Elements of Teaching

Necesaary Stuffs as a Teacher 

      It’s very much important for future teachers to always consider the Elements in teaching. There are 5 Elements all in all and theses are the teacher, learners, instructional materials, learning environment, and the personal behavior of the teacher. 

      Of course a teacher is one component of teaching  because the teacher is the center of instruction, but that was before in the old way of teaching because in our time today we mostly know that we are more student centered and the teacher serves as the facilitator of learning. For the next element we have the learners wherein they are the most important in the world of instruction because they are the one who are being educated  or taught. The next one are the instructional materials where the teacher needs to create in other to have a fun and have active activities. Lastly, the learning environment, this one talks about the environment where the learning will happen, is the classroom clean, does it have electric fans, windows, and enough chairs, is the learning environment conducive for learning? 
 

Teaching as an Art

      Teaching is considered as an art because a teacher doesn’t really just teach in the classroom,a teacher also creates the stuffs that are needed for his/her instruction. Factors such as teaching strategies, teaching assessments, values are some that the teacher creates when it is needed in his/her lesson plan or even in a syllabus. A teacher when delivering his/her lesson becomes creative because there he/she can apply different learning strategies for the different learning styles of the students. 

A Man of Character

     
      We future teachers have a role to play in the world of teaching few months from now. Since, every studenfs will look up to us we should always be the best version of ourselves. As I have thought of my cooperating teacher today I realized that its really better if there’s a distance between students and teacher but when I came to think of it what’s really hard is being very kind and considerate teacher to the students it’s much more hard most specially when your students know you already. That’s what I’ve thought of my cooperating teacher he’s really a man of Character he values respect more than anything else maybe because he already taught college students that is why he has a lot of patience to his naughty grade 11 students. 

      I can really say that I’ve learned so much from his instruction, he’s indeed a great and reliable teacher. As I am close to my last 2 hour of observation I will make sure that I will adopt his teaching strategies and classroom management plan and apply it in my future class. 

The 21st Century Teacher

       In years time a trend will come and come and it is the need for 21st Century Teachers for 21st Century Learners. As a millennial future teacher I think I can share some qualities of a 21st Century Teachers. First a teacher needs to open a Student Centered class, this class is where the students learn through their classmates and through the facilitation of the teacher, the teacher will only have a little time to mostly discuss because the curriculum of today is very different for most of the activities are more  on student centered. Second a teacher needs to be Forward in Thinking, he/she should be a progressive one, where he/she is open in any kind of teaching. They should understand how the world is changing and how things change in a small span of time. Third is the teacher should be an engager of active activities and cooperative learning, a philosopher John Dewey believes that Learning will occur when we do it that is why 21st teachers should be ready for active learning. Also, a nice way of acquiring knowledge is when students learn through groups because there they can discuss more about the things that are necessary without getting conscious. 

For me if these qualities are within a teacher he/she should be called a 21st Century teacher.

Educational System

Educational System 

       Holy Angel University has its fulfilling mission and vision, these two are very evident to my cooperating teacher and in his classes. He always aims high when it comes to activities to do, he has this thinking that all his students are good and no one will be left behind.  He value Prayer so much, he starts and ends his classes with a prayer, he is very aware of everything, he always considers and consults his classes in every decision that he’ll make. I think that the Core Values such as Excellence, Christ centeredness are shown or very evident in his class. I would be glad if most of the teachers will be like him, very considerate and very Intelligent. 

WONG #3

        A Teacher A Planner

As a pre-service teacher it is very necessary  that I have to  plan for everything that I will do. Before anything else a teacher should plan before the school year, before the first day, and the whole school year, Yes! That’s how it is every teacher should be a girl scout they should be “laging handa”, we might say that some things will happen that will lead us in a wrong way but if we will plan ahead of time, I think we will be more ready of this kind of stuffs.  

As a future teacher we need to have discipline in our class, if we have a very effective discipline or classroom management as I’ve said in my Wong#1 blog everything will fall into place, for everything follows when there’s the best classroom management.  

Educational Philosophy

My Cooperating Teacher is A Progressivist 

          Having a new place to observe is a big adjustment for me but since I have a very kind cooperating teacher I think, he made it more easy and more comfortable. As I observe my cooperating teacher, I think that he is a progressivist because he assures that in every lesson there will be learning that will occur within the students. Also, he involves every student in class to every lesson, he makes sure that everyone pays attention to what he is discussing.  More so collaborative learning is what he’s always into, he wants his class to work together in making the learning more interesting. What I really noticed about my cooperating teacher that is a quality of a progressivist is that he is very welcome to new learning, he always entertain the students who shares a learning in the class.