Lab C Tinikling
Lab C had its ups and downs for me. My lesson was Tinikling and the age group I taught was 7th grade. After doing this lab I have realized a lot of things about my teaching abilities. I have learned what my flaws are and strengthens are and are now trying to work on improving in every way that I can. I was the first one to do Lab C in the class I wasn’t nervous until the minute before I started teaching. In the future I need to learn how to ignore these nerves and be more confident in my teaching abilities. Overall, I did have fun in this lab a was forced to learn and teach an activity I never heard of in my entire life. This in itself was a challenge to do but I believe I did master understanding the activity.
Time coding form: Student Time Coding, TA Time Coding
I received 1/5 total score on the time coding form. I had 36% of management time, 33% of activity time, 31% of instruction time, and 0% of waiting time. I am not that happy with these percentages. As a physical educator I would like my lessons to be about 45% or more of activity time. Although the activity I taught was Tinikling with is a dance. I have to take into consideration that dance lesson do required a lot of instruction time. Student all have their own ability when it comes to any activity, dance is especially one of the actives that some students could understand faster than another student. One way I believe I could have improved my lesson would have been better time management and it could be seen in this time coding form. Management took over my time due to the fact I was not as prepared as I thought I was. I lost track of time and was unable to do some of the things I was planning to do. To improve my score on this time coding form for my next lab I will map out my lab completely before I present it and make sure the students are rigorously active.
C9 Form: Student C9, TA C9
My overall score of my C9 form was 14.25/19. This score isn’t an amazing score but it isn’t horrible either. I lost points in areas that I shouldn’t of due to my poor time management ability during the lab. I started my lab off very well. I brought in the history of my activity which was Tinikling and I believe that was a great thing to do because I felt as if I caught the attention of the class when I seemed very knowledgeable about the activity. I believe my biggest flaw was that I did not follow the play-teach-play pattern. My activity was challenge I was teaching an intro lesson of a dance to a 7thgrade. As I look back at my lab I see areas where I could have done different. I would have had the student more active instead of me talking as much as I did. However, in a dancing lesson you need to speak a little more than you normally would because dancing has many parts to it. The C9 form helps me see what my weaknesses are and to think of was to fix them before Lab D.
Feedback Analysis Form: Feedback Form
As I watched my video of my lesson and filed out the teacher behavior rating scale I saw a lot of little things in my lesson that I did not see the first few times I watched it. I gave a total of 12 feedback's. 6 were positive feedback's and the other 6 were corrective feedback. I was very inconsistent with what type of feedback's I gave to the students. I also learned that I said a students name 8 times in my lesson. Although this is a high number but I just some names twice. This is something I as a teacher must work on. Through my entire lesson I gave the students 4 tasks to complete. I noticed through watching my video that some students experienced difficulty in some of the tasks. I did notice one of the students showing signs of difficulty and I assisted him individually. This form helped me see that when I teacher I need to make sure none of my students are having difficulties because if they are I must do my best to help them over come it. In the future I now know that I must focus on giving more feedback both positive and corrective. Also I must remember to give positive feedback before corrective feedback as we have learned in our class.
In the Future:
Throughout out this semester I have seen myself grow as a teacher. From Lab A to Lab B to Lab C I have learned many skills and ways to make myself the best teacher I can become. Even though my labs are not perfect they are helping me learn from my mistakes. Lab D is next and I am looking forward to this experience. I will take what I learned form my previous labs and make lab D the best I can make it. One thing that I know I have to work on before I present my lab D lesson is TIME MANAGEMENT! I feel confident I can do an outstanding lab in the future. Until then it is all about PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!
Amanda,
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job especially without knowing anything about the lesson. The one thing I noticed during your lesson is your voice. Remember, is it middle school and sometimes the way you said somethings it felt like you were talking to younger students. Also, to gain full points on the time coding, you need to be at at least 50% activity time, but even 45% is a good improvement goal to work towards.
Overall I think you do a very good. Don't be nervous! Be confident in your teaching skills, you have a come a long way since lab A and I look forward to your lab d!