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This week is week 11, last class for this pedagogy subject since everything have been taught by our lecturer, so next week will be the study week. Class lesson for  this week was only to watch one of my classmates, Joycedith to present her lesson plan because she was sick last week. Her presentation last for about 20 minutes, then class continue with discussion of past year paper. The questions seem hard but God willing, if there are enough preparation before exam, eveything will be fine. Next week will be week 12 and the following week will be the week of final examination. Pedagogy paper falls on the 5th of May and I am Bernardine from Sarawak Regional Centre, wishing those who sit for the examination to do well and all the best! :D :D :D

This week is the presentation of our lesson plan. I was the second to present according to the alphabetical order name. My subject was English for Form 4 students and I taught about the meaning of poems and how to recite it. The title of the poem is Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. First I introduced world known poets, those from 18th and 19th century. Then I showed a video of how to recite Sonnet 18 poem. It was fun as my classmates were sporting and join along in the activity session, which was a small competition of reciting the poem. All of us, including me learn the meaning of the Sonnet 18 phrases by phrases. This poem indeed is a beautiful and meaningful poem.

Class activity for this week was we were doing preparation for our mock teaching in the coming week. We need to do three forums, three lesson plan and mock teaching as assignment 2. The mock teaching is based on one of the lesson plan that we have prepared. We need to do lesson plan by applying one of the theories-school of thought. Therefore, a simple essay need to be done to explain why the theory has been chosen to be the basic of the lesson plan, which is also for the mock teaching. I have decided to choose behavioural theory to apply in my lesson plan and mock teaching for the coming week.

This topic, classroom management is the last topic that we learn for this pedagogy subject. Classroom management applies to all, namely: a) effective classroom start on time b) students know the classroom procedure c) teachers understand how to teach for mastery d) teachers have high expectations for students success Duke (1987) defines today's classroom as a comprehensive management plan that should include both proactive (preventive) and reactive (disciplinary). Classroom rules developing should have materials such as chalk board, chart paper and marker and also methods in class. There are certain guidelines available to manage classroom which are by establishing physical environment and psychological environment. A good classroom management should consists of: a) a set of class rules posted in the classroom, important to maintain discipline b) arranges classroom carefully to minimize disturbance and provide students with sense of confidence c) teachers know the n...

For pedagogy's class this week, we presented our lesson plan that we did in pair last week. Everyone present with enthusiasm. Sir Wan too, was there during the presentation and he gave us feedback on our lesson plan. He guide and told us what were our mistakes and how to improve those. Basically we understand better now how to construct a lesson plan. Every pair did a good job in their teamwork. The only problem exist was our minor mistakes on the lesson plan and those too, will be improve.

Pedagogy class this week is quite interesting. We learn to do what a teacher always do before entering class which is to set up a lesson plan. We are required to find the syllabus for any secondary schools subjects, reminded in the previous class. But those have been uploaded by pedagogy's course leader, thanks to her. We decided to choose simple topic and subtopic and are being taught in English language, such as English and Mathematics chapter 1 for Form 1. We used the lesson plan format to guide us doing our own lesson plan. It's a pair work so we discuss with our partner and need to type it directly in Microsoft Words. My partner is Angel and we're doing good in teamwork pairing. Our lecturer, Mr Wan Kamaran also helping a lot by guiding us and improving us by telling any mistakes on the lesson plan. Everyone was busy with their own partner to complete the lesson plan that we did not realize the class almost ended. Every partner need to present their lesson plan ...

Pedagogy lesson for this week is about learning styles. Learning styles means reasonably stable patterns of behaviour that indicate learning preferences. There are four types of learning styles, which are cooperative learning, discovery learning, constructivism and direct instruction system. Cooperative learning (CL) means a successful teaching strategy with small teams and each of the students have different level of ability so they will work together. Discovery learning (DL) means students finding or figuring out things by themselves whereas constructivism means the teaching and learning process that intends to maximize students understanding. There are four founder of constructivism, namely John Dewey, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori and Lev Vygotsky. Direct instruction system (DISTAR) is based on learning theories with concept of No Child Left Behind. This system makes sure the students learn until they really understand what they learn, no matter how slow and how many things need to...

Pedagogy class starts in the morning at 8 o'clock. So it was quite a challenge for me to wake up early for class, also to prevent from stuck at the traffic jam. Our class tutor for this subject is Mr Wan Kamaran. Class lesson for this week was the explanation of the assignments and the School of Thought-Theories. We have not started with the chapters yet as notes have not been uploaded into Uniec Virtual. There are only few of us, not exceeding 10 so there are no problem to stay focus. The only problem was sleepiness. And a hungry stomach. Thank God Mr Wan understand these and we had a 15 minutes break to take a nap and have breakfast. So I decided breakfast it is. We finish the class around 10.30am and pedagogy is my only class for the whole Tuesday.

Teaching philosophy is putting beliefs into practices by showing examples or anticipating in classroom. As a student who currently studying education in language and literature majoring English, I need to have my own teaching philosophy. God wills it, I am a future teacher or lecturer. One of my teaching philosophy is not to be a scary teacher. One thing I learn from having a scary teacher is that they are able to discipline the students fast but the students only listen because they were scared, not because they truly respect them. As for me, respect is one of the highest form of moral ever planted in a soul. Those who do not respect shows they have low morality. I want to not only become my students' tutor but also a friend they need. I don't want their personal problem to affect their studies. But don't get me wrong, befriending my own students does not mean I will give them full access to step on me, it simply means I'm being slightly lenient with them. Apart from t...

I have a lot of life goals. I started to set my life goal when I was in primary school . One of m y career life goal was to be a doctor. Well of course that was not the only ambition I had before . My backup ambitions are to be either a scientist or teacher, if I happen to not able to be a doctor. I really wanted to be a doctor before, because that was what my dad wanted me to be. He wanted me to cure him for his disease, his no cure disease. He wanted me to find the cure so that I can help him and a lot of other people as well. But I lost him even before I finish my diploma. And my pointer drop to the point where I am not eligible to apply medic courses for degree, not even accepted for any d egree courses in UiTM. But I am fine with that. One of m y backup ambition is to be a te acher, and I like what I learn now. So, I make my path to be a degree student in Unitar International University. I hope this will be the best choice I ever make in my life. In loving memory ( Sept 5 1962-...

My name is Bernardine. Just Bernardine? Yes, just Bernardine. Full name is Bernardine anak Ali Baba. Dad's name is unique that makes most people wonder if I am born mixed. Well, I admit that sometimes I ever think of telling people I'm mix Arabian. heheh.. But lying is a sin. I'm born pure Bidayuh, to my dad and mom, Martina Kin and I am the youngest daughters. Growing up with 2 older sisters teach me to be a good grown up girl. Originated from Serian, Sarawak as both of my parents' hometown located over there, I myself was born at Kuching in May 9, 1995. This is my picture when I am almost 2 years old. I'm 22 years old this year. I spent 8 years of childhood at Sibu from age 2-10, following a working dad who transferred there. He just can't stay far from us. I received my high school education at SMK Bandar Kuching No 2, currently known as SMK Seri Setia and continue my tertiary education in course Diploma Science at UiTM. That's me and my diploma cl...

Welcome to my blog! To be honest, this is not the first blog I ever created. The first one still under construction and I only visited it once, which was the sign up session. That was the first and last time I visited it. The second one, which is this blog, will be the one I'm going to update every week. There will be a lot of mistakes here and there and probably going to look gloomy as I'm still learning on how to handle a blog but I will learn, I will improve to make this blog an interesting one for you to read. 💖💖💖