Name: Amabelle A. Linugao Course/Section: BMSEE-AG-II LET’S CHECK UNDERSTANDING Activity 1: State in your own words your understanding of the guiding principles in the selection and use of teaching strategies. Teaching strategies are one the method that the teacher uses to deliver course material in ways that keep students engaged and practicing different skill sets. It is important for the teacher to select a strategy that would help the learners to exhibit their capabilities in the learning process. The selection of teaching strategies should always reflect on the questions like “what will motivate the students to learn”, “what the student need to learn”, and “what are the things that would connect the students to learn better”. For me these are the questions that the teacher must also consider in selecting teaching strategies to have an effective learning process throughout the school year. If the teacher can provide an assessment that would highly motivate, connect and consider the interest of the students then the learning process will be much better and effective that give an assessment that would only show the cognitive domain. Activity 2: Discuss 1. How do you decide on which method to use? Why is it important to choose the best method in teaching the content? In deciding what method needed, as a teacher, I should analyze and plan well, what is the “best method” to use. I should consider the prior and previous knowledge of my students, the interest and what teaching style should I use in order for the learners to easily grasp the topic or the lesson that I am discussing. Choosing the best method in teaching the content is essential for the teacher and also for the students. If the teacher chose the best method, he/she can easily deliver the lesson with confidence that his/her students understood the lesson that has been presented to them. 2. What practice(s) should we avoid to make teaching-learning more meaningful? To make teaching-learning more meaningful, as a teacher we should avoid the practice such as superiority mindset, out planned lesson and teaching style approach to the students. I have asked my sisters, on what are the “practices” that have observed towards their teacher. There are three practice that they have observed, first, is that most of their teacher shows a practice of “superior mindset”, for instance, the teacher does not consider that there are some slow learner students who can’t understand easily mathematical problems, there are teacher who disregard instead of explaining it to the class. Second, one of the guiding principle in formulating lesson objective is “Begin with the end in mind”, but some of the teacher nowadays cannot properly deliver the lesson objectives to the class. Sometimes they go out of the coverage or range of the supposed topic that is why some of the students are having a hard time in learning the lessons given by their teacher. Lastly, there are teacher that are not approachable enough for the students to be open in expressing their self. As a teacher we should provide a conducive classroom climate so that the teaching-learning will be effective. Teaching is not just a profession but also a calling for some people. Some who hold the big role in nurturing and developing the youth for the future of our economy is important. That is why as a teacher we should be careful in doing things that would affect our student. LET’S REFLECT When do you consider yourself “actually teaching” the days’ lesson? The teacher holds an important in the lives of his/her student. In a very young age, learners used to mimic their idol, it may be an artist or their teacher. That is why it takes a courage and love in teaching to be a teacher. When do I consider myself “actually teaching the day’s lesson? I guess it is when my students will not just learn but also have fun about science or maybe in mathematics. It is when I can properly execute my lesson plan. Teaching does not only revolve in teaching new stuffs but also making my students be curious enough to learn new things on their own. As a future science/mathematics teacher, inquiry learning is important in my field, where the curiosity will drive the students to be intrinsically motivate in learning and acquiring new ideas on their own.
