Fieldwork Chills

Fieldwork Chills

     The type of fieldwork that I am talking about does not relate to farming at all. The type that I'm talking about is the kind where teachers have to go and teach their lessons in front of a class of age-appropriate students. I'm graduating this semester and I still get nervous when I know that eventually I have to teach and my fellow colleagues as well as my professor will be observing the way that I speak and my teaching style. You would think that after all of these years, I would be used to teaching in front of a class which in a sense I am. I don't get nervous when I'm actually teaching elementary students, but what gives me anxiety is knowing that I am being observed by other future educators that could potentially be teaching the same topic I am in their future classrooms. 

Inquiry-Based Learning vs Direct Learning

        

        At the end of this course, I will be expected to turn in a lot of work including what I did for fieldwork. For fieldwork, I am in a group with five other members and we are expected to complete a direct instructional based lesson plan and an inquiry instructional based lesson plan. It seems simple, but it can get rather difficult having so many different people in the group with a variety of teaching and learning styles that people are comfortable with. As I have said in previous posts, the unit plan topic for my group is pollution and so our lessons will be based on teaching pollution. We are currently developing ideas on how to include detailed information about a broad topic in a way that the students won't be bored throughout the explicit instruction. It may also cause complications with developing an effective lesson being that the group of students that we are teaching range from the 3rd grade to the 6th grade. I'm sure that my group and I will be able to get the job done successfully. Our lessons will be performed last out of all of the groups, but save the best for last right? 

       

10 Easy Classroom Management Hacks

         I think that the most difficult part about incorporating the lesson plans are to make sure that all students are gaining a memorable experience considering the wide age range. Some students may be more advanced than others, so it's important to make sure that everyone is engaged into the lesson. The video above promotes some amazing ideas to maintaining classroom management which I think will be beneficial to this learning experience considering the wide age range between the students. Although these thoughts are running through my mind, I'm looking forward to seeing how my fellow colleagues in other groups are going to present their information, resources, and materials to the students.