FIELD STUDY 1

A. SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Name of FS Student ____________________________________________________________

Course ________________________________ Year & Section __________________________
Resource Teacher _______________________ Signature ______________________________
Cooperating School _____________________________________________________________

Tasks to do:
1. Visit a school. Look into facilities and support learning areas in the campus, then in
the classroom.
2. Accomplish the checklist as you move around the school environment.
3. Based on your gathered data in the checklist, describe the school environment.
4. Make a reflection on the characteristics of a school environment that promotes
learning.
5. Present your idea of a good school environment through any of these:
a. Descriptive Paragraph
b. Photo Essay
c. Sketch or Drawing
d. Poem, Songs, or Rap

SCHOOL FACILITIES CHECKLIST

It is advised that you read the entire worksheet before proceeding to the school site.

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Facilities Availabl Description
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Office of the Principal
Library
Counseling Room
Canteen/Cafeteria
Medical Center
Audio Visual/Media Center
Reading Center
Speech Laboratory
Science Laboratory
Gymnasium
Auditorium
Home Economics Room
Industrial Workshop Area
Comfort Room for Boys
Comfort Room for Girls
OBSERVATION GUIDE FOR THE CLASSROOM VISIT
Tasks to do:
1. Look at the walls of the classroom. What are posted on the walls? What heroes,
religious figure, lessons, visual aids, announcements, do you see posted?
2. Examine how the furniture is arranged. Where is the teacher’s table located? How
are the tables and chairs/ desks arranged?
3. What learning materials/equipment are present?
4. Observe the students. How many are occupying one room?
5. Is the room well-lighted and well-ventilated?

CLASSROOM FACILITIES MATRIX

Description
Classroom Facilities (location, number, arrangement,
condition)
Wall Displays

Teacher’s Table
Learner’s Desks
Black Board

Learning Materials/Visual Aids

Your Reflections

1. Would you like to teach in the school environment you just observed? Why? Why not?

2. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?

3. What kind of classroom is conducive to learning?

4. Write your additional learning and insight here.

B. LEARNER’S CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS

Name of FS Student ____________________________________________________________
Course ________________________________ Year & Section __________________________
Resource Teacher _______________________ Signature ______________________________
Cooperating School _____________________________________________________________

Tasks to do:
1. Observe 3 groups of learners from different levels (pre-school, elem., and high school)
2. Validate your observation by interviewing the learners.
3. Describe each of the learner’s based on your observations.
4. Compare them in terms of their interests and needs.

OBSERVATION GUIDE FOR THE LEARNER’S CHARACTERISTICS

Physical
1. Observe their gross motor skills. How they carry themselves. How they move, walk, run,
go up the stairs, etc.
2. Are gross movements clumsy or deliberate/smooth?
3. How about their fine motor skills? Writing, drawing, etc.

Social
1. Describe how they interact with teachers and other adults.
2. Note how they also interact with peers. What do they talk about? What are their
concerns?

Emotional
1. Describe the emotional disposition or temperament of the learners. (happy, sad, easily
cries, mood-shifts)
2. How they express their wants/needs? Can they wait?
3. How do they handle frustrations?
4. Describe their level of confidence as shown in their behavior. Are they self-conscious?

Cognitive
1. Describe their ability to use words to communicate their ideas. Note their language
proficiency.
2. Describe how they figure out things. Do they comprehend easily? Look of evidence of
their thinking skills.
3. Were their opportunities for problem solving? Describe how they showed problem
solving abilities.
 Development Pres-Schooler Elementary High School
Indicate age range of Indicate age range of Indicate age range of
Domain children observed: children observed: children observed:

Physical

Gross-motor Skills

Fine-motor Skills

Self-help Skills

Social

Interaction with
Teachers

Interaction with
Classmates/friends

Interests

Emotional

Moods and
temperament,
expression of feelings

Emotional
independence

Cognitive

Communication Skills

Thinking Skills

Problem-solving
Your Analysis:

Write the most salient development characteristics of the learners you observed. Based
on these characteristics, think of implications for the teacher.

Example:
Salient Characteristics Implication to the Teaching-
Level
Observed Learning Process
Pre-school Preschoolers like to move Therefore, the teachers should
Age range of Learner around a lot. remember to use music and movement
observed 3-4 activities not just in PE in all subject
areas.
Therefore, teacher should not expected
preschoolers to stay seated for a long
period of time.

Salient Characteristics Implication to the Teaching-

Level
Observed Learning Process

Preschool
Age range of
Learners observed
__________

Elementary
Age range of
Learners observed
__________

High School
Age range of
Learners observed
__________

C. HOME-SCHOOL LINK
Name of FS Student ____________________________________________________________
Course ________________________________ Year & Section __________________________
Resource Teacher _______________________ Signature ______________________________
Cooperating School _____________________________________________________________

Tasks to do:
1. Select a learner from the class whom you have observed.
2. Conduct a home visits to your selected learner.
3. Describe the family in terms of
- Number of siblings
- Number of siblings in school
4. Reflect on how the feelings of belongingness and acceptance are emphasized in the
play.
5. Interview the parents about
- the rules they implement at home concerning their child’s schooling.
- the learners activities and behavior while at home.

An Observation/Interview Guide for Home School Link

Read the following carefully before you begin to observe/interview. Then write your
observation report on the provided space.

The Learner
1. Make a general observation of the learner. Describe him in each domains of
development:
o Physical-body and height (thin, chubby, underweight, overweight), level of
physical activity (fast, slow, lethargic, active, etc.)
o Social-interaction with teachers and classmates (loner, shy, sociable, friendly,
gets into fights, liked by others, etc.)
o Emotional moods, temperament, cries easily, loses temper, happy, shows
enthusiasm, excited, indifferent, etc.
o Cognitive (appears to understand lessons, copes with the lessons, excels, lags
behind, shows reasoning skills, turns in assignments and requirement, etc.)

Interview the Teacher

1. What are most noticeable characteristics of the learner? (emotional disposition, behavior
and discipline, sense of responsibility, study habits, academic performance, relationship
with peers, relationship with adults, social adjustment)

2. How does the teacher communicate with the parents? How often? What do they
discuss? Agree on?

Interview with Parents

1. Conduct a home visits. Once there, observe the home set-up. (Hoe is orderly, family
picture in the living room.)
2. Just ask the questions with which you feel comfortable.

THE LEARNER’S DEVELOPMENT PROFILE

Name of the Learner ____________________________________________________________
School ________________________________________________________________________
Date of Home Visit ______________________________________________________________
Date of Birth _____________________________ Age _________________________________
Grade/Year Level _________________________ Gender _______________________________

Family Profile
Number of Siblings: _____________________________________________________________
Birth Order: ___________________________________________________________________
Parent
Mother: _______________________________________________________________________
Age: ______________________________
Occupation: ________________________ Educational Attainment:
______________________
Father: _______________________________________________________________________
Occupation: ________________________ Educational Attainment:
______________________

Physical Development
In paragraph form, describe the physical Development of the learner. Combine the
teacher’s, parent’s response, and your own observation.

Social Development
In paragraph form, describe the social development of the learner. Combine the
teacher’s, parent’s response, and your own observation.

Emotional Development
In paragraph form, describe the emotional development of the learner. Combine the
teacher’s, parent’s response, and your own observation.

Cognitive Development
In paragraph form, describe the cognitive development of the learner. Combine the
teacher’s, parent’s response, and your own observation.

Findings
Write here your salient findings about the learner.

Conclusions
Write your conclusion after you have analyzed the impact of the school and the home on
the learner’s development. The questions in the “Your Analysis” portion of this learning episode
can help you.

Recommendation
Write your recommendation.
Your Analysis

Your findings and recommendation in the Learner Development Profile will help you
answer the question here.

1. From your home visit and interview, what do you think is the style of parenting
experienced by the learner? Explain your answer.
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2. Relating your data with what you learned from the child development, what family
factors do you think contribute to the development and over-all adjustment of the
learner in school?
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3. Does communication between the home-school have an effect on the learner? If yes,
what are these effects?
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Your Reflections

1. Reflect on your own development as a child. What type of parenting did you
experience? How did it affect you?
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2. As a future teacher, how would you establish good home-school collaboration? How can
you work well with the parents? How can you help them? How can they help you?
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 BAUMRIND’S PARENTING STYLES

Authoritarian. Parents are very firm with their children and expect unwavering and
unquestioning obedience. Rules are set by parents and misbehavior is met with
withdrawal of affection, physical punishment or threats.

Permissive. Parents are not firm or controlling. They have few expectations. May be
warm and caring but appear to be uninvolved and uninterested.

Rejecting-Neglecting. Parents are disengaged from children. Neither demanding nor

responsive to children. Provide no structure, supervision, support or guidance.

Authoritative. Parents achieve a good blend. They are firm yet loving. Have clear and
reasonable expectation and limits for their children. Treat children with respect and
warmth. Make children understand consequence of their behavior.

Children of:

Authoritarian Parents: are often unhappy, fearful, withdrawn, inhibited, hostile and
aggressive. They have low self-esteem and difficulty with peers.

Permissive Parents: believe that their parents do not care for them. They are often
impulsive. Aggressive and lack self-control: may have low levels of independence and
responsibility.

Rejecting-Neglecting Parents: are found to be least competent in their over-all

functioning and adjustment.

Authoritative Parents: are socially competent, self-reliant, and have greater ability to
show self-control. They have higher self-esteem and better adjuster.

-Based on Child Development by Sandrock 2004

 D. THEORIES OF LEARNING

Objectives:
1. To list the different activities during the lesson.
2. To identify the theories of learning by which the activities are based.

Tasks to do:
A. Go to the class you wish to observe. For this visit, lists down the learning ctivities given
by the teacher. Use the matrix below to show the application of the different
development theories in the classroom.

Theories Learning Activities

A. Piaget’s Stage of Cognitive
Development
1. Pre-Operational Stage

2. Concrete-Operational Stage

3. Formal Operational Stage

B. Erickson’s Psycho-Social Theory of

Development
1. Virtue

2. Preschool Purpose and Direction

3. School Age Competence and

Method

4. Adolescence Fidelity and Devotion

5. Young Adult Love and Affiliation

C. Vygotsky’s Socio-Cultural Theory

1. Scaffolding

D. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral

Development
1. Pre-Conventional Level

2. Conventional Level

3. Post Conventional Level

B. What learning strategies did the teacher use to encourage the children’s metacognition?