0

Learning
FIELD STUDY 2 Episode Matching Problematic
Learning Situation

FS 2 4
with Probable Action

To have a meaningful and successful accomplishment in this FS episode, be sure to

read through the whole episode before participating and assisting in your FS2 Resource
Teacher’s class. Note all the information you will need and tasks you will need to do before
working on this episode.

Target Your Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Learning Episode, I must be able to:
 Analyse teaching learning problems prevailing in the classroom.
 List matching action as probable solution to teaching-learning problems.

Clarify Your Task

Matching Problematic Learning Situations with Probable Actions as Solution
Identifying a problem is a tricky task. Action research begins with identifying a problem.
Oftentimes, it is one of the difficult things to begin with. When a researcher was asked: “Have
you identified a problem for your action research?” Common answer will be: “My problem is
that, I do not have a problem.” Ironical, isn’t it?
If you observe and notice closely the teaching-learning environment in the classroom,
you will discover of lot of problematic situations. You must have also observed these
problematic situations when you did your FS 1 course.
But matching these problems with appropriate action is trickier.
Revisit The Infographic/s
A group of more than six hundred teachers was surveyed and asked what teaching
learning problems confront them. Here are their answers put together in a wordle.
 Study the words below. Each word represents an issue or a problem which was reported
by teachers in the field. Which of the words do you recognize as a problem? Draw a CIRCLE
around five words that you have also identified as problem in teaching-learning.

Figure 2. Words that Represent Common Teaching-Learning Problems Identified by Filipino

Teachers (Felimon, Saison, Bilbao, 2021)
Each of the identified problem that you encircled has a corresponding action or solution.

Identified Action as
Problems Solution
Participate And Assist
What five problems have you identified from the words that you have encircled? Make a
statement. Write in the space below.

The problems I identified are:

1. Attitude
2. Classrooms
3. Interest
4. Limited
5. Discipline
Excellent! Let us see how we can assist and learn ate the same time.
Suppose, the problem you have spotted is: COMPREHENSION.
How can you assist your mentor, after knowing that the learners have difficulty in
comprehension?
Make a Choice for your ACTION.
A. Conduct a tutorial lesson.
B. Show video lessons to help enhance comprehension.
C. Make a learning task to develop comprehension.

Suppose you chose letter A. Conduct a Tutorial. So you have identified the SOLUTION that
matches the PROBLEM which is Difficulty in Comprehension.
The Problem is: The Action is:

Difficulty in
Conduct a Tutorial
Comprehension of

Can you choose letter B: Show video lesson as a SOLUTION for the same PROBLEM? Explain
______________________________________________________________________________
The Problem is: The Action is:

Difficulty in
Show video lesson
Comprehension of

What about letter C as a SOLUTION to the same PROBLEM? Why?

______________________________________________________________________________
The Problem is: The Action is:

Difficulty in Make learning tasks to

Comprehension of improve comprehension

Interesting, isn’t it? Now, you can assist you mentor by identifying observed problems in the
class and suggest actions to be done.

Notice
What have you noticed of the problem identified above? Can there be more than one
solution to the problem? Yes Explain : In one problem we can find several solution and actions.
There are many ways and strategies to deal with this problem.
 A creative and innovative teacher can find one or more than one solution or answer to
the same problem. Each solution matches with the problem. The more solutions identified to
choose from, the better for an action research.
Analyze
Let us try to look into the following scenarios in the daily life of a teacher. This scenario
might also be similar to the class you have observed and noticed.
Scenario A: Miss Fely is a grade four teacher in a typical elementary school. She has forty
learners in her class. One half of them cannot classify animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
She has been repeating the same science lesson for two weeks, yet no progress was observed.
This situation has been bothering Miss Fely.

 Can you identify, Miss Fely’s problem?

Answer: 50 % of the class cannot classify animals from vertebrabes and invertabrates.
 Can you find a solution to solve her problem? Yes Give your two suggestions.
a. Let the other 50 % of the class help their classmate to classify animals.
b. Prepare an educational video that would catch their attention and understand the
lesson.
 What solution can solve Miss Fely’s problem? Answer: Prepare a video lesson
How? By watching colorful video presentation and illustration the kids can learn fast.
Are they matched with the problem? Answer: Yes

Scenario B: Sir Ryan teaches in disadvantaged urban community. Most of his learners come
from families that are disrupted, either with single parents or with their guardians who stand only
as parents. They are deprived of the necessary food, clothing and shelter.

 Can you identify the most probable-teaching-learning problem/s in the class of Sir
Ryan?
a. The lesson might hard for his learners to figure out.
b. The disadvantages are its strength of the environment of his learners
 Can you propose a solution to solve one of the problems that you have identified?
Answer: The teacher at least once brought his students to the urban world and after that he
REFLECT
can simple explain what is the disadvantages.

After reading the two scenarios given above, how would identifying problematic situations and
finding solutions to these problems help you to become a better teacher?
Explain:
Answer: The scenario reflects to the reality of teaching experiences, identifying the problem is so
much important and applying the most appropriate action is the teachers job. For me, I will
consider this scenario as a preparation on what do I expect in my future.
Write Action Research Prompts
Using any one example of problems in this activity, answer the AR prompts that follow:
OBSERVE

What problematic situation prevails in the classroom?

Answer: Lack of interest in learning mathematics

REFLECT

What changes do you want to achieve?

Answer:

PLAN
What strategies will you use to improve the situation?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
ACT
What would be the title of your Action Research should you conduct the study?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Add: Solutions/Actions
Check for Mastery
Here are some problematic situations in teaching-learning environment as observed and
experienced by the teachers. Match the problems listed in column A with corresponding probable
solutions in column B. you may use the letter once, more than once or not at all.

Problematic Situations Probable Solutions/Actions

_______1. Connectivity for On-line learning A. Rearrange classroom setting

_______2. Disruptive Classroom behaviour B. Maximize use of varied instructional

materials
_______3. Poor interest and motivation C. Regular parent-teachers circles

_______4. Parental non-involvement D. Use of rewards

_______5. At risk-students E. Group studies and Study Buddies

F. Use of flexible learning

G. Silent Reading Exercises

Work On My Artifacts
Your artifact will be an Abstract of a completed Action Research.
I. Title of Action Research

II. Author/s:

III. Abstract