FS 101: Observation of teaching-learning in actual school environment.

Deadline: February 22, 2021

Lesson 1: Pedagogical Content Knowledge and It’s Application across the Curriculum.

Activities:

1. Differentiate content knowledge from pedagogical knowledge and curricular knowledge.

Answer:
content knowledge is the knowledge of what is being taught, while Pedagogical
knowledge is the strategies of knowledge of how it is being taught to the student and
learner’s. and the curricular knowledge is the teachers understanding of the school
learning programs develop in the different levels.
2. Observe how the teacher aligns the content of the lesson to the curriculum.
Answer:
The student teacher aligns the content in a good sequence in preparing a lesson plan
and ability to think ideas to enrich his subject mastery.
3. Analyze the benefits of pedagogical content knowledge.
Answer:
Pedagogical content knowledge can lead to a deeper understanding of the subject in the
students gains, because if the teacher has a better content knowledge and really knows
how to teach the subject, the student and learners can easily understand the lessons
very well. Compared to the less prepared or less experience teachers.

Please click the link for you observe a demonstration of a teacher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vUCleRHxQ

Activity 1: What do you think were the strategies used by the teacher to enrich her mastery of
the subject matter?

Answer:

It is the basic strategies by simply preparing a good lesson plan.

: What do you think were the strategies used by the teacher to enrich her pedagogical
knowledge?

Answer:

The student teacher enrich his pedagogical knowledge with a better content knowledge about
the subject being taught and how it is being taught to the student and the learners.

: What do you think the strategies to use by the teacher to augment her curriculum
knowledge?

Answer:

It is the theoretical principles and behaviors with planning and implementing the evaluation of
the curriculum.

Complete the following:

 1. I realized that:
I need to improve my self, knowledge of learning and skills.
2. I believed that:
Being a teacher is not simple and easy task.
3. I feel that:
I’m so excited, and ready to challenge my self as a student teacher.
4. When I become a teacher, I will:
Share my love of learning, knowledge and skills to every students.

Lesson 2: Research-based Instruction and Principles of teaching and Learning.

Observe the teacher in the video about pedagogical knowledge and relate it in research-based
instruction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk-bsosp4x4

Activities:

1. Analyze the importance of research-based instruction and the principles of teaching and
learning.
Answer:
Is to equip teachers to help them to reach the children, to avoid burnout and to improve
their classrooms culture of learning and achievement.
2. Observe how these can enrich teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge and improve
student’s learning.
3. Recognize their effect on learners.
Answer:
It is a challenge of the students and interest in learning setting them on the path to
success in school and in life.
4. Examine how various theories and principles and applied in planning instruction.

Activity 2: What is research based instruction?

Answer:

It is the conclusions of the scientific research can be replicated and generalized.

: Does the school promote research culture among the teachers? How?

Answer:

Yes, by simply doing it in the research areas to develop and to enrich the subject
mastery of their subjects.

: Do the teachers undertake research activities to enhance their pedagogical content

knowledge? What are these activities?
Answer:

Yes, these activities includes information about typical difficulties about a set of topics.

:How do research-based instructional strategies enrich the pedagogical content

knowledge of teachers?

Answer:

If the programs of those withstand the test of standard scientific testing practices, scientific
research gather information about significant questions, use objective methods that involve
reliable and valid observations and measurements and meets rigorous standards peer review.