Reflective Journal

Journal :3

Week : 3 (8th August 2016 12th August 2016)

Title of journal : Teaching and Learning Activity

This week, my biggest problem is to find ideas that can be implemented in the teaching and
learning activity At times, I feel like throwing in the towel and just do a boring and a mediocre lesson.
On the contrary, I want my student to enjoy and learn something from my lesson as it makes me feel
like a contented winner.

Planning a lesson plan is still a major problem to me; which I think takes a lot of time and
careful thinking. It is hard to device the teaching and learning activity so that it will coincide with the
curriculum specifications and the learning objectives stipulated in the lesson plan.

I have a lot of questions and doubts popping into my mind when preparing a lesson; is the
activity suitable for my students? What should I plan for the Closure stage? The Set Induction stage
takes only 5 minutes, but why did I take forever to come out with a suitable activity? Does the activity
provide a lead-in to the next activity? How and where should I apply the strategies and ideas
suggested by the reference books and the websites that I referred to?

On top of that, I need to prepare the teaching aids that will complement my lesson plan, which
is also time consuming and would drag my time up to 5 oclock in the morning.

My short of ideas in finding the best method to be implemented in my teaching and learning
activity may be due to my lack of experience and efficacy in developing a good lesson plan. I am also
sceptical to apply the ideas that I found from the internet and the reference books which I refer to
because I always think that the activities suggested are not suitable for my students level and those
they will not enjoy the activities.

There are several ways that could be done to overcome the problem mentioned earlier. There is, I
must make a proper mental and physical preparation by reading a lot of materials related to

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motivation and pedagogical approaches in education. I need to seek help and support from my
supervising lecturer, my cooperating teacher, the senior teachers or those who are more experienced,
to discuss on the best way to overcome my difficulties. Preparing an organized and detailed lesson
plan is totally new to me. So, I need to make a lot of homework by referring to plenty of reference
books and the Internet before embarking on a journey of coming up with a lesson plan.

I will try to overcome my problems soonest possible. I realize that if I am unable to manage these
problems immediately, the situation might spoil and jeopardize the achievement of the learning
objectives in the teaching and learning activity that is planned in the daily lesson plan.

I will need the assistance from my cooperating teacher and colleagues to assess the effectiveness
and success of my handling the problems. I will also need to do some self- assessment to solve these
matters.

Checked by Mentor (Major) Checked by Lecturer (Major)

Signature Signature

Name Mdm. Audrey Wee Name Mr. George Di-ie

Date Date

Checked by Mentor (Elective) Checked by Lecturer (Elective)

Signature Signature

Name Mdm. Audrey Wee Name Mr. Richard Neles

Date Date

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