Annoy's Reflection #6

Ani Rochaeni

2011120037

Section H

PETA Reflection the Sixth

Last meeting on PETA course, I have learnt reflection and sharing session about what I had done in microteaching. I got some inputs for improving my teaching especially for my final test. I got something important in microteaching, like I have to consider in exploring what students know about the topic. Also do not forget to introduce the topic or agenda of that day. I have just known that introducing the topic is not only delivered in the beginning, but also can be described I general then in the conclusion part can go back. That is my understanding based on my notes.

I have understood clearly in the role of teacher part. I understand that we as a teacher candidate not only teach students in order to be smart, but also as a monitor of students in the right track. Do not guide the student loose in the wrong path. Another part is about time allocation. When I did the microteaching, good in managing time is the important thing. I knew it clearly, so that I am as a teacher in that microteaching did not wasting time. The key of all of this is monitoring; monitoring students and monitoring time do not until wasting time.

Unfortunately, I have some parts that I missed because I did not focus in the lecturing. There are some aspects that we have to pay attention to them. They are objectives, activities, and assessment. There is no notes in my notes, and I am little bit confused about it. I assume that these aspects are some points that I have to deliver in my teaching. For more explanation about that, I have to share and ask to my friends especially who has understood completely.

I think this reflection and sharing session about the micro teaching was interesting. In the post middle of the course, the lecturer gave a brief description about Multiple Intelligences and Differentiated Instruction. Actually I already read it for my TLL presentation, but the more explanation is much better than just read it by myself. That was meaningful lesson for me as an educator or teacher candidate. Based on the lecturer sharing about her friend, I influence my spirit to apply what I have got that day, like using differentiated instruction in classroom. It is good addition of teaching methods, because it mixes the application of Multiple Intelligences and Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Overall, this session meets my expectation to improve my teaching skill and enrich my knowledge of course. I do hope the next session will be more interesting than this, I will be more focus to the course, I will note-taking more, and I will catch all the material up.