CLASS DISCUSSION II

WEDNESDAY
12/04/2017

       For this week in class we watch the video about the High-Quality Kindergarten that have 3 parts of it. 

       Part I (Background)

For part 1 is about the background of the children. The teacher also teach the children how to draw, paint and play to increase their cognitive. The children will practice all what the teacher taught them in classroom. In classroom teacher have the schedule, provide many types of toys, books and so on for the children that they can use for their education. There have a few thing such as :

I.                    The Children Development

Children know how to write the sentences correctly

Children can play while learning at the same time.            

II.                   Kindergarten Teaching Practice

Children feel challenge and want to try something else.

III.                 Teacher-Child Interaction

Make a circle group and have story been shared.

IV.                 Assessment in Kindergarten (Curriculum Design)

Curriculum design is most important towards the children learning.

Assessment under curriculum evaluation.

       Part II (The Curriculum Learning Center Environment)

This part was talk about the balance of curriculum. The teacher provide many types of the center which every center was very interesting and full with the materials. 

I.                     Meeting Area

 Full of Materials

A lot of activities such like free dancing, sing a song, share the news and communicate with each other.

II.                  Block Center

 Many types of blocks and toys

III.                 Literacy Center

 Provide a mini library for many subject such like English, Bahasa Melayu, Science and so on. This will helps the children to love reading.

IV.                Math Center

 A lot of activities for mathematics subject being doing such like shaving cream so the children feel attracted. 

V.                  Dramatic Play

 Every children can play a role for play the drama such like puppet, toys, cooking, restaurant and so on.

VI.                Science Discovery

 Have a lot of activities to do such like foods and mix the color.

VII.              -Art Center

Painting, drawing, coloring

VIII.             Privacy Area

 For children to reading, relax time, hear the song and rest time.

   

      Part III (The Classroom Scheduling)

I.                     Arrival

 The teacher welcoming the children and ask the children to put their bag pack on the place that been provided and sit in group.

II.                  Class Meeting

 All the children say "Good Morning" to teachers.

III.                Shared Reading

 Teacher do a storytelling.

Teacher gives a lot  of teaching materials for children to read based on guiding reading.

IV.                Choice Time

 Children choice which one they want to go such like art center, Science center, toys and plays center and they was free to play on it.

V.                   Investigation/ Project Work

 Its for Science subject where the children can learn about butterfly garden and life cycle.

VI.                 Outdoor Recess

 Children have a lot of activities in outdoor so the children can play together among their friends.

VII.               Math Explorations

 Shaving cream

Use a block for count

VIII.            Writing Workshop

 Opportunity for children to apply about the sentences.

IX.                Specials

 Children learn about  music and movements to create the creative movements.

Class Discussion

WEDNESDAY
5/04/2017

We watch the video about the new teacher start her first day at preschool. What we can see from the video it was her first time to teach the children in class. Before she start her lesson she being introduce to all staff and teacher at that preschool. She also been given a mentor for make her easy to ask for an help. When she already get started she can not control the whole class. She also take the children to toilet without asking who want to go to. So, she has to send the child to the toilet repeatedly. After she come back from the toilet there have one of her students already relieved oneself. From there she realized that she need some help from her mentor. Then she go to her mentor for ask an help how to attract the children on her class and ask for some information from her mentor what she can do to handle her own class.

       Next, we watch and discuss the video about the teacher attract the children to learn the lesson with many types of teaching materials that really colorful. Before start the lesson the teacher ask the children to sing a song to take the children attention. The teacher teach the children using many types of teaching materials that mounted on the wall, circle time and so on. So for that day the teacher teach many types of learning in variously. The children seem to fun, excited and happy while learning. It little bit help the teacher to give lesson to children that time. The teacher also was really good at teaching. All the children give focus on what she trying to say. The children also answer all the question that the teacher ask. It shown that the teaching and learning process that day was successful.

       After that, we watch the video about how to arrange the class rightfully. For example, the materials and toys that children need in their learning must be put in own box so all of it not scattered. The teacher also show how to arrange the chair and table in class. Besides, the the teacher also shows that she provided many center for children such like art center, traffic for behavior and so on. So, the children can get many information from there. The teacher also provided a tool that the children can use for every center on the table. The children will not quarrel for each other because the teacher put them into a group. All what children need already being put on the table so it make them easy to do their work. They also will feel excited because can play while learning.

                Before the class end our lecture give  watch the video that our senior for B.E.C.E prepared for Creative Drama subject. On that video we watch how they act about one story and there have moral in there. As we can see their acting was very good and have some benefits on it.

TOPIC 10 & 11 : CURRICULUM EVALUATION CURRICULUM ISSUES AND TREND

Wednesday
29/03/2017

       Today we discuss about topic 10 which is the last topic for this subject. Based on the topic we started or lesson by discuss about the evaluation that the all people through it especially for teacher and the children at school. Evaluation is the explanation that how we process by gathering the information or data, evaluate the weaknesses, strength and so on. For example, school assessment such like rubric, tests, exam and so on. These will be evaluate based on students assignment and works. The comprehensive evaluation of a curriculum will  be rate according to rubric and it was a tools for access the students works or assignment. The validity and curriculum evaluation is the tools of instrumen that one more comprehensive for students works. For example, checklist and running record. The best to evaluate the curriculum is based on data judgement, the students achievement by using the survey or checklist for the analysis.

       The best curriculum design and teaching strategies are theoretical rationale. This is because it related to all tools that we use as teacher in teaching and doing the approaches. We need to state our aims and goals by know what the children or students can achieve in their learning follow the subject. Besides, we also can see based on the students performance by the activity that we do if they can do it or not. The product evaluation is what we already taught to them and they know how to do it. So, from here we can know the student evaluation based on the evaluation that we do which is start from cognitive, psychomotor, attitudes and the multiple activities and assessment such like summative (true or false, yes or no) and formative (checklist, running record). 

       There have five value question for teacher to the effectiveness of evaluation. It was Intrinsic value which is to see the internal of children. It also the one way how to evaluate the enjoy activity for both teacher and children to see the result. The Instrumental Value the curriculum design that have related with the attended audience which is the children on age 5 or 6 years old. The Comparative Value is the comparison between the KSPK and DSKP which one is better. The Idealization Value is in their idea have the evaluation or not. Then, the Decision Value. After making the all evaluation analysis, the decision will be make based on do comparison which curriculum design that have the good criteria and should it be retained, modified or discarded. 

         As the teacher, they must know the phases of evaluation. It is :

I.                    Focusing on the curricular phenomena to be evaluated (what)

II.                  Collecting the information

III.                Organizing the information

IV.                Analyzing the information

V.                  Reporting the information

VI.                Recycling the information (continual update)

       These phases is fro teacher to set up what the things that be need to evaluate. For example, are the children know the ABC alphabet or not. Then, based on the collecting information the teacher can give the blank paper to children and ask them to write the 26 alphabet in big or small letter. When the teacher gather all the children work, the teacher needs to analyses by separated which children are good and weak. So, from there the teacher can report how many children already mastery the alphabet and not. After that, the teacher can doing the recycling information by giving another test to children to evaluate the children development.

TOPIC 8 & 9 : Curriculum Implementation

WEDNESDAY
22 March 2017

 In this week, we proceed our learning for topic 8 and 9 “Curriculum Implementation”. Based on this topic we discuss about how the curriculum develop. Firstly is curriculum component which is what important subject for students. Then, curriculum contents is what the teacher teach it must related with the fact. It was a post modernism view knowledge as dynamic and evolutionary not static. The knowledge results from a structuring and reconstructing of perceived realities. Content is fact, concept, generalization, theories which are similar to disciplined knowledge and chemistry. How to select the content is by addressed the cognitive, social and psychological dimensions of the individual students. The content can be organized by knowledge organized based on theories and knowledge organized into domains. For example, number the domain of mathematics, physics has matter and energy. The criteria for selecting content is self-sunffiencienty, significant, interest, utility and learn ability.  

Topic 6 & 7 : CURRICULUM DESIGN

Wednesday

Curriculum Design. In this topic we discuss about the arrangement of curriculum elements into substantive entity. In basic curriculum components, it must have aims, goals and objectives, subject matter, learning experiences and evaluation. It for teach the students about concept and skills which only one subject will be teach also tell what the students can gain after learning it. There have a few things in Curriculum design versus instructional design. It was sciences as a source which it was a scientific method provides meaning for the curriculum design that means where they can find some knowledge and ingredients for do it. This is because only those items that can be observed and quantified should be included. 

Then, society as source which means what the other people and children needs in curriculum agent of society. Society shows where to modify the curriculum. Next, external and define source which means the curriculum design should be intended. Knowledge as a source is one of prime sources of curriculum. The learner as a source is what the students needs in subject and activity so that they can learn by doing (cognitive research). For scope of study is many such like theme and subtheme. But every theme it must sequences and articulation. Lastly is about three representive curriculum which is student-centered designing is for content and for process that have guide from the teacher. Then, learner-centered designs are based on student lives (interests, needs and empowerment). Problem-centered designs focus on problems of living and society.

Topic 5: Curriculum Design and Development

WEDNESDAY

15/03/2017

The definition of curriculum is curriculum was a racing chariot, currere was to run. In curriculum theory and practice there have 4 ways of approaching or looking at curriculum theory and practice. First is curriculum as a body of knowledge to be transmitted that related with syllabus which is means a short and clear statement or list of topics for discourse. For example, assignment and writing. Second is curriculum as a body of knowledge to be transmitted. It was about real purpose of education to bring about significant changes in the students pattern of behaviour. When the teacher finish teach they must show the result about what they teach the children. Before start the teaching and learning (activities) the teachers must set up the objectives that they want to achieve. Next is curriculum as product. It has the advantages and disadvantages. For advantage, the approach of curriculum theory, practice is systematic and has considerable “organizing power” is to providing a clear notion of outcome meanwhile for disadvantages program is outside the learning experiences of learners. This takes much away from the learner. It means the students only follow what the teacher ask and what they being ask to do. So, they will be no development happen to the students because they only do what been ask without use their brain to solve the work that been give. Third is about curriculum as process. It was another way of looking at curriculum theory. It also about the interaction between teacher, students and knowledge. Lastly is about curriculum as praxis. It means it was a process of learning the experiments

Topic 3 and 4 Philosophical Foundations & Psychological Foundations of Curriculum

WEDNESDAY
8 March 2017

We started our leon today  which our cover for 2 topic for this week. Topic 3 is about the "Philosophical Foundations". In this chapter we learn about wisdom (Love of Wisdom) and four major of philosophies. It was perennialism, essentialism, proggressivism an reconstructionism. Both of it was related towards foundations of curriculum. When we finish the topic 3 w continued for topic 4. In topic 4 we study about "Psychological Foundations of Curriculum". We started our topic with concept of learning which it have three theoretical schools of learning behaviourism, development, psychological and phenomenology and humanistic psychology. For phenomenology and humanistic it was about the problem solving and creative thinking children towards something that make children learn differently. For example, mix colour such like yellow mix blue will produce the green colour. This really can help the children to improve their critical thinking. Lastly, about humanistic which in here there have 3 popular theory such lik Maslow, Rogers and Raths.