FIELD STUDY 2 Learning

The Teacher We
FS 2 Episode
Remember
1
1. From the PPSTs, the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Standards and
the TEDx videos that you viewed, what competencies does a great teacher
possess?
Analyze
2. Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies?

3. For a teacher to be great, is it enough to possess the professional

competencies to plan a lesson, execute a lesson plan, manage a class,
assess learning, compute and record grades? Explain your answer.

4. For a teacher to be great, which is more important – personal qualities or

professional competencies?

5. Who are the teachers that we remember most?

Reflect

Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Where do I need

improvement in?

Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating?

In which competencies do I need to develop more?

Who are the teachers that we remember most?

Write Action Research

Prompts
OBSERVE
1. In assisting my Resource Teacher, I observed that personal
traits such as _________ and professional competencies like _____ were
least / not displayed and as a result, students were / class was ______
REFLECT
2. The lack of these personal traits and professional competencies
(mentioned in #1) may be caused by _____
 PLAN
3. I would like to address this problem (mentioned in #2) by
conducting an action research on _____
ACT
4.
a) The main objective of my action research is _____
b) My specific research questions are: __________
c) To answer my specific research questions, I ______

Check for Mastery

Direction: Read the question and choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which behavior does a great teacher who can empathize with his/her
students display?
A. Feels what students feel
B. Express students to understand his/her feelings
C. Gives no assignment
D. Makes test easy
2. According to students, a great teacher is “chill”. What does this mean?
Teacher is _____.
I. cool
II. calm
III. doesn’t get overwhelmed
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. I only
D. I and II
3. Which professional competency refers to content knowledge and pedagogy?
I. Apply developmentally appropriate and meaningful pedagogy
grounded on content knowledge and current research
II. Display proficiency in Mother Tongue, Filipino and English in the
teaching and learning process
III. Demonstrate skill in the use of communication strategies, teaching
strategies, and technologies to promote high quality learning
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. I, II and III
4. To address the diversity of learners, which professional competency must
teacher display?
A. Apply interactive teaching
B. Do differentiated teaching
C. Use Problem-based learning
D. Employ Project-based learning
5. In the Southeast Asian Teachers Competency Framework, who is at the
center with whom the professional teacher relates?
 A. The professional teacher
B. The school heads
C. The joyful learner
D. The parent/guardian

Work on my Artifacts

Attach your reflections here.

 FIELD STUDY 2 Learning
FS 2
Embedding Action Research
Episode for Reflective Teaching

2
Inventory of Sample Action Research Conducted by Teachers
List of Completed Action Author/Authors
Research Titles
Participate and Assist
Ex. Differentiated Instruction in Mary Joy Olicia
Teaching English for Grade Four
Classes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Notice

Based on your activity on Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles, let’s
find out what you have noticed by answering the following questions.
Questions My Answer
1. What have you noticed about the 1. Identified problem to be solved in
action research titles? Do the title no. 1
action research (AR) titles imply
problems to be solved? 2. Identified problem to be solved in
Yes ____ No ____ title no. 2

If YES, identify the problems 3. Identified problem to be solved in

from the titles you have given. title no. 3
Answer in the space provided.
4. Identified problem to be solved in
title no. 4

5. Identified problem to be solved in

title no. 5

2. What interpretation about action Title of the Action Research:

research can you make out of ______________________
your answer in Question No. 1?

3. Write the Title and your From the title, I think, the study
 interpretation of the study from ______________________...
the title.
4. What do you think did the I think the author/s……..
author/s do with the identified
problem as presented in their
titles?
Analyze
Let us continue to examine and analyze what you have noticed and interpreted in the
previous activity.
Key Questions
1. From what source do you think,
did the authors identify the
problems of their action
research?
2. What do you think is the
teacher’s intention in conducting
the action research?
3. What benefit do you get as a
student in FS 2 in understanding
and doing action research?
4. In what ways, can you assist
your mentor in his/her Action
Research Activity?
My Answer
Choose from the options given. You
may check more than one answer
Choices:
____ Copied from research books
____ From daily observation of their
teaching practice.
____ From difficulties they observed of
their learners.
____ From their own personal
experience.
____ From the told experiences of their
co-teachers.
Choices:
____ To find a solution to the
problematic situation
____ To comply with the requirement of
the principal
____ To improve teaching practice
____ To try out something, if it works
____ To prove oneself as better than
the others
Choices:
____ Prepare me for my future job
____ Get good grades in the course
____ Learn and practice being an action
researcher
____ Improve my teaching practice
____ Exposure to the realities in the
teaching profession
____ Become a better teacher everyday
Choices:
____ By co-researching with my mentor
____ By assisting in the design of the
intervention
____ By assisting in the implementation
 of the AR
____ By just watching what is being
done

Reflect

Based on the readings you made and the previous activities that you have done,
1. What significant ideas or concepts have you learned about action research?
I learned that _________________________________________________

2. Have you realized that there is a need to be an action researcher as a future

teacher? Yes ____ No ____. If yes, complete the sentence below.
I realized that _________________________________________________

Write Action Research

Prompts
OBSERVE
1.
From what teaching principles of theories can this problem be anchored?
 I have observed and noticed that Action Research begins with a
problem or problematic situation.
Write an example of problematic situation that you have observed and
noticed.__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

REFLECT
2.
What have I realized? What do I hope to achieve?

I realized that for every teaching learning problem, there is a solution.

Write a probable solution to the problematic situation above
______________________________________________________________

PLAN
3.
What strategies, activities, innovations can I employ to improve the situation
or solve the problem?
 As a future action researcher, I can plan for an appropriate intervention
like
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
 ACT
4.
If I conduct or implement my plan, what can be is title?
 If will implement my doable plan in the future, my title would
_______________________________________________________

Check for Mastery

Direction: Choose the best answer.

1. Every future teacher should do action research because ___________.
A. it is a requirement for teachers in the field
B. it will improve teaching practice
C. it will add points to teacher’s performance
D. it is part of the teacher’s standard
2. Spotting a problematic situation in teaching and learning will _________.
A. spark an idea of doing Teacher Action Research
B. give more confusion to the teacher
C. create complexity in everyday teaching
D. add burden to teacher’s daily routine
3. Which of the following statements motivates a teacher to do action research?
A. Any problem that occurs in my class will soon pass.
B. For every teaching-learning problem, there is always a solution.
C. Leave the problematic situation for other teachers to solve.
D. There are more important classroom routines than finding solutions.
4. “Every teacher, should be an action researcher.” This statement is ________.
A. applicable only for teachers in big schools.
B. not doable and very idealistic.
C. the call for teachers in the current times.
D. appropriate for honor graduates.
5. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Action research problem is created by the teacher.
B. Noticing helps a teacher spot problematic situation.
C. Much of the teaching time should be spent in action research.
D. Action research is an optional teacher activity.

Work on my Artifacts

Your artifact will be an Abstract of a completed action research.

 FIELD STUDY 2 Learning
FS 2
Understanding AR Concepts,
Episode Processes and Models

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What concepts have been emphasized in the task and infographics? Give at least
four.
Notice
1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
Since the 3 models are all for action research, what are the common elements of the
three?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

Analyze