After many cool windy days, here comes the
heat. Being around (27-30)oC, around Singapore weather but much more
windy, it is actually considered a heat wave the our buddies. Breakfast was a
little heavy, with bacon (around 2-3 times bigger than those we have), a Sunny
Side Up and the usual cereal. We then proceeded to meet our buddies before
heading off to our separate classes.
We all observed the classes with a clear mind,
realising that most of what happens in the class is impacted by the teacher. We
had many different lessons giving us enough evidence for our conclusion. For PE
lesson, the teacher wants to create and fun experience yet let them exercise,
students were given a chance to think of a game and all games would involve the
teacher. Through some creativity because one side wanted dodgeball and the
other wanted basketball, they decided to combine the games together. While the
students wanted to beat each other at the game, they also wanted to beat the
teacher, creating some competition.
Other classes were conducted through much
different methods. For science, students were given a topic on Solar Cells and
then went to the computer lab to do self-research then present the
information/research into a document. There is a lesson Resilience &
Coping, which prepares students for the future. That lesson was on Career
Guidance, we felt that they emphasised a lot on passion, what they want to do
in life.
After the lessons, we went for a walk around
Hobart, something like an Amazing Race, seeing new sights, new things. After a
long walk for around 2 hours, we had cool bubble tea then set of on our way
back. This was a wonderful experience to learn about different methods of
teaching, learning and wonderful picture of Hobart.
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Seow Ryan
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