Tuesday, March 01, 2005
my first time teaching since last yr..
i wonder y there is such a thing as banding. in the past, especially my time, we didn't have to change classes when we attended maths, geog or language classes. now, if u're in Band 1 for maths, u go to another class taught by another teacher; the same goes if u're in band 2 or 3. hmm, quite confusing, but i think dat's the way the story goes. one benefit i see here is dat if u were to teach the band 1 students, they tend to be more attentive and studious, so less classroom management problems faced here. on the other hand, if u're teaching a band 3 class, chances dat u get out of such classes feeling nothing less than sheer utter frustration coz u didnt complete ur required objectives at the end, but also the classroom management dat drives u down to the max.
alhamdulillah for dis practicum, i was given a band 1 class for my sec 3 normal academic maths. although they're in N/A, but they're taking Maths meant for the sec express stream. the benefits for them is dat, when they take the O level paper, somehow the marks they get is converted to Normal Academic level, n by doing dat, their grades can be adjusted positively. for instance, i heard from my colleague; if a student were to get a D7 for the O level maths, the grade would be adjusted to be B4 or C5 after conversion to N level standards. dat'll definitely help them tremendously, to those who're interested to study dat means.
ok here's the verdict of my first time teaching in NTSS. it was... ok, not bad. my Coorperative Teacher (CT) gave some positive encouragements for starters. she advised me on the use of different coloured markers to indicate to the students which ones to copy into their notebooks n which ones are just for discussion purposes. and she oso mentioned dat i didnt have to die-die stick to my lesson plan n rush the work. so im allowed to pace my lessons as see fit.
i can say i wasnt satisfied wif my own performance. i knew i could do much better than dat. teaching for the first time made me have some jitters, but i hope to improve them wif time. alhamdulillah i was glad dat i received welcomed feedbacks from the students when i asked them after class. u see, while i was observing my CT teach last week, i managed to get to know some students whom i feel are the more attentive ones. one said my explanation was ok.. the other one said i was a bit too fast, but still ok. i intend to slow down the pacing and change the way i impart the info. more on dat soon..
tomorrow they're having maths test. i'll be answering the questions first to try estimate how long they'll take to finish, though i may finish faster than wat they would take. so i have to offset ah..
somehow im looking forward to teaching them again. though some of the r really a pain in the a**e, but heck, thats wat teaching is all abt!
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