My mock teaching (My reflection)

Assalammualaikum and welcome back!

  Remember when I said that I'll be in mock teaching in my pedagogy class? Well, I made it but sadly it's not on what I expected as much 😢 Based on my lesson during the mock teaching, I was expected that my lesson plan will be follow the time exactly but unfortunately I was wrong but it was faster than than my lesson plan. But is sokay, it was my first time doing lesson plan and first time mock teaching in classroom. I just take it as my lesson that next time I should improve my lesson plan and mock teaching in a classroom. 

  If I was giving the second chance, i would like to redo my lesson plan again with my slides. Dr had mentioned that my slides have some mistake that is I keep repeating the explanation of punctuation. Inside the slides I've including the videos with the explanation and after the videos I'm giving the same explanation, so it will be totally be boring during the class. What should I do is actually I should post the videos and giving them lot's of activities that related to punctuation during classes after the videos. This will create the happiness and enjoyment between teacher and student and it will create a big bonding in the classroom. Next, my appendix to student. Due to what Dr. have tell me after my mock teaching, she tell me that my appendix is quite hard and my student level are form 1 beginner only. Actually I was thinking if I'm giving this kind of appendix then I can measure the ability of the student, it seems I was wrong... I should put a little bit easier for them because the class that I'm teaching is only beginner. Well, is sokay... Take it as a lesson 🐱

     

  The thing that I like about the lesson is the part where student are divide their group together and answering my questions that I've asked in the slides. All of them are together competing to answer the right questions and from here we can see that their are bonding their relationship with others and this will guide them to build their communication skills in the future. Even that the amount of the student is less but it doesn't make them to stop from creating the fun environment inside the classroom. Is quite fun! I hope the student are fun too as well 😀

     

From my teaching principles, the way I teach and the way I'm giving the activities is using the behaviorist. In this model, I use it to work work from the simple task until the complex task. For example, I'm giving them the types of punctuation and continue with the activities to let them recall and lastly giving them some homework that is kind of complex to let them using the brainstorming to let them practice to learn from the easier to the harder level.

  From this mock teaching, what I've learn is that I should do more on activities that based on the class topic. This can help them to improve more on the topic that we focus on that day and let they learn they way they like such as create an activities which can attract their attention as well. Next, the lesson that I learn is student don't like homework. I bet the rest are agree with me right? Actually giving homework to student is a good way but there is also a bad way until it will lead the student for not doing the homework that you give. There's some ways I can improve it such as giving the homework for them with a purpose. As a teacher, I believe that we shouldn't giving homework just to make sure that we give them homework to satisfied principle or other teachers that we are good in giving homework to others but we have to giving them for a purpose. For example, giving them homework because want to review on what they have learn or getting themselves ready for the next day class. This is to teach the student to work independent and encourage themselves in self-discipline. Not just that, when giving homework to them we should also giving them some praise or motivation. No matter our student is a kids or an university student, they would definitely loves praise. Well, who doesn't? Giving a praise such as "You've done a good job!" can bring the motivation to the students to finish up their homework. No matter how difficult the homework, they will try themselves to finish it.

  Well, I hope that my reflection can bring me a good change in the future. See on my next blog next! It's all about who mock teaching I feel the best :)