During this course, I have discovered

Pedagogy in education is a course that will be a stepping stone for our teaching career. This is because, during this course I have learnt on a lot of new things that I never heard or see before this. In this post, I will like to share my feelings when entered the first lesson of pedagogy class. Before enter to the class, I just think that this course as same as the course I take semester before this, such as the method of learning that used in semester courses. But for this course is different from others because after I went through the first lesson of this course, I feel little bit nervous on how I am going to give my best to my lecture Madam Ng.  I realise  that I have to changed some learning method that I have been used before this in my learning process. From the realisation, I try to give my best as possible in every class I attended. One of the example is I never touched my hand phone during the lessons and this help me to stay focus on my learning process. From every pedagogy class, I have learnt something new that enhance me in my learning process.

First of all, I have discovered the importance of using technologies in conducting lessons. Before this, I just think that white board and a marker  tool is enough for a teacher to conduct a lessons. After went through pedagogy classes, I realise that technologies plays an important role in making the learning and teaching to be effective. One of the example, that my lecture uses in our class pad let website. Before the course, I have never been heard of this at all. Pad let website is a browser where students can give their opinion in the topic and also the opinions can discuss among the class. The website is really helpful for me by comparing my idea and others about the topic and my lecture can rectify my mistake on the spot. The method help us to stay focus in our learning environment. This method will be one of my teaching method as well as in future.

Moreover, I also discovered the blogger.com. In my second class, my lecture teach me on how to set our blogger account. The blog will be our assignment. We need to post our reflection of every week class. The blog method is really awesome. This is because, when every time I am doing my reflection I will try to recall the whole lesson that what we have learnt from beginning until the end of the lesson. In order of that, I will remember each of the lessons I have learnt from the class without referring  any notes. Furthermore, the blogger really help to reduce of paper for our assignments. This is because, in blog we also can design it according to our ideas and also the assignments we publish no need to print and showed to our lecture. It will the use of money in our assignments rather than spending money for just printing the assignments.

In addition, I also discovered my school of taught that I will be used in my teaching method. Before this, I only know what is my philosophy of education. But after the pedagogy lesson I also find out my teaching method that I will be used in my  teaching activities to make more effective. 

Furthermore, I also discovered the classroom management  and classroom rules are the key to manage an effective learning and teaching process. During this topic we had a discussion on the rules in the classroom, I was exposed to many different kind of situations given by lecture Madam Ng and also my fellow classmates in the discussion on how to face different aspect of situation in managing the classroom. The discussion is really gave me a lot of information on how to prepare myself into when i enter the teaching world. As a reflection of that week, Madam Ng ask us to create our own classroom rules that can manage our teaching activity well. To answer the question, I have done a lot of research on the rules of the classroom. These prove that this course is providing me a opportunity to prepare myself more into the real world of teaching.

Besides that, I also discovered the importance of lesson plan as well. During the preparation of my mock teaching I find a little bit difficult in organizing my lesson plan. This is because this is my first mock teaching and lesson plan preparation. However, the guidance that Madam Ng gave to us is really helpful me to proceed the lesson plan preparation. Therefore, lesson plan is a guidance for an educator to conduct the lessons in class.

Next, I also learned on how to prepare slides, handouts and worksheet for students. Before this, for slides I always focus on decorative stuffs rather than on focusing on points. During the lesson, Madam Ng taught me on how to prepare slides in a proper way and detailed. This tips is really helpful for me to realise my mistake on preparing slides for presentation.

Last but not least, I also discovered that teacher job is not an easy job as others think especially my parents. Teacher responsibility is not only conducting lessons for students but it is more than that such as preparing handouts, worksheets and etc. As an educator, we also should make our teaching method should effective to students learning.

I also like to take this opportunity to thank Madam Ng for providing me a proper guidance and advice that I need for myself to enter the world of teaching. Every single lessons she teach us is really make me more knowledgeable from day to day. This is not my last post on this blog but after this course also, I will try my level best to make this website to be more informatics. Thanks alot my lecture Madam Ng and also my fellow classmates who have a supporters during this course.

The Mock Teaching that

a) I prefers and the reasons.

First of all, I like to wish all my classmates congrats that they have done a good job on their mock teaching. The mock teaching will them as a first stepping stone to achieve their dreams to become a teacher.Moreover, being an educator is not an easy thing but it is something more than other professions. 

In my opinion, the best mock teaching which I like the most was the Economics mock teaching done my Denslee Eng. The teaching style that he have used in his mock teaching is really impressed me. One of the example, before he start the lesson of the day, he try to recall the previous lesson for students. This strategic is really good that can help the students to remember what they have been learned from the previous lesson as well. Moreover, the method to deliver the lessons is really from others method. He uses colourful booklet as handouts that have contain a very detailed about the chapter he going to teach. The booklet also contain the notes and also worksheets. The booklet is really good because when teacher wrote notes on the board and students copied in their notebooks, it takes a lot of time just for write and copy. In addition, the booklet also look small size, thin and the notes are clearly illustrate.

Moreover, another strategic that he have used in his teaching method is power point slides that is advanced. The power point slides that he used is really clearly illustrate the each points in the chapter. This makes the students to be more understandable.  

Furthermore, the strategic that he have been used was handworks that he have made by himself. Rather than only using power point method, he also use handwork such as manila cards and mahjong paper with colourful fonts. The fonts that have been used was huge enough that every students can see clearly even from the last table and also clearly illustrated. This method really make me to stay focus on the learning process because with the colourful stuffs that he have used in the teaching method.  In the manila cards, he stick some pictures that related to the daily life. He try to relate the lesson with the examples pictures involve of daily life activities which could make me more understandable. This method help him to use well the time given to him rather than writing a huge notes on the white board until student feel bored.

In addition, he recap the lesson by showing some example to students such as grapes. The grapes make me until now also remember the lesson he have taught. Moreover, the personality that he reflect as a teacher from his dressing sense. He prove that attire really create an impression to people.

As a future educator, I really prefer to Dens Lee approaching method to student such as the effort he took to attract students and make student understandable on what they have learned on. I am really thankful to my pedagogy classmates who giving me the chance to see on the examples of mock teaching which were helpful for me to prepare myself as future educator.

b) the things that I saw during the mock teaching presentation which should be avoided

i) Avoid using whiteboard too much

- This is because when a teacher uses the whiteboard as it will consume so much of time just by writing and erasing rather than delivering lessons to students. Moreover, when teacher are busy writing notes for students reference, but the students are busy in doing other things. This make the students less concentrate during lessons. So, please try to avoid using white board as can as possible.

ii) Try to voice in high pitch during conducting the lessons.

- Voice projection of an educator is an important element in conducting lesson. This is because voice projection will control the student attention and also the clear view about the lesson. When a teacher project a soft and slow voice, this make to student not to focus on the lessons. Therefore, as an educator we should try to project high pitch voice during conducting the lessons.

iii) Try to use the concept of student centred learning.

- Most of us done this mistake during conducting our lessons. When a teacher only speak in class, students get easily get boredom during the lessons. Students should also need some active method of teaching rather than listening only. Therefore, as an educator we should try to engage students as more as possible.

In conclusion, the mock teaching presentations assignments is a assign that make me learn new things as well that I never before this the do and dont's. I take this moment to Madam Ng, who give me a chance to prove myself to become a teacher or a best path way in order to become an educator. Moreover, I also like to thank all my pedagogy classmates who have collaborate with me during my mock teaching presentation. 

Preparation for Mock Teaching

What is mock teaching?

In my opinion, mock teaching is a rehearsal activity of teaching that need to done in order to become a teacher.It is process in which a student think themselves as a teacher and the other classmates as their students and conduct a lesson. 

At first time, my lecture assign me to do mock teaching based on the lesson plan we created.In my first pedagogy class, I started to feel nervous when I heard that my lecture said that my assignment 2 is mock teaching.This is because, I still couldn't imagine myself standing in front of the class and teach. However, I know that as a future teacher,I have to undergone this situation and try to give my best as I can. One of my disadvantage is that I have never seen a student doing mock teaching before this. This reason make me stress me a little but it is one of the challenge that I need to faced and drive me to the success. To overcome the challenge, I try to get some advices from my seniors on how to get done with my mock teaching. One of my senior, her name is Shamita. She help me a lot by giving ideas on do and dont's that we need to care during the mock teaching. One of the example is she ask me try engage the students in learning activities by asking questions to them rather than writing on the board, explaining slides and handouts. This advice that I took as my main point to create my lesson plan. 

Based on my pedagogy course, we should create our lesson plan before we conduct the lesson. As my assignment was on create three lesson plan and choose one of the lesson plan for mock teaching. During the preparation for lesson plan, I have undergone a lot of difficulties in arranging my lesson plan especially the lesson plan for mock teaching. Before creating the lesson plan, we should choose the topic first. When choosing the topic for form 1 Mathematics really I feel difficult and I go through the syllabus for more than 20 times. Then, finally I have chosen my topic that I am going to teach is Fractions and Decimals. This topic is a very important topic in mathematics that which will base for other topic that going to learn in further. As a preparation for lesson plan, I have searched browser and watched some youtube videos on how to teach the fractions and decimals in an effective way. Moreover, I also go through my notes that I have been get during my form 1 Mathematics for handouts. These is little bit curious for you when I am saying that having form 1 Mathematics notes. This is because until now I have a collection of mathematics reference book,exercise book and handouts that given by teachers from form 1 until form 6. The reasons why I having this collection because I love to learn mathematics. As a prove, even though I do not like to teach but for learning mathematics I have chosen this course for my career. Moreover, in my free time I am always take one of my mathematics exercise and do the questions in the book.This activity really helpful for me when creating the handouts and worksheets for the lesson plan. In addition, I also try to get the latest Mathematics textbook Form 1 from my sisters to make my lesson plan  real that I can be used when I have become a teacher. It took almost 4-5 days for creating my handouts and worksheets to students.

Next is lesson plan creation. This is my first time on creating lesson plan for my assignment, so I have planned well before creating the lesson plan.The lesson plan creation took almost 3 days to do and arranged in manner way.

Finally, mock teaching preparation. This stage is a stage that give me awareness on the mistakes that I have done in my handouts and lesson plans. For mock teaching we need to practice first, so that to have an effective teaching in the class because this is my first time of teaching mathematics in class. As an educator, we all should familiar with the proverbs "practice make perfects. In each activity that we went through should be use the proverb.

The preparation for mock teaching is a experience that will be remembered until whole teaching journey. The mock teaching is a base for me to achieve my career as a teacher. I hope that this preparation will help to do my best for my mock teaching presentation.