My Reflections/Insights

1. How did the classroom organization and routines affect the learner's behavior?

2. What should the teacher have in mind when she/he designs the classroom
organization and routine? What theories and principles should you have in mind?

3. Which behavior strategies were effective in managing the behavior of the learners?
In motivating students? Why were they effective?
 My Map
The learners’ individual differences and the types of intended Learning Outcomes
that bring surely affect the quality of teaching and learning. This is all about observing and
gathering data to find out how students affect learning.
To realize my Intended Learning Outcomes, I will work my ways through these steps:

Step 1. Observe a class in different parts of a school day (beginning of the

day, class time, recess, etc.)

Step 2. Describe the characteristics of the learners in terms of age, gender,

and social and cultural diversity.

Step 3. Describe the interaction that transpires inside and outside the
classroom.

Step 4. Interview your Resource Teacher about the principles and practices
that she uses in dealing with diversity in the classroom.

Step 5. Analyze the impact of individual differences on learners’ interaction.

 OBSERVATION REPORT

Name of the School Observed:

School Address:
Date of Visit:
 My Analysis
1. Identify the persons who play key roles in the relationship’s interactions in the
classrooms. What roles do they play? Is there somebody who appears to be a
leader, a mascot/joker, an attention seeker, a little teacher, a doubter/pessimist?

2. Are students coming from the minority group accepted or rejected from the others?
How is this shown?

3. How does the teacher influence the class interaction considering individual
differences of the students?

4. What factors influence the grouping of learners outside the classroom?

My Tools
Use the activity form provided for you to document your observation

An Observation Guide for Individual Differences

Read the following carefully before you begin to observe. Then write your
observation report on the space provided.

1. Observe the class to see the differences in abilities of the learners.

2. Try to identify the students who seem to be performing well and those
that seem to be behind.
3. Validate your observations by asking the teacher about the background
(family, socio-economic, presence of some learning disability, etc.) of
these children.
4. Observe the behavior of both the high achieving and low-achieving
learners. Note their dispositions, pace in accomplishing tasks, interaction
with teacher, and interaction with others.
5. Observe the teacher’s method in addressing the individual learning
needs of the students in his/her class.
 OBSERVATION REPORT

Name of the School Observed:

School Address:
Date of Visit:
 My Analysis
1. Did your observation match the information given by the teacher? Were you able to
correctly identify who among the students performed well and who did not? What
behaviors helped you identify them? (Volunteering to answer, responding to
teacher’s direction, etc.)

2. Describe the differences in ability levels of the students in the class. Is there a wide
gap between the students who are performing well and those that are not?

3. Describe the methods used by the teacher in handling the students’ differences in
abilities. How did the students respond to the teacher? Did the teacher use
differentiated instruction? If yes, describe how.
Baumrind’s Parenting Styles

Authoritarian. Parents are very

firm with their children and
expect unwavering and
unquestioning obedience. Rules My Analysis
are set by parents and
misbehavior is met with Your findings are recommendations in the Learner
withdrawal of affection, Development Profile will help you answer the questions here.
physical punishment or threat.
1. From your home visit and interview, what do you think is the
Permissive. Parents are not firm style of parenting experienced buy the learner? Explain your
or controlling. They have few
expectations. May be warm
answer.
and caring but appear to be
uninvolved and uninterested.

Rejecting-Neglecting. Parents 2. Relating your data with what you learned from child
are disengaged from children.
development, what family factors do you think contribute to
Neither demanding nor
responsive to children. Provide the development and over-all adjustment of the learner in
no structure, supervision, school?
support or guidance.

Authoritative. Parents achieve a

good blend. They are firm yet
loving. Have a clear and 3. Does the communication between the home-school have
reasonable expectations and an effect on the learner? If yes, what are these effects?
limits for their children. Treat
children with respect and
warmth. Make children
understand consequence of
their behavior.

Children of:

Authoritarian Parents: are often

unhappy, fearful, withdrawn,
inhibited, hostile, and
aggressive. They have low self-
esteem and difficulty with
peers.

Permissive Parents: believe that

their parents do not care for
them. They are often impulsive.,
aggressive and lack self-control;
may they have low levels of
independence and
responsibility.

Rejecting-Neglecting Parents:
are found to be the least
competent in their over-all
functioning and adjustment.

Authoritative Parents: are

socially competent, self-reliant,
and have greater ability to
show self-control. They have
higher self-esteem and are
better adjusted.

-Based on Child Development

by Santrock, 2004
My Reflections/Insights
1. Reflect on your own development as a child, what type of parenting did you
experience? How did it affect you?

2. As a future teacher, how would you establish good home-school collaboration?

How can you work well with the parents? How can you help them? How can
they help you?