Assignment 2: Mock Teaching and Modeled Lesson Plan.

      

      Hi everyone. Good Day. I am back again today in my blog to share this week learning process in my Pedagogy In Education class. Today, we were told to submit our assignment 2 by our lecturer. This respective assignment is basically about "Modelled Lesson Plan and Mock Teaching". We were given about 3 weeks to complete this assignment. For this assignment, we were told to choose or pick one model or framework from any 3 School of Thoughts that we have learned in our previous lesson which are Cognitive School of Thought, Humanistic School of Thought and Behavioural School of Thought. Then, we need to explain in detail why we chose that respective school of thought and what is that school of thought all about. After that, we need to create 3 lesson plans based on the school of thought that we have chosen. We need to justify the flow of the lessons and the instructions as well according to the model or framework that we have chosen. Lastly, we need to choose one of the three lesson plans that we have come out with for the teaching segment which is also known as "Mock Teaching". The main purpose why we were asked to do mock teaching is because to give us an opportunity to experience the feeling of teaching in front of the classroom before going for our practical in future.

      My friends and I conducted our mock teaching in front of our lecturer. We were given 30 minutes each to conduct our mock teaching. I came out with 3 lesson plans that emphasizes the Cognitive School of Thought. The main reason why I chose this particular school of thought in conducting my assignment because this particular school of thought emphasizes mainly about how people learn and remember information that are taught in the classroom by their teacher. I felt personally that this element or aspect is quiet important in order to have an effective classroom teaching and learning process in the classroom in future. I came out with one lesson plan which is about prepositions of place and position and used in my mock teaching presentation. I presented my mock teaching on Prepositions of Place and Position in front of my lecturer and my friends.

      I started my teaching process by greeting my students (whom are friends in actual). Then, I asked them do they remember what they have learned in their previous lesson which was about "Preposition of Time" and I asked them several questions related to " Prepositions of Time" in order to test their level of understanding that specific topic. After that, I asked one of the students to place my book on the table and I officially started my lesson of the day by relating that act of my student with Prepositions of Place and Position. For example, when I ask my students to place the book on the table, it means that they are indirectly using the knowledge of Prepositions of Place and Positions through the word "on".

      I also explained to them in detail about this particular Preposition of Place and Position using PowerPoint slides in order to make my entire teaching process interesting. Furthermore, I also relate this specific topic with the student real life activities like “Hide and Seek” so that they will be able to understand and integrate this specific topic into themselves better in future. In addition to this topic, I also carried out activity like asking them to construct sentences using prepositions of Place and Position based on the 2 pictures that I have displayed on the screen. I asked the students to carry out the activity in groups in order to forge interactions among them.

      Lastly, I ended my class by giving out questions or handouts related to lesson of the day which is Preposition of Place and Position and asked them to submit it on the next in order to test their understanding on this specific topic.

      Overall, my lecturer was happy with my mock teaching as it was interesting and also was carried out by me with full of confident. However, she told me to take note seriously on certain criteria that are required for an effective teaching process which I failed to show or adapt into my teaching process. For example, I was told that my teaching process is quiet long and my time slot was not that appropriate with it.
     My friends also carried out their mock teaching and all of them was able to present well. The entire mock teaching task was fun yet challenging for us. It also was a good experience for us as that was the first time we faced the experience of teaching in the classroom.
       As a conclusion, this assignment was very helpful for us whom are the future educators and I am sure that we all have gained the confidence of ourselves in teaching others before going or attempting our practical in schools in future.

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