Sixth Reflection of PETA By Yuko

·       What have you learned today? Is there any new thing you have learned today? Please explain.

Today, I have learned about 1 new method beside of 4 methods that I have learned before that is Differentiated Instruction. What I have understand about differentiated instruction is an assessment in the classroom that different for each group. In differentiated instruction there are 2 main points that must be get more attention by the teacher. Those are multiple intelligences and Bloom’s Taxonomy. These 2 points are not new for me since I have learned the multiple intelligences in Educational Psychology and Bloom’s Taxonomy in LTM or English Structure. The new thing that I learned from these 2 points are the relation with differentiated instruction. The relation is to decide the appropriate differentiated instruction, we have to consider that there are many diversity in the classroom (means that each student have their own uniqueness) and also the way of thinking that want to be achieved by the students (Bloom’s Taxonomy)

·       From what you have learned today, which parts have you understood clearly? Please explain.

I think all of the parts of the lesson, I understood clearly, from the Microteaching’s reflection until the material itself. I really excited with the material so I understood it quickly.

·       From what you have learned today, which parts have you not understood completely? Please explain. What will you do about that?

There is no part that I didn’t understand. So for the next session, I will be preparing about the next material that will be given to me by Ms. Ine.

·       Do you think the today’s session was interesting? Please explain.

Yes, of course. From the first time, I really don’t understand about Differentiated Instruction, but after Ms. Ine explain it, I understand what Differentiated Instruction is.

·       Do you think what you have learned today is meaningful to you as a teacher candidate? Please explain.

·                     First that we must consider as the teacher candidate is student’s intelligence is not one, they are unique by themselves and we as teacher candidate use that opportunity to give appropriate assessment that accommodate their capacity

·                     Second, but still, many teachers are ignore this concept and give same assessment to all students. This is what happen with my experience as a student. My comment about this is I am bored, and sometimes I wanted something new from my teacher but it never happened

·                     Third, it is hard to apply Differentiated Instruction in the classroom because it is very hard to accommodate minimum 30 students in the classroom that each of them has their own intelligences. Well, this is a challenge for me to apply this method.

·       Do you think the today’s session meets your expectation? Please explain.

For the first time, I didn’t know about the content of today’s session, but I think Ms. Ine has give what I wanted as a learner that is to understand the principle of being effective teacher.

·       What do you expect for the next session?

I cannot guess what will be given for the next session, but I hope Ms. Ine can give something new again for us. Not only new material but new way of teach maybe. ^_^