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Student Observation #1 - Seeing Through the Eyes of a Child 

 

Date of Observation: august 9

 

Grade level/ Age of children: 5th     Time of Observation: 8:00 am

 

School: Colegio Mano Amiga

 

Select one student in a classroom to watch for at least 20 minutes and focus on his actions and interactions.  Elaborate on your answers.

 

• How many times did the child laugh?

7 smiles

• How many times was s/he talking but no one heard or was listening?

he wasn´t talking at all

• Was s/he ever misunderstood by anyone?

no

• Did s/he seem upset or unhappy?  Explain.

he seems very shy but not sad or upset

• What words was s/he using in his/her interactions with others that surprised or interested you?

he looked around some times but didn´t talk to anyone, other students sometimes said something to him but he only smiled

• Summarize what you learned about the child and how you focused on his/her world. 

he loks serious and is chewing his nails.

he looks at his mates when they participate in the class activities.

he turns pages on his notebook under the table but without a clear porpouse.

the teacher was showing them flashcards and the students said aloud what they saw in the picture, but he didn´t participate, he only repeated whispering.

he plays with the pencil and stares at anywhere.

he works in the textbook.

he doesn´t seem to have much friends, he only spoke to anyone two times.

 

INTERACTION/ DISCUSSION

 

Student Observation #2 - Interaction/Discussion  

 

Date of Observation: august 9

 

Grade level/ Age of children: 5th      Time of Observation:7:00 am

 

School: Colegio Mano Amiga

 

Select one student in a classroom and ask him/her the following questions.  (You can change the wording to suit the understanding, age and developmental level of the child, as well as your own comfort zone.) 

 

1.    How is your teacher different from other teachers?

he is joyful and happy

2.    Was your teacher ever disappointed in something you did at school?  Did you get in trouble?   What happened?  What did your teacher say?  How did you feel?

no

3.    Did you ever have a problem at school with a friend?  What happened?  What did you do?

no

4.    When your teacher is mad or disappointed, what does s/he do or say?  How can you tell that s/he was mad (or disappointed)?  How did that make you feel?

he never gets angry

5.    Did anyone ever yell at you?  What happened?  How did you feel?

never

6.    What do children do in your class to tease each other? (If child doesn’t understand “tease,” say “to be mean or to bother”)

they hit the others

7.    If someone is teasing you or bothering you, what do you do about it?

nothing

8.    What do you do that makes your teacher proud of you?

having good grades

9.    Is there anything you wish you could do better (be better at) in school?  What would help you do that?

doing silence in class

10. What is your least favorite thing about school? (What do you not like about   school?

nothing

11.  What is your favorite thing?

cats

Part 1

 

In my school, i can find very good teachers, in particular, talking about english teacher, I have seen that he knows his students very well, he knows their personal situations at home ant takes down into account to threat threat them according to their skills. This teacher shows interest in the differences of every child and in order to that, he prepares different activities that improves all the skills, so every student can find something to fit in.

 

When I meet a new group, I try to research about their lives to know who needs a different strategy, inside the school I observe them as individuals and as a group, their behavior and socialization, this helps me to know haw to do my classes without make them uncomfortable for something they deffinitely can not do.

 

Part 2

 

I am doing my practicum at Mano Amiga school, this institution is located in Bello city, it is a catholic school so they pray every day. The building is large and there is a lot of space for the students to play and practice sports. The students are very respectful and nice, they work in class activities with joy. There are different personal situations thet make them have difficulties with learning but the majority of them really try hard. In general they are good behaviored with very few exceptions.

 

In the video, teaching is seen as more than just present content in a classroom, students play an important role in their own learning as teachers allow them to investigate and learn together. Schools and classrooms are conditioned for students to have direct contact with the object of study, such as biology is studied directly in the garden.

 

In addition, learning has the importance it deserves and students have the opportunity to acquire it in different ways, especially sharing with peers and teachers alike. Cohabitation is an everyday learning mainly because they need to learn to live in society as well, every day peers and teacher share the experiences and try to solve problems.

 

- strategies

- activities

- assesment

- evaluation

 

• Content:

putting text materials on tape

presenting tales in audio instead of reading them

• Process:

 providing interest centers that encourage students to explore subsets of the class topic of particular interest to them

in science class, when studying animals, every student could choose a different group of animals and explain to the others

• Products: 

encouraging students to create their own product assignments as long as the assignments contain required elements

after the explanation of the topic, every student, alone or in groups could choose the better way to expose what he learned, it could be a drawing or a writting

• Learning environments: 

providing materials that reflect a variety of cultures and home settings

 

I would like to try the part that allows student to create their own assignments

it could be a trouble because if you have thirty students, you have to grade in thity different ways, it should take a lot of time and effort, but there are more possibilities to obtain good results from every child