LESSON 1: PEDADOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS APPLICATION

ACROSS THE CURICULUM As a teacher, you should familiarize

yourself with the K-12 curriculum guide.
PROCESSING

A. Based on what you have observed in class, explain the

importance of the different kind of knowledge.

1. Content knowledge
2. Pedagogical knowledge
3. Curricular knowledge

B. What do you think are the strategies used by the teachers to

enrich his/her mastery of the subject matter?

C. What do you think are the strategies used by the teachers to

enrich his/her pedagogical knowledge?

D. What do you think are the strategies used by the teachers to

argument his/her curricular knowledge?
1. Is the teacher’s background and qualifications aligned with
the subjects he/she is assigned to teach?
2. Does he/she use the K-12 curriculum guide in preparing the
lesson plan?
3. Does he/she considers the learner’s prior knowledge in
designing a lesson plan?
4. Does he/she use varied teaching strategies to deliver the
subjects matter?
5. Does he/she conduct research in planning for his/her
lessons?

LESSON 2 RESEARCH BASE INSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPLES OF

TEACHING AND LEARNING.
OBSERVATION
A. Answer the following questions based on your class
observation.
1. Does the school promote research culture among the
teachers? How?
2. Do the teachers undertake research activities to enhance their
pedagogical content knowledge? What are these activities?
3. Are the teachers aware of the standards, principle and
pedagogical approaches behind the K-12 Curriculum?
LESSON 3 POSITIVE USE OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Interview the Cooperating Teacher. Ask the following questions.
1. Does the school have specific ICT policies and standards?
2. Are the teachers aware of the schools ICT policies and
standards?
3. Does the school provide ICT training for teachers?
4. Does the school provide the necessary ICT tools and digital
technologies to aid teaching and learning activities?
5. Are the students provided with equal opportunity to use the
computers and other digital
Technologies?
6. Are the teachers knowledgeable on how to operate
laptop/computer and other digital technologies for teaching and
learning?
7. Other comments and observations:
LESSON 4 STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING LITERACY AND
NUMERACY

Observation
A. For each given domain, write down the literacy strategies
used by the cooperating teacher during your class observation.
OBSERVATION
STRATEGIES
1. Oral Language
2. Phonological Awareness
3. Book and Print Knowledge
4. Alphabet Knowledge
5. Phonics and Words Recognition.

Read carefully and answer the following questions based on

what you have observed in class.
1. How can literacy affect one's life?
2. How important is numeracy in our daily life?
3. How can literacy and numeracy improve the learner’s
academic performance?
4. In the absence of digital technologies and printed materials,
what do you think are the strategies you can use to promote
literacy and numeracy?
LESSON 5 Strategies for Developing Critical and Creative
Thinking, as Well as Other Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Processing:
1. In what part of the instructional plan can teachers apply
HOTS?
2. How can higher order thinking skills improve the students'
learning?
3. How important is creative and critical thinking in the 21st
century workplace?
4. What are the things that teachers need to improve on in order
to enrich the students' HOTS

Reflection

Complete the following statements.

1. I realize that:
2. I believe that:
3. I feel that:
4. Being a professional teacher requires:
LESSON 6 Mother Tongue, Filipino, and English in Teaching and
Learning
Processing
A. Based on what you have observed in class, identify the
benefits of using Mother Tongue, Filipino, and English as MOIs. I.
1. Mother Tongue
2. Filipino
3. English
B. Based on what you have observed in class, identify the
strategies to improve the teacher's ability to help students
understand Mother Tongue, Filipino, and English.
C. Explain how Mother Tongue can enrich cultural awareness of
both teachers and students.

Reflection:
Complete the following statements.
1. I realize that:
2. I believe that:
3. I feel that:
4. Being a professional teacher requires:

LESSON 7 Classroom Communication Strategies

PROCESSING:
Read carefully and answer the following questions based on
what you have observed in class.
1. How important are the verbal and non-verbal forms of
communication to the teachers?
2. How do verbal and non-verbal forms of communication affect
the students' learning?
3. What forms of communication do the teachers and the
students need to improve on?
Reflection:
Complete the following statements.
1. I realize that:
2. I believe that:
3. I feel that:
4. Being a professional teacher requires: