Bachelor of Education, Primary Education (EPR) EPC3903

Discussion Board Notes- Completed weekly

Week 04
Table 4: TP Discussion Board Notes

How did you feel about TP today/this week? What areas are you focused on and what progress have
you made? Explain.
This is the fourth week for TP. It was exciting at the beginning but it turned to be a not very nice week
after my MCT’s second feedback. The area that I really wanted to focus on was how to deliver the
information, but it didn’t work. The problem started when the students got noisy and didn’t listen to me
while I’m explaining, then my mentality fell down.
What duties / activities did you carry out during the school today? Critically Reflect: Did you feel that
you did a good job?
This week, a lot of activities, all of them are for science. In my opinion the activities were related to the
learning objective and I believe that those activities were good. Also, I had an activity where the children
need to go outside, and it was successful as the students where really into doing it. Also, my MST liked
how I delivered the lesson to the students and the types of activities that I gave the students.
Moreover, my MST assigned me to sit beside four kids to help them during the class. I think I did a great
job assessing these four children, as they were able to follow the lesson instead of sitting doing nothing.
What was the most interesting science activity or strategy you saw? Why did you think it was
interesting and worth noting/remembering?
This week also, there was an activity where children could go out and do the activity. It was interesting
since the children had to go outside to use a clay where they can develop their fine motor skills.
What did you try out? Was it successful? Why/why not? Which TP competencies do you feel you
achieved and which do you think that you need to focus on next time?
I did one activity as individuals. It was successful as the students were working on them. The TP
competencies that I achieved this week is that I was punctual at coming to school, attending assembly
and being prepared for the lessons. Next week, I will focus on new goals.
What was the most important thing you learnt about students or teaching science today? Can you
think of any way you could better engage students in any activity you saw today?
To keep the students engaged in the class by giving more than one activity, and asking questions more
than just explain, explain, and explain.
Critically Reflect: Identify an aspect of your own behaviour (e.g. time / behaviour management) that
you feel you could improve upon. Discuss ways in which you could improve this.
There are some problems with managing the classroom behavior. But to manage it I used the dojo,
sometimes. Sometimes I pretend that I didn’t see any of those behaviors and continue the lesson.
Also, I have to do more inquiry based learning activity.
What are your agreed responsibilities for your next day/week in TP? Be specific
To plan a detailed but simple lesson plan, which would be easy to follow. And to make the lesson
objective able to achieve, specifically explanations and instructions.

TP Guide for EPC3903 (EPR) Practicum 3b 1

Year Three, Semester Two / 2016-17 /