20 minutes before the class end. Its impossible for teacher to give an order to the student to do anything. It is really an appropriate although i know the student will likes it (because I am also a student). Hehehe...

In lesson plan, we need to put learning material that we want to use in the class. We know right how we gonna use the materials in the class. But do not over on material that are gonna be use. Do not put the material just to make it "wow" but we actually do not use it. What we get if we put something that we do not use? It can waste your time to write it. 

Lastly, the student activities. As a teacher we create what the activities that the student will do in the cl;ass in the lesson plan. But the mistakes that we do, is we put the student activities in the lesson plan is not direct and effective ways to the objective that we create in the lesson plan. For example, we teach about supply and demand but we give the activity that do not related with supply and demand. So the student activity is not suitable because it is not based on the objective that we want to achieve. Please do not make activity just to kill the times with the student. The student activity is one of tool in knowing either they understand or not. 

In conclusion, lesson plan is very important in teaching and learning process. We need it as a guidelines. We need to create a lesson plan that we can achieve it and suitable for student. Never make the lesson plan just to give the principal to check it but we need to apply it. 

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3 Types of Pedagogy

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For my reflection 2, I will write about 3 teaching pedagogy or method which I would apply for a Form 4 class. As usual I will explain it with using an example for Economics subject.

First of all, I would like to give a definition of pedagogy. Pedagogy is the method and practices of teaching especially as an academic subject or theoretical subject. There are many type of pedagogy and it was based on 3 school of thought that was explained by me in the reflection 1. Direct instruction, Team based learning, critical thinking, active learning are some example of pedagogy.

Lets go into deep of teaching pedagogy that I would like to apply for Form 4 student. First, I will choose direct instruction as a teaching method in my economics class. Direct instruction is straightforward teaching method or we can also call it as teacher-directed method. It is means that the teacher stand in front of the class and present the subject. But in the direct instruction they have the step that the teacher need to follow it to achieve education goals.  

As you can see the picture above, I will explain it using an example. For the chapter 2 which is “pendapatan dan penggunaan pendapatan individu”. In this chapter, I will explain first about the definition of it terms. Then, I will teach them step by step how to find “upah benar”. It will includes with all the formulas. After explained all the step I will give some exercise at the whiteboard and the student will answer and I will guide them. For the closure I will conclude all the chapter that was cover today and I will give homework to the student. Lastly, the student need to submit their homework so that I can assess the student progress. I think the direct instruction is an effective teaching method for form 4 student who just exposed with new subject. It will make them easy to understand with the step that I was provided and follow it to solve the problem.  As a teacher, I can see their progress after they submit their homework and explain it again if they don’t understand it.

Teaching with cases is present student with real life problem and enables them to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real life situations. It will exposed to the student with the real example. So they will easy to understand because it was real and happen in real life. In learning it is very important if they can see the actual thing. For example, in Economics system there have 4 system which is capitalism, command, mixed and Islamic economy. I can explain them what the country who applied this economic system. For mixed economy, I can choose Malaysia as an example for them. Malaysia promotes freedom to do business to the individuals while at the same time it involves government intervention. So the student will see the examples around them. It can help them to boost their knowledge and understanding about it.

Collaborative learning is two or more student will form a group to work together. They will responsible as a individual and also group. In the group, the student will get different kind of ideas and their knowledge will gain more. They will not shy if they work in the group rather than in the class if they want to ask something. They will discussed about the topics and brainstorm their ideas. They will not feel hard to find the ideas because they work together. For example, I want they to fine more about the economic systems and give example for each of them. So the student will form a group and work together to find an example of it.

In conclusion, as a teacher we need to variety our teaching method so that the student will be feel interested to learn. With different kind of teaching method it will help student to more understandable because every student have different style in learning. 

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Behaviorist School Of Thought

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I will update my reflection 1 today!!! Enjoy my post =)

There are three school of thought can be use in pedagogy methods which is behaviorist, cognitive and humanistic. If I am a teacher, I will choose behaviorist school of thought to practice in my economics subject class. Behaviorist school of thought can be explained that behavioral cause by the environment rather than external forces. Its means how the environment can influence in our behavioral.

Why I want to practice behavioral school of thought rather than humanistic and cognitive? Nowadays, the school system in Malaysia mostly used behavioral school of thought. Behavioral is follow or imitating steps or process from the teacher procedure. As I mention earlier that I will teach Economics subject that particularly has some calculation. I think it is easy for student to follow the procedures that I guide for them. There are many advantage from this school of thought. First, I can shape the student behavioral quickly. For example, as a teacher I need to be punctual to come to the class so the student will know that they need to punctual too because they know that Economics class will be start on time. Next, the student will adapt with the environment. For example, after my class I will give 2 pages exercise, so they have to adapt that after my class they will get 2 pages exercise. When we use behaviorist school of thought their behavior can be measured. For example, I can use test or pop quiz to measure either they can solve the problem correctly or not. Actually the student can be changed and controlled.

IVAN PAVLOV

Ivan Pavlov is one of the philosopher  in behaviorist  school of thought. Ivan Pavlov create an experiment about the dog and bell. In this experiment, Ivan Pavlov wanted to see whether external stimuli can affect the salivation process. Ivan Pavlov will ring the bell when he give a food to the dog and the will salivate when the dog see the food. After a while with a same situation, then he bell without a food and the dog will salivate although it didn’t has a food. Ivan Pavlov this learning as a process “conditioning”. From this experiment we know that the environment can influence behavioral.

In conclusion, if  I practice this school of thought,  I think it can change the student behavioral. For example, in my class there are no student will be excuse from solve the problem that I give. So the student will know that they need to solve the problem that I give to them. 

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