The Learners Development
and Environment
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In making this portfolio, I would
like to extend my sincerity and heartfelt gratitude to the following person:
First
of all, to our Almighty God, for making me optimistic all the
time and the strength he had given to me. Thank you God for all the blessings and
guidance that you have given to me in accomplish this portfolio.
To
the school, Oas North Central School with the approval of Mrs. Nonita Arevalo as the principal
of the school who welcomed and allowed us to observed.
To Mrs. Geraldine Rapirap, Mrs. Claire
Perillo and Mrs. Shirley Rustia for
their kindness in accommodating me, thank you for guiding me and letting me to
stay on her class for the information needed in my study and also for the
techniques, strategies and the important things to remember in teaching to
become more effective.
To my Field Study Professor, Ms.
Vicenta Rabajante who enthusiastically shares her
knowledge, guidance and learning to us. Thanks for the typical advice you
shared with us and for all the teaching views you had given.
Lastly, to my loving family and
friends, Thank
you for undying support. You become for their love, inspiration, encouragement,
as well as financial support.
Thank
you to all of you and God Bless.
VIEWS OF TEACHING
The teachers acts as a mentor, tutor, a
facilitator, a moderator, a guidance counsellor, a friend, an adviser, a
curriculum maker, a consultant, a leader, a community worker, an evaluator and
etc. They are the key factor in the teaching learning process; they are the
sole transmitting agent of knowledge.
The
teachers help the students to seek validate, assimilate and use knowledge as a
basis for further learning, for forming and modifying goals and ideas and also
for rational decision making.
Teaching
is a form of pouring-in process of knowledge and it is an art of leading the
children and youth to live normally upright, and successful, so that teaching
is a two ways process wherein the teachers and the learners learn from each
other.
Thats why
the teachers should be able to know their duties and responsibilities and they
must possess in both professional and not professional qualities and
established a good working relationship to their students, to the parents, and
to the community for a successful development of teaching-learning process.
PURPOSE OF PORTFOLIO
As a man
creates something, there’s always a corresponding purpose of that. We cannot do
anything without any purpose.
In
making this portfolio, the first purpose that comes into my mind is that, it
serves as my compilation of my observations, analysis and reflection that I’ve
gained during my observation.
In
terms of this portfolio I can determine my strengths and weaknesses as a future
teacher. I can also determine together with my instructor the abilities that I
possess, and what are the things that I need to improve more.
This
portfolio tells whether I have the ability to become a teacher in the future or
not. Through this I will be able to improve my creativity, ability and skills
in terms of designing and organizing of the contents. Though it is not easy
prepare a portfolio and it requires much time and resources but still I want
his portfolio to be finished in order to test my abilities.
In
this, it will help me in assessing the performance of my pupils. It will help
me in choosing the appropriate assessment methods to be used in assessing my
pupils. It will also help me in constructing a fair and valid test to measure
the mastery of the pupils.
And
it serves to me as a concrete evidence that i undergone my Field Study1.
EPISODE 1
The School as a Learning Environment
SCHOOL
FACILITIES CHECKLIST
Facilities
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Description
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Office of the Principals
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ü
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The
office of the principal is well ventilated and it is organized. There is sofa
for visitors for them to feel welcome, and the principal’s office is always
open to the visitors.
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Library
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ü
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It is big and composed of many books, which are well
organized
According to their
subject.
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Counselling Room
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The counselling room is located inside the principal
office.
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Canteen/Cafeteria
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They
have only 1 canteen, and the foods are well organized. They have a certain
and complete utensils. The canteen is clean, and it
is located near the principal’s office.
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Medical
Clinic
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Small
room only, and located beside the library.
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Audio Visual/Media Center
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Reading Center
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A
clean room for the children to read, with a table and chair inside and it is
located beside the principal’s office.
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Speech Laboratory
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Science Laboratory
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Gymnasium
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Auditorium
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Home Economics Room
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Industrial Workshop Area
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PTA office
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A
small room which is not always used. It was also found inside the library
room.
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Comfort Room for Boys and Girls
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The
school has 4 available comfort rooms for the boys and girls, but inside of
the classrooms they have also their own comfort rooms especially the
pre-schoolers and grade 1-3.
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District
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The
office is always open for some important guests, and sometimes the persons
that have something important to talk about. It is clean and well ventilated.
We can see the district profile, the target and the annual enrolment.
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Stage
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The
stage is not so big but it is appropriate to the elementary students. It is
located at the center of the school near the principal’s office at the left,
and grade 2 rooms at the right. The stage is in front of the playground and
the small statue of Mary.
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Playground
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The
playground is big and it has an extension, which makes the ground big. Their
playground is clean and it has a Carabao grass for the pupil’s safety.
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An
observation for the classroom visit
Oas North Central School is located at Ilaor
Norte, Oas, Albay, beside you take the Maharlika Highway and pass the Maharlika
Bridge, going to legaspi.
The
school campus, (buildings, offices, and classrooms) are presentable and as I’ve
entered the campus, I’ve noticed that the surroundings are clean. There’s a lot
of flowering plants in front of every classrooms. There are also vegetable
garden planted at the back of the canteen. In front of the campus are the flag
pole, stage, play grounds, office of the principal and the reading center.
The
school buildings and classrooms are well-maintained and structured. The school
is attractive, clean and well-organized. The school makes you feel that you are
always welcome, and it is a good indicator that the teaching and non-teaching
personnel bind as one or they have unity.
Classroom facilities
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Description
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Wall Displays
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There are 8 quotations posted on the
walls of the classroom that I’ve observed. 2 prayers(the opening and the closing prayer),3 poster of
flowers, all of these can be found on top of the blackboard/wallings left and
right of the center on the top of the blackboard. They have the alphabets,
honors, class officers, daily sweepers, school vision and mission, intervida
corner and the subject’s corner.
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Teachers Table
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The teachers table of the room that
I’ve observe, is near the door. Made up of wood but properly covered by gift
paper and plastic. It has also a design and a flower on the table.
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Learners Desk
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There are 3 tables in the room, for
the row 1, 2, and 3. It is made up of wood and the chairs also. There are 24
chairs for each pupil and there still an excess one table located near the
teachers table. It is used when there is an exam; for the learner’s o have
some privacy.
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Blackboard
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It is located in front of the room.
There are 2 green blackboards with 3 lines and 2 colours, which is the red
and the blue that guides the pupils when they are writing. The 2 blackboards
have their own curtains for some surprise activities.
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Learning Materials/
Visual Aids
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Learning materials like flashcards
with different words and those visual aids for the different subjects are
located at the side of the room, near at the comfort room. They have also
bookshelves at the side of the room but it was covered by a curtain and the
visitor wasn’t able to recognize what is inside.
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Comfort Rooms
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It is located at the left corner of
the room near in the learning materials. The comfort room is clean and it has
continuously flowing water. It is important for the learners to feel
comfortable.
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OBSERVATION
The
school and classroom that I have observed was conducive to learning and
facilitating learning for the pupils. They have the most important facilities
and equipments needed in a teaching learning process.
The
availability of the instructional materials and organization of facilities and
equipments help the teachers in their tasks of sharing knowledge to their
learners and build an active and cheerful discussion inside the four corners of
the classroom.
As
a future teacher someday, I need to be more patient and understanding, for my
pupils to learn and for them to get my objective
My Analysis
Having
a clean, attractive and safe school environment such as campus and classrooms, encourage
the pupils going to school because they become interested to learn and discover
what they would be if they enter this kind of environment. They become more
inspired when they see a school that is conducive in learning, and makes them
feel secured and special.
This
condition and location of the school and its classrooms play a big role in
facilitating learning. The learning capabilities of the pupils is being
affected because of the environment, that’s why school and its facilities
should be conducive to learning for them to acquire knowledge in productive and
comfortable ways. More facilities, more knowledge can the learners adopt.
My Reflection
If someday I asked myself, if I like to teach in Oas North
Central School, of course I will just simply say YES. Because teaching is a big
responsibility for me to test myself on how I’ll make my learners to be
responsible also. I want to teach in the school environment that I’ve observed
because it is a clean and quite big for the learners to learn. Even the school
is not totally big, for me it is quite enough for my learners to learn all I
need to do is to guide and teach them well.
A kind
of school campus that is conducive to learning is a school that is well-
organized, well disciplined, clean, has a complete facilities that can help the
students to develop their learning’s, and when it comes to activities, a school
that has a good way of running the school. In a classroom environment, the room
that is conducive to learning is the room that has complete visual materials,
charts, attractive wall display for the learners to motivate and feel inspired
to learn, and to be more interested and participate to the lesson.
The
room that is conducive to learning has a complete visual materials, charts,
some flash cards, and the room must also have an attractive wall displays such
as- alphabets, inspirational quotes, heroes, posters, prayers, drawings, and
they need also to have their board for the subject such as Makabayan corner,
Values corner, Math, Filipino, and many more subjects. The room also need to
have the learner’s outputs or works/artworks. All this things are important to
do and applied to the classroom for the learners to feel special, for the learners
to motivate and feel inspired to learn, and to be more interested and
participate to the lesson.
I will
ensure that my classroom will be conducive to learning. I will construct an
attractive, colourful, clean and well- organized classroom. I don’t mind if
I’ll spent my own money just to make my classroom conducive to learning,
because Its just for my learners own sake, in order for them to encourage and
be interested to learn and gain knowledge from me and for them to feel inspired
to come to school every day because in the other set of mind they are safe and
comfortable here.
Learning
is the most important thing to practice, for us to live in this world. That’s
why; we need to make our school and classrooms conducive to learning for our
learners’ future. Be the teacher and guide the students properly.
My Portfolio
An effective
school environment of mine is the school that has 2 big gates with 2 guards. 5
rooms every level from pre-school to grade 6. Has a big stage, 2 green big play
ground for the learners to enjoy their childhood even they are pressured in the
school. The school has a complete facilities- principal’s office, reading
center, library, canteen, audio center, gymnasium for their physical education,
CR for boys and girls, clinic, conference hall, school garden, science
laboratory, HE room, workshop area, and lastly the bodega.
A
room that has complete materials in teaching will be an effective one for the
learners to learn. I’ll put some wall posters for my students to be inspired
every day. An effective school environment is the school that has a good way of
interacting, socializing to others.
An
effective school environment can make an effective student for an effective
life towards the effective community.
thanks maam for your very nice field study...
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