6th Reflection

Hello everyone,

WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED?

In this week's class, on Tuesday (29/03/2016) we had to read an article entitled 'NAVIGATING THE BUMPY ROAD TO STUDENT-CENTERED INSTRUCTION' by Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent. These article has been posted in uniec the day before class and we were supposed to read it at home but everyone thought that our lecturer will be discussing in class. So as usual, when ma'am enters the class, the first thing she asks is "did everyone read the article about student-centered" and for instance, the class was quiet because no one read it and some of them even don't know they had to read an article. As for me when I enter the class, I saw everyone whispering to each other about an article then they told me about it, and I was like 'oh ya I totally forgot'. So I quickly on my laptop and open the article and start reading and before even finishing the first page, ma'am was already in. I was terrified as the others sitting around me because we never read the article and we were afraid ma'am will be shooting questions on us. But thank god, ma'am gave us 45 minutes to read the article and find points on 'why students think student-centered instruction will not work for them' and 'why teachers implement student-centered instruction. So let's come back to the article now, I have been talking too much on my expression and fear in class. It will be boring if I continue. Back to the article. 

OK, to clarify What is student-centered instruction, here is the explanation. SCI @ student-centered instruction broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to student. Focuses on skills and practice that enable lifelong learning and independent problem-solving. Felder and Brent (1996) point out that successful outcomes have now been widely documented in the educational literature, that in fact, SCI provides 'increased motivation to learn, greater retention of knowledge, deeper understanding and more positive attitudes toward the subject being taught'. 

After reading the whole article, our task is to list down 5 points each on why students think this method will not work for them and why teachers implement this method in the classroom. In my opinion, firstly, students think this method is hard for them because they never use it in class and they need teachers to be by their side to guide them step by step. It's a new method for them. And secondly, teachers want their students to think critically and solve the problem independently. Also, students will be able to learn and take responsibility for their own learning material. To create a wholesome student. This is my opinion based on the article.

Next, the same week on Thursday (31/3/2016), we had to post a teaching approach based on our learning outcome in uniec for our mock teaching session. So ma'am calls everyone personally to discuss our teaching approach. And I was the third person because I was the third person to post the teaching approach on uniec. I was really scared when ma'am calls my name but everything was OK with the teaching approach I choose which is Problem based solving, just that one of my class activity which is Brainrush doesn't suit the subject and teaching approach. So I changed it to brainstorming because students need to critically and think out of the box to solve an equation. I honestly hope that I can achieve my mock teaching session with a high score."FINGERS CROSSED".

That's all for now, stay tuned for my next blog.

Thank You for reading :)