Teacher-Centered Student-Centered
Did teacher lecture all the time? Were the students involved in the teaching-
learning process? How? Or were they mere
passive recipients of instruction?
Yes, since the resource teacher is an adviser of
one of the section of grade seven. And he has a
table inside the classroom, through this he can Yes, the students involved in the teaching
manage his students. learning process, where the students answering
and participate during discussions, sharing their
ideas in front of their classmates, did group
activities. Then the students sit still when the
resource teacher is lecturing. They allow to
speak when the teacher gave them permission
or they raised their hands if the students has
questions and ideas to share.
Was the emphasis on the mastery of the lesson Was the emphasis on the student’s application
or on the test? Prove. of the lesson in real life? Give proofs.
Yes, the resource teacher give emphasis on the Yes, the teacher give emphasis on the student's
mastery of the lesson through explaining the application of the lesson on real life through the
lesson clearly and helping them practice until students projects output, For instance, the
they got it. And the resource teacher also give resource teacher discuss about the different in
emphasis on the mastery on the test he focused their Araling Panlipunan, they discussed about
on teaching students how to answer test the different tribe in the Philippines, so the he
questions or covering the topics that would be give his students a task, to discover all the
on the test. different tribes in their local area and will make a
portfolio about it, through this the students not
only discover the different tribes but also their
culture and values that can be apply to their
daily lives as an individual in the community.
Was class atmosphere competitive? Why? Was class atmosphere collaborative? Why?
Yes, the class atmosphere was competitive yet Yes, the class atmosphere was collaborative
friendly, the learners where I've been observed, because of the resource teacher. He always
they were into being academic rank where they used the group activities where he grouped his
want to be one of the honor students. So, student into five or by pair. Through this
because of this the students always did their collaborative are being used and exist where the
best in their academics to be one of the honor learners help each other to learn and grow as
students this can make the students happy.
Though not the whole population of the students one.
are competitive but several of them.
Did the teacher focus only on one Did teacher connect lesson to other
discipline/subject? disciplines/subjects?
No, the teacher was not focus only on one Yes, the resource teacher connect lesson to
discipline. All of the disciplines that he teaches, other disciplines. For instance, in his Filipino
he always connects with other subjects. For subject, he connects it to art, which a comic
example, in his Filipino subject, he integrates story will never be complete without a drawing.
art, where the students make a short comic In this the students learn how art and creating a
story, and in his subject Araling Panlipunan, he story can work together.
also integrates performing arts such as, the
students present the timeline of ancient people
through dance and sing.