My Reflection on Wednesday 24 August 2011

As the days gone by and looking forward,  I am very worried about the quiz..its the first thing that we have to do.!!!But Peggy said we would do it before the end of the lecture...Thanks Peggy. 

Peggy started off with a discussion on "lesson study"...sounds familiar but afraid not. So what is Lesson Study? I understand that it is a process for teachers to bring forward enquiries that would help in their professional development in order to have a collaborative, supportive and challenging environment.

We watched a video showing a teacher  carrying out her lesson on more and less. By showing us the video, it is a wonderful approached to make us understand clearly what is lesson study. It help me reflect on my needs to improve in my delivery especially when its customized. KUDOS to this wonderful teacher and because of her we have learnt much more today than a few minutes ago! In the two case studies, we have observed that we could improve and improvise the many aspects of teaching. Yes! mentioned again that there is no perfect lesson but we can plan a lesson that is workable and most beneficial to the children. In lesson study, is the discussion and reflection done with the peers too..just like we did or we leave it to the professionals?  

Teachers play an important role in every child's learning experience. By providing  the right teaching aids plus teachers' enthusiam and disaposition, the classroom mangement would be improved thus maximising quality teachings. Furthermore,  the communication between teacher-pupil and pupil-pupil could be observed and improved further with questions that encourage independent thinking.With the right questioning techniques and the types of questions, children could benefit and extend their thinking skills. Therefore while planning a  lesson, I would include the differentation learning to scaffold the children of mixed ability. Examples: Addition: 5 is more than 3 or a word problem.

I strongly believed that a teacher resonated of enthusiasm and a positive attitude towards the subject is the key to the success of a child's learnings. I could not look back but I would look forward and be THAT teacher.

I could not stop talking about Lesson Study...it is wonderful and helpful for teachers or new teachers. I strongly encouraged that lesson study should  be made available once a month in a preschool as it would definitely boost new teachers immersion in the school setting or as a refresher and sharing for the experience ones.

The mention of SPARK (QRIS) reminded us that teachers professional development has its place and like it or not we all have to go through it...Definitely a fan for Lesson Study.So glad Peggy brought it up.

By the way, I am done with tangram.