10 Interview questions including PDP goal

1. What are some things you accomplished this year that you are proud of including something
you might have tried for the first time?

Im proud of my self this year because I had teach a whole lesson 45mintues, and
managing the lesson time so I cover my lessons and activity during the class time.

While in the second point that Im proud to do it I started with songs I created that
related to the lesson and body movement, so firstly I save the words in my heart and start
to sing it with students which was : (put your hands , put your hands down..ect)and I
model it with them by doing including the words. According to the John Dewey theory he
believed, saw children as empty, passive receptacles to be filled with ideas .
(Mike,Augast30 )

And also Im proud to let students understand what they going to take before class, so
they will be ready to understand.

2. Describe the progress that you made towards your PDP goal and show evidence to support
this.
I reach my goal that I finish my lesson in full class including the activity. Firstly, I wrote my lesson
plan and I put a time for each part, but I have problem also in it. I put a time for each activity in
the lesson sometimes I cover it all sometimes not, because they take time in writing activity.

In most classes doesnt working I dont know why , but I think that its depend to the students
condition and the schedule time because sometimes they change that.

3. What is something you found particularly frustrating this year?

One day when I tried to teach students about vowels they were very noisy, and I couldnt manage
them they not listen or focusing even I do many thing to take their attention. And my MST said
that they are in not in mood to take lesson they were energy.
Also my lesson plan was not in details, for example, I didnt wrote each part in a specific way.

4. What is one way that you grew professionally this year?

How I can a build good relationship with principle, school staffs, teachers and students ,so
they all return the same respect.
How I can finish my function in a short time, including all things I need.

5. What was the most valuable thing you learned this year?

My MST was gave me note to fix it letter, for example when I gave students the activity
and I started to explain it but they were very busy and noisy with the activity

6. What was the biggest mistake you made this year? How can you avoid making the same
mistake in the future?

Mistakes How to a void

 I didnt check my resources before a day I must make preparing my resources that I
and it was over of some resources and need to use it in lesson and make sure that
shortage of some its ready

I wrote my lesson plans in a basic way Write my lesson plan with a specific detail

I give students the activity before giving I have to give students an instruction
instructions before giving the activity

I didnt read the subject very well before Read the lesson and understand it, so I can
explaining for students prepare the lesson and make it more
organizing

7. What were your biggest organizational challenges this year?

I faced big challenge in introducing the lesson for a students after doing warming up,
make sure the activities were organizing and suitable numbers according to their number
or number of group
8. Who was your most challenging student? Why?

Alya one of my students she was very good and she is answer my questions, but she
doesnt accept any activity. For example, when I gave her coloring activity she said I dont
need it and I tried to let her take it , but when she take after class she throw it.
So I understand that this kind of students have to difficult and challenging activity.

9. Vygotsky described the Zone of Proximal Development, which is a way for a teacher or other
person to help learners understand a concept or achieve something that they couldnt by
themselves. How did you help a student? Did you see students helping each other?

As Im a teacher students I have a role to help students when they struggle in a point, so
when I was in teaching practicum I observe one of the students write small letter b
instead of letter d , but when I show her the flash cards she understand her mistake and
now she write her father name in correct way. So as you are a teacher you can help your
students by practicing or any use any materials that help students understand the lesson.
According to the Vygotsky about ZPD its move a learners from level to the next step, so
the learners get the new thing as an experience in the next level.

10. Piaget believed that childrens thinking is very different than adults. What did you notice
about the way your students thought or came up with answers? Can you relate this to
theory?

According to piaget stage which is preoperational that said some of the children can understand
the second language by showing them an images so , they are able to said the characterize of the
object that they can see it.

For example, when Im in teaching practicum I observe to the students a picture of the tiger and I
ask them where can a tiger sleep but they didnt answer until I observe a picture of the places that
a tiger can sleep, so they start to said rocks. They understand the answer after they saw the
pictures.

Refences
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McLeod, S. (2010). Zone of Proximal Development - Scaffolding | Simply Psychology. [online]

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The Positive Encourager. (2017). D is for John Dewey: His Approach To Education - The Positive
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