Learning Episode
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My Learning Environment, Environment, M Second Home
My Learning Episode Episode Overview Overview This episode describes my second home. It showcases the different facilities facilities and learning resources of my cooperating school. Visiting these places in my cooperating school will enable me to utilize these resources to make the teachinglearning process more meaningful. Being aware of these facilities in my cooperating school will give me a sense of belongingness – for for this is my second home.
My Targets (Learning (Learning Outcomes) Outcomes) At the end of this activity, activity, I will be able to: to:
Visit the school’s facilities facilities and resources.
Meet the various school personnel. Utilize these learning resources of the school when needed. Analyze the vision and and mission of the school. school.
My Big Ideas (Learning Essentials) Essentials) The utilization of the school’s learning facilities and resources will enhance
the teaching-learning process. These are the resources/facilities of my second home.
Facilities / Learning Resources
Facilities:
Learning Resources:
Classrooms Amphitheater SSG Office Guidance Office Office of the Principal Office of the Faculty Disbursing Office Library Computer Room Campilan Office Wash area School Ground Information Wall YES- O Office TLE Office Comfort Rooms SDRRMC Office School Canteen Boards Tables Chairs Electric Fans
Textbooks Dictionary Encyclopedias Thesis Fictional Novels Classic English Novels Computers TVs Projectors White Screen Map
My Tasks (Activities) Complete the chart of the school facilities / learning resources you have visited/utilized. Write down the importance of these in ensuring quality instruction.
School Facilities Visited /Utilized
Importance of these facilities in the teachinglearning process.
1. Classrooms
Within the four corners of the classroom is where formal learning happens. 2. Amphitheater
This is where school activities and programs are conducted. Sometimes, for PE classes this is also utilized. 3. SSG Office
Officers of the SSG are the ones always assigned to assist or facilitate in the different school programs and activities. Some decorations are also made in this office. The SSGs were also the ones who should monitor discipline between and among all the students.
4. Guidance Office
There are students who might be in the wrong path or who need counsel. This office is the best for them to be motivated again. 5. Office of the Principal
The office of the principal may sometimes serve as the information office. It is also where the Principal stays. She is the head of the school and as usual some of the school policies were her ideas.
6. Office of the Faculty
This office is where teachers stay to rest and do some paper works whenever they don’t have
classes. For teachers, rest is very important since
without rest teachers cannot teach properly. Libraries are made for students who want a place to study aside from the classrooms. Here, there 7. Library are many books for the students to choose from. Because of the presence of a library, instead of wasting time students now opt to go to it. With the technology that we have today, students need also to be informed as to how to 8. Computer Room manage computers and other forms of technology like projectors and so on and this place is the best place for that. This office is where the writers of the school 9. Campilan Office stay. In here, the writing skill of the students is enhanced and showcased to the whole school. Health is wealth that is why students should always be mindful of the proper hygiene. It is said that there are bacteria which stays in the hands which 10. Wash Area causes diseases. Hence it is important that students always wash their hands for them not to acquire bacteria- causing diseases which might further affect their academic grade. Upon entering the school, students will immediately see the long wall on the left side where all bulletin boards of the different clubs and 11. Information Wall organizations are posted. Here, students will be informed of the upcoming activities, programs, seminars and the likes. Students, as part of their role in the school should be informed about keeping the environment 12. YES – O Office safe. This office is surely the office for that environment safety promotions. Students, as part of their activity in the subject TLE most of the times, cook in this office because it 13. TLE Office is complete with the utensils, cooking paraphernalia and other things they might need Student should also be informed of the different disasters that we may encounter at the same 14. SDRRMC Office time they should be informed of the ways on how to handle things in times like disasters. 15. Comfort Rooms While the class is going on, it is inevitable that
16. School Canteen
students might feel to excuse themselves for their personal necessity. Once the teacher did not permit his/her students for this, the latter will of course lose their focus because it is truly hard to control this call of mother nature. It is important that the students are nourished before they study because if the stomach is empty it is hard for the students to use their minds because processing requires energy. It is also hard for the students to focus and to feel motivated once they are hungry. That is why canteens are built for students to have the energy always.
My Analysis A. What can I say about my second home:
It has one of the sweetest and most kind students.
Some of the teachers are really friendly.
The administration is quite strict.
Ugad High School
The Ugadians prioritize learning yet if there are contests they give their best efforts to win.
Students respect student teachers as real teachers.
The school lack sufficient learning resources.
B. Write the things that you can contribute to your second home. Characteristics of a Sound Learning Environment
What can you do?
1. Friendly and non-threatening
As a student intern I can make the environment friendly and nonthreatening by always smiling and by being friendly to all the students
Before I start my class, I should always make sure that classroom management is evident by asking the learners to pick up the pieces of trash around them and to arrange their chairs. If there is not enough ventilation and 2. Safe, secure and conducive to light, I might as well turn on the lights learning and electric fan. If there are no fans then all the windows should be open. In addition to that I will also not permit my students to go out of the room without any valid reasons for I will prevent any bad thing that might happen to them outside. I will show that I am a teacher who sides with no one. Consequently, I need to treat each student equally and respect them whenever there are 3. Environment that promotes fairness shortcomings. I should not compare and equality. one student to another for me not to show any biases. Whenever there are misunderstandings between students, I will make sure that I will have a sound
judgment by looking at the both sides of the coin.
School’s Vision We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their country and whose values and competencies enable them to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to building the nation. As a learner-centered public institution, the Department of Education continuously improves itself to better serve its stakeholders.
School’s Mission To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equ itable, culture-based, and complete basic education where: Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment. Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner. Administrators and staff , as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to happen. Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share responsibility for developing life-long learners.
Goals *Provide a broad general education that will assist each individual in society to attain his/her potential as a human being, and enhance the range and quality of the individual and the group; *Help the individual participate in the basic functions of society and acquire the essential educational foundation for his/her development into a productive and versatile citizen; *Train the nation’s manpower in the middle-level skills required for national development; *Develop the high-level professions that will provide leadership for the nation, advance knowledge through research, and apply new knowledge for improving the quality of human life; *Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions through a system of educational planning and evaluation.
C. After reading the school’s vision, mission an d goals, I realized that: the Philippines is asking for ideal Filipinos who will be responsible in helping the country to prosper which might be quite hard considering the salary offered to them in foreign countries. If there is one thing that is very much highlighted in these three important components, that would be producing citizens who will be very much patriotic in serving their own fatherland. In this phase, teachers really play the biggest role for they are tasked to instill the DepEd ’s Vision, Mission and Goals in the students’ hearts and minds. DepEd’s mission also proves that the school is an instrument to achieve solidarity because it aims that family, community and stakeholders be united for the welfare of the next generation. To develop high-level professionals, is also one of the goals in order for the Philippines to not only have mediocre citizens but also competent leaders and researchers who might invent things or introduce innovative ideas for the nation. I also realized that the DepEd mission is based on the Philosophy of Epicureanism since if analyzed deeply what it aims is a happy and tranquil life. Plato’s Philosophy about motivation as a vital part in the teaching and learning process also applies in the mission. I further realized that teachers should inculcate values deemed necessary and desirable and train students to make sure they have necessary competencies. Because as a learner- centered teachers we want them how to improve themselves and realize their dreams while keeping in mind the state of their country and the welfare of their people.
D. I need to internalize and integrate these in my lessons by:
implicitly or explicitly telling them that they should be patriotic or nationalistic enough to serve their own country after they have acquired sufficient competencies and skills. Moreover, I will also lead by example by showing them that I embrace my own culture by using local materials like songs which are composed or sung by Filipino singers, movies made in the Philippines, stories originated in this so called Pearl of the Orient Seas and so on. Whenever necessary or appropriate, I will also let them see the reality in the Philippines for them to develop that feeling of sympathy towards their own country which may further lead them to realize that the country needs their sweat for it to be fruitful again. It is also stated in the Mission that there should be quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education hence I will do best efforts to achieve this- making sure that I deliver quality instruction and showing them during discussions that I respect every culture and I favor no one. In the topic bias and prejudice I can also insert there that all genders are equal. I’ll also make sure that I’ll make my subject very much motivating since it is what should the students experience- a motivating environment. I will be a 21st century teacher who thinks locally and acts globally.
My Reflections/My Insights Answer the question below: How do you feel about your second home?
The school is the center for learning activities and Ugad High School is my cooperating school. In my eleven-week stay as a pre-service teacher, I experienced and observed many things, people from the school are very sincere and warm considering many teachers there are also ISUans. I can say that the school adheres not only to the subject-centered approach but also to the learner-centered approach. The school gives emphasis not only to the intellectual development but also to emotional and psychomotor development. As child-friendly school, the Ugad High School promotes good health practices and behavior and also guarantees that school premises are safe and clean. My Cooperating School also imparts quality learning and encourages learners to
participate in school and community activities.
Teachers work closely with the
students’ families and engage the support and interaction of the members of the
community, and the school and other stakeholders. I have to admit, at first, I did not really feel good about it. I’m actually a bit terrified that they might not like our presence there. But as they say, the longer you stay in one place, the more you came to know who the residents of that place are. I also came to love the place which is very friendly for me. The atmosphere is really a place for learning. In all, I could say Ugad High School gave me an experience I will never forget.
My Application Practice)
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Read the situations and encircle the letter of the correct answer. 1. How can I promote fairness in my learning environment? A. Respect individual differences. B. Separate girls from boys. C. Place all children with special needs infront. D. Isolate the unruly children in class. 2. To improve the oral proficiency of students in class, what can you do? A. Give them more exercises on grammar. B. Provide individual work rather than group work. C. Schedule more practice sessions in the speech laboratory. D. Invite a resource speaker. 3. Make your classroom environment safe and secure by ____________. A. asking the security guard to stay near your room. B. removing some fixtures and using less appliances and devices C. ensuring that all unsafe devices are secured D. checking the physical environment at all times
My Portfolio (Compilation of Learning Documents, Evidence, Records, etc.)
