Hey all,

During my last observation, I reflected on how important it is to be flexible and to have a second plan ready for whatever can unexpectedly happen. There was a misunderstanding since the teacher thought that from that day I would start teaching. Although he was not prepared to do the lesson, he had backup plans ready to be used. He used the lesson as a revision lesson using ready made activities. He gave out the half yearly examination papers and discussed the questions with the students.

First of all, I liked the fact that the teacher did not read out the marks in front of everyone. Since some of the students did not go well, they did not feel humiliated in front of the others. I liked the fact the the teacher went through the paper and did a quick revision on each question using different activities. For instance, when doing a question regarding binary, a student (who got the answer right)was asked to explain the question to the other students and then another student (who got the answer wrong)was brought out to do another example and he got the answer correct. Other simple and quick activities included a brief interesting presentation on utility programs, in which the students were randomly asked questions and thus they were on their toes all the time.


As a future teacher, I believe that one of my biggest challenges would be that of trying to be flexible with my schedule and have ready plans and activities at hand. Also I would do my best to motivate each student and be active in the class. I will address these challenges by becoming more organized.