Table 5: A Day in the Life of a UAE Primary School Science Teacher.

Time Activity Notes

7:15 Signs in MST arrives and signs in at the office

7:15- Prepare for the MST arranges the tables and prepare
7:30 class. the materials that students needed in
the lesson.
7:30- Assembly MST takes the students to the assembly
7:40 and asks them to line up.

7:45- Introduce the lesson MST starts the lesson and explains Math
8:30 for students. The lesson was about
place value. She teaches them about the
differences between ones and tens.
8:35- Break MST takes her break and eats her
9:00 breakfast.

9:00- Correct students MST collects students book and starts

9:20 books correct their book.

9:25- Duty to observe MST takes students to play ground,

10:10 student in their observes them while playing and asks
break. them to behave well example, dont run.
10:10- Meeting with the MST meets the parents, discusses and
10:35 parents. talks with them about their students
performance. Also, she shows the
parents the paper exam.
10:35- Teaching science MST teaches grade one a science lesson
11:20 about pollution meaning. Also, how can
people reduce pollution? She completes
the book with students.
11:20- Activity day MST prepares students activity and give
12:10 it to them. The activity was about
comparing numbers.
12:15- Meeting with the MST has a meeting with the science
13:00 science coordinator coordinator. She talks, discusses with
her about the plan for next week.
13:15- Teaching math grade MST teaches students about even and
14:00 2 odd numbers. She gives them a
worksheet to understand the lesson.