UNIVERSITY OF CAGAYAN VALLEY

School of Liberal Arts and Teacher Education

Tuguegarao City 3500

COURSE TITLE: Observations of Teaching-Learning in Actual School

Environment

COURSE CODE: FIELD STUDY 1

NUMBER OF UNITS: 3

UNITS CONTACT HOURS: 3 HOURS

PREREQUISITE: All professional and major subjects

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is the first experiential course, which will immerse a future teacher to
actual classroom situation and learning environment where direct observation of
teaching learning episodes that focus on the application of educational theories
learned in content and pedagogy courses will be made. Observations on learners’
behavior, motivation, and teacher’s strategies of teaching, classroom management,
and assessment in learning among others shall be given emphasis. A portfolio shall be
required in the course.

COURSE CONTENT

1. Orientation, Overview of the Course Outline

2. The School Environment
3. Learner Diversity: Developmental Characteristics, Needs and Interests
4. Focus on Gender, Needs, Strengths, Interests, Experiences Language, Race,
Culture, Religion, Socio-economic status, Difficult Circumstances, and
indigenous peoples
5. Learner Diversity: The community and Home environment
6. Creating an Appropriate Learning Environment
7. Classroom Management and Classroom Routines
8. Physical and Personal Aspects of Classroom Management
9. Close Encounter with the School Curriculum
10. Preparing for Teaching and Learning
11. The Instructional Cycle
12. Utilizing Teaching-Learning Resources and ICT
13. Assessment for Learning and Assessment as Learning (Formative
Assessment)
14. Assessment of Learning (Summative Assessment)
15. The Teacher as a Person and as a Professional
16. Towards Teacher Quality: Developing A Global Teacher of the 21st century
17. On Teacher’s Philosophy of Education

REFERENCES:
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School of Liberal Arts and Teacher Education
Tuguegarao City 3500

 Lucas et.al (2020). Field Study 1: Observations of Teaching-Learning in

Actual School Environment, LORIMAR Publishing Inc. Quezon City, Manila.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Learning Episodes (encoded)

2. Choosen Topics (Module Making)

Your Task: Choose one major topics including its subtopics. Write a Topic
Presentation using the following outline.

i. Topic
Major topic and all its subtopics

ii. Pre-activities/Pre-test

iii. Lesson Proper

 Contents
Examples
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3

iv. Learning Activities

Learning Activities (Learning tasks including motivation/activation
strategy, instructional strategies, and guided practice)

v. Learning Assessment
Assessment (Authentic assessment strategy to check students’
understanding of concepts discussed. Include rubric to assess authentic
tasks)

vi. Additional Activities

vii. References
List down references (follow APA format)

3. Lesson Plan (Teacher Assign Topic/s)

Design a plan for students’ learning based on the topic chosen.

Suggested parts of the lesson planning (semi-detailed and detailed lesson

plan):
 UNIVERSITY OF CAGAYAN VALLEY
School of Liberal Arts and Teacher Education
Tuguegarao City 3500

I. Objectives
II. Subject Matter
A. Topic
B. Reference
C. Materials
III. Procedure
A. Daily Routine
B. Motivation
C. Presentation
D. Lesson Proper
E. Application
F. Generalization
IV. Evaluation
V. Assignment

SUGGESTED PARTS OF PORTFOLIO:

1. Cover page
2. Table of contents
 Learning Episodes (encoded)
 Lesson Plan
 Module Making
3. What are your key takeaways in the subject? (over all reflection)
4. Documentation