Introduction
During my five-day's placement in the school, I have observed extensive and various interactions with teachers and students. As the capacity of placement teacher, I was given the opportunity to involve at the teaching staff meeting, administrative operation, as well as observed the practice of teaching methods. Moreover, I also had a chance to interview with a number of students, regarding the feedback of the class activities. More importantly, I have interviewed my mentor teacher regarding the cause of exercising some particular activity, as well as the relevance pedagogy.
Context
This placement was conducted at St Leonard’s College. St Leonard’s College is a private, coeducational school which located in the Melbourne Brighten…show more content… And there are around 20 students each class. All students have school provided I-Pads. As the placement teacher of class 5M, the majority students of 5M are from the English language background, and there also are few Asia background students as well. School normally starts at 8:30 and finish by 3:30. My mentor teacher is an Australian lady who has almost 15th years teaching experience in primary school. She is major in English, minor in Math and Science. Compared with the personal experience in prep school, without a doubt, the grade 5’s learning environment will most likely to encourage the students to use more effort into learning because the decoration of the classroom can seem as a form of “learning strategies”, posters such as “Reflective”, “Knowledgeable ” and “”Risk-taker” are stick on the wall and there are also 5 bookshelves full of various books in the classroom. In addition, students can set freely. Moreover, as the result that teachers are able to move the tables as they want, depends on the groups forming and the needs of activities. The purpose of constructing a suitable learning environment such as a reading area and work spare are extremely important, and such environment is able to lead the students adopt a strong sense of ownership over their learning in such a inspiring learning…show more content… My mentor teacher’s “Flipped activity” gives me many thoughts about independent learning and students’ responsibility of learning. To approach it perfectly, it should be combined with “questioning” and “discussion” strategies together. Not all classes need to be “flipped”, teachers should decide whether to have “flipped” classroom according to the intended goals and outcomes, teachers should match the activity with the learning purpose and outcomes that makes the most sense. Teachers should not only use questioning method but also extended waiting time is needed as it will give more opportunities for answers. Also, I suggest that teachers could choose a topic that students are most interested in for their discussion topic, because more students will be motivated to participate if the topic is relevant to their interests. If the topic is hard, teachers could start with some simple questions and things they are familiar with so that student may feel more comfortable in participating. From this experience, I have seen the various teaching strategies and I will definitely apply them effectively in my own teaching in the
