The Third Reflection - Ambar Nurul Ansari

I am always curious with PETA course. What I will learn in PETA always be meaningful to my teaching practice. On the last session, I learned about Models of Instructions. Actually, I have learnt about the topic in the other subject. But then, the concern of the lesson is different although the main purpose is same. I mean that the purpose is really same because as a teacher’s candidate, I have to know the models of instruction, the strength and the weaknesses, so I can know which one is the most appropriate to my teaching practice someday.

Based on what I learned yesterday, I really understood that every model is good. I remember what one of the lecturer said to me that “we do not judge what the most appropriate model to apply is, but we have to deal with them”. I understood clearly each of the models. I understood the intentions of them also the strength and the weaknesses. For example is the Lecture-Discussion Model. It seems same with the Direct Model. However, the Lecture-Discussion Model emphasizes on the information processing and the Direct Model does not do it although both of them use the teacher-centered learning approach.

Unfortunately, I just did not understand clearly for the Guided Model. I did not exactly get the main point about this part. I just knew that based on this model, the teacher has to give examples from the real situation. But then, I did not get the rest of this model’s intention. I did not know exactly the strength and weaknesses about this model. Maybe, I will read more the articles about this model and ask some friends who really understood about this model or do a discussion with some friends.

Actually, the topic was quite interesting. I have to discuss in a group about the topic and after that do the sharing session. Then, Ms. Inez also delivered the emphasizing on for each of models. Like I stated on the beginning, this topic was really meaningful for me as a teacher’s candidate. I will be a real teacher someday. This topic can help me to conduct a good teaching-learning process.

Then, I did not expect anything which was too high from this session. I just wanted to get the meaningful lesson inside this topic. I realized that I got what I wanted. But then, for the next session, I expect that I will get something new which is also meaningful for me and my students someday.