a. INTRODUCTION
Describe the approach/strategy used.
b. DEVELOPMENT
What were the challenges encountered during implementation?
What were the tactics employed to resolve the difficulties met?
What further improvements can be suggested?
c. PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
What new insights/discoveries have I made in relation to my role as a teacher?
How will I make use of this new knowledge in future?
What further information or knowledge should I seek to expand my knowledge in relation to this context?
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2 comments:
1. How do you feel about the results of your teacher’s survey?
2. Do you agree or disagree with any of the comments given by your students?
3. What are your follow-up actions?
1. Firstly, i think that the responses of the students are very real. They are very frank and they want the best for the class. One important factor that we, as teachers, need to tell them before the start of the survey was the main objective of the survey and they must not be afraid of telling the truth. Our students normally are tact in their responses because they do not want to feel as though they have hurt the teacher's feeling. We must also clarify the meanings of some of the survey questions to the students as they tend to misinterpret the questions.
2. Generally, I agree with all their responses and acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses that I have. In receiving this type of feedback, we must always be positive of the students' responses and look at the feedback as a tool to help us improve.
3. One key area that I will look into is clarifying complex mathematical concepts into simple laymen terms. My explaination tends to be too fast and I did not allow my students to internalise these explanations. I must also practice frequent "wait time" after posing questions to them. Lastly, I must try to link more real life applications and uses to the mathematics that I am teaching so that my students can appreciate the knowledge that was given to them.
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During the last professional development session, an article on how to motivate the learning of mathematics was shared. In the article, the author gave many examples of how she have seen successful lessons where teacher make use of real life things and examples to teach mathematics. I do agree that using these materials would motivate students to learn as they are able to see meaning to the concepts taught. I have used my own utilities bill to teach them the concept of practical applications and my students really appreciate the explanation given. In addition to that, I was able to bring in NE issues on why we should save water here.
Of course, sourcing of the materials for every topic can be difficult for teachers. This is where the culture of sharing in our department can come very handy.
Let us work towards teaching of students for understanding and make learning of mathematics fun and realistic!!
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