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Practicum Week : 1
1.0 Problem
I teach the year 3 Yakin pupils of SK Tempinis. There are 19 pupils in the class.
Im having about 8 periods of lessons with them in each week. But for the first week, I
just entered and had ice breaking session with them. I find my classroom as very noisy.
Actually if they pupils make noise or talk a lot that shows their active involvement as
well as their excitement during the teaching and learning session. But, on the other
hand, noisy classroom also displays the teachers classroom management, in which it
shows the teachers classroom control and pupils dominance instead of teachers.
Teachers job is to place knowledge and skills inside the noggins the learners.
How frustrating that mission becomes when the teachers are unable to do the job
proficiently because the pupils are engaged in off-task conversations. At other times, it
is the sound of learning that we are hearing, but its many decibels too loud. Thus, I find
it hard to have the control during my teaching and learning session, as the pupils are
not focusing on the lesson but they are chit chatting with each other and they are
disturbing the lesson as well. For example, Aidil is a boy with a very loud voice, thus, he
tend to talk louder and sometimes he even shouts in the class while talking with his
friends. I find it hard to control as there are 22 of them and one of me. But, I know that I
should make sure them to realize that Im the boss in the classroom and not them. If I
give any sign at all that Im not in full control, the pupils will sense this and exploit my
weaknesses. Thus, I must project strength and the impression that I will not tolerate any
disobedience.
3.0 Ways to overcome
v) Award groups.
Put the students in groups and have a tally chart with the name of each group
on it. Tell the students to be quiet, and whichever group is quiet the
longest/the fastest will get a point for their group. You could also award one
point for every minute that each group is quiet for, so that the groups stay
quiet for a long time. Students get really competitive for points and will make
sure that their other group members are quiet. At the end of the week or
month, award a prize to the group with the most points.
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6.0 Conclusion
Through the end of the second week, I can see many changes with my pupils as
well as the classroom situation, the pupils noise can be controlled with the chant as well
as the group reward system, and I was really satisfied with the way it turned out, as I
managed to overcome my problem.
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