Table 5: A Day in the Life of a UAE Primary School Science Teacher.

Time Activity Notes

7:15 Signs in MST arrives and signs in at the office

7:15- Prepare for the MST asked the assistant to arranges the
7:30 class. tables, and prepare the resources for
the lesson.

7:30- Assembly MST takes the students to the assembly

7:40 and asks them to line up.

7:45- Introduce the lesson MST starts the lesson and explains Math
8:30 for students. The lesson was about
place value. She teaches them about the
differences between ones and tens.
8:35- Teaching Math MST went to the Grade two to teach
9:00 Math.

9:00- Break MST sat in the staffroom and chit chat

9:20 with teachers.

9:25- Duty to observe MST takes students to play ground,

10:10 student in their observes them, let them play with each
break. other, and dont fighting.
10:10- Teaching Math G2 MST meets the parents, discusses and
10:35 talks with them about their students
performance. Also, she shows the
parents the paper exam.
10:35- Teaching Science MST teaches grade one a science lesson,
11:20 G1F she made revision for them. Also, short
quiz.
11:20- Teaching Language MST give dictation for the student, then
12:10 art G1F told choral story, and practice individual
reading.

12:15- Meeting with the MST has a meeting with the science
13:00 science coordinator coordinator. She talks, discusses with
her about the plan for next week.
13:15- OFF MST went to home.
14:00