reflection: Managing Learning
Young children learn by doing and actively engaging with materials, equipment, and
people in their learning environment. The choice and organization of classroom materials in the
learning environment influences the way in which a primary teacher guides a students
development and sets the expectations for student engagement. As an example, when I went to
RAK academy school, I observed grade two, and I loved the teacher strategies in teaching
students. Some of these strategy is that in the beginning of class the teacher asks from the
learners to come and set in the carpet to learn some lessons like phonics (ie, aw, ou, ae). This
strategy can promote oral language development for them, and they learn how to listen
attentively, develop phonological awareness and to make meaning from the language they hear
spoken, and they will can to share their information, ideas, or answers with others.
However, when I observed grade four in a government schools, I noticed they dont use a
perfect strategy which can help the students to learn better. For example, when they have a
listen exam, they repeat the record one time only. I think its not an effect way because the
student in this age dont understand quickly or their listening skills not good. Thus, students may
enjoy listening to stories with read-along books, music, poems, and chants. Recordings of
students reciting poetry, chants, rhymes, or songs should also be included. Rather than including
all available resources in the area at once, a limited choice of 2-3 selections may be presented at
one time. Gradually add or change titles to make this area more manageable.
While, the primary classes should take a maths lessons, because a good understanding
of mathematics not only enhances learning in science and technology subjects, it is also a
fundamental skill relevant to many aspects of everyone's working and social life. So, maths
teachers first set their overarching aim for lesson study. This may be enhancing the teaching and
learning of mathematics. The next step is to agree among themselves the specific objectives to
be met in the research lessons, for example the pupils must feel the confidence in work
independently on problems in maths.