Learning Points (Day 1 of TP)

There are a few things that I noticed today, and they can be summarised as follow:

(1) Another way of marking attendance could be calling out the register no. and getting them to response with their name.

Reflection: Hmm... Is this way reliable? What if a student could call out another person's name? To put this on check, is the teacher able to recognize the difference in their voice and pitch?

(2) Be flexible in the teaching approach and ways of interacting with the kids.

Reflection: I also believe that we should be flexible not only in dealing with people but also the approach in reaching out to them.

(3) Give the students a time frame of their work.

(4) The design process is taught together with the making processes at lower secondary level.

Reflection: I think this is a good approach rather than doing one after the other. I thought this might give the students a glimpse of what they are going to do if they choose to do D & T at upper secondary. This approach also give them a complete feeling of D & T, rather than just doing a project.

(5) Do not pin-point any students. We should learn to forgive and forget.

Reflection: I think not only with students should we do that, but to anyone who harm us in one or other way.

(6) Do not shout at them, just wait.