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FIELD STUDY 1 – OBSERVATION ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 3

PPST Doman Focus for the Week: DOMAIN 1: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND PEDAGOGY
Name of Student Teacher:
Name of Cooperating Teacher:
Laboratory School:
Name of School Head:
Name of Supervising Instructor:

[ ] First Shift [ ] Second Shift Week No. 3 Inclusive Dates:

EPISODE 3 – DOMAIN 1: CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND PEDAGOGY

Domain 1 recognizes the importance of teachers’ mastery of content knowledge and its
interconnectedness within and across the curriculum areas, coupled with a sound and critical
understanding of the application of theories and principles of teaching and learning. This domain
encompasses teacher’s ability to apply developmentally appropriate and meaningful pedagogy grounded
on content knowledge and current research. It takes into account teachers’ proficiency in Mother Tongue,
Filipino English in the teaching and learning process, as well as needed skills in the use of communication
strategies, teaching strategies, and technologies to promote high-quality learning outcomes.

STRAND BEGINNING TEACHER INDICATORS

1. Content knowledge and its 1.1. Demonstrate content knowledge and its application within and/or
application within and across across curriculum teaching areas.
curriculum areas
2Research-based knowledge and 2.1. Demonstrate an understanding research-based knowledge and
principles of teaching and principles of teaching and learning.
learning
3. Positive use of ICT 3.1. Show skills in the positive use of ICT to facilitate the teaching and
learning process.

4. Strategies for promoting 4.1. Demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that promote
literacy and numeracy literacy and numeracy skills.

5. Strategies for developing 5.1. Apply teaching strategies that develop critical and creative
critical and creative thinking, as thinking, and/or other higher-order thinking skills.
well as other higher-order
thinking skills
6. Mother Tongue, Filipino and 6.1. Use Mother Tongue, Filipino and English to facilitate teaching and
English in teaching and learning learning.
7. Classroom communication 7.1. Demonstrate an understanding of the range of verbal and non-
strategies verbal classroom communication strategies that support learner
understanding, participation, engagement and achievement.

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Below are the guide questions you must consider answering to be able to
come up with a directed and wholistic reflection about the week’s domain focus. See to it that you
answer it comprehensively but concisely (as prescribed). For the reflection part (WHAT YOU LEARNED),
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you may expound your thoughts as much as you desire (but should be in reasonable length). Further, it
is best to cite literature to support or negate your thoughts, deductions or ideas.

PART 1: WHAT YOU KNOW: These are “before FS1” questions. These questions intend to focus your
attention to your prior knowledge about the PPST domains. This prior knowledge may come from your
personal dispositions, what you have learned from your professional education courses and major courses.
Answer as honest as you can because this part is where you will start assessing the progress of your
development along the PPST Domains. N.B. Your answers below require corroboration from literature

1. What is content knowledge? What is pedagogical knowledge? What is pedagogical content

knowledge? Elucidate your answers in 5 sentences.
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2. State three (3) reasons why a teacher must have a competent command for pedagogical content
knowledge. Explain each reason in three (3) sentences.
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3. Provide three (3) benefits that a teacher derives from continued practice of research. State a 2-
sentence explanation on how research makes these benefits happen.

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Benefit 2: __________________________________________________________________________
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Benefit 3: __________________________________________________________________________
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2. ________________________________________________________________________________
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PART 2: WHAT YOU SEE: These are “during FS1” questions. These questions intend to focus your attention
to certain details leading to a better understanding of the intent of the PPST domain focus at hand. These
questions pertain to your observation of events or situations that are happening as you are conducting
your observation. Answer them according to your actual observations because this area will give you a
ground on what thoughts you will be expounding in your reflection.

1. The following are the instructional models, strategies and methods prescribed to be used by
DO 42 s. 2016 (Read it if you are not familiar with it). Point out the subject areas where your
Cooperating Teacher dominantly uses the different instructional models. On the third
column, state in a 5-sentence paragraph an observation you noted which confirms the use of
the instructional model.
INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS
SUBJECT AREA WHERE IT IS CONFIRMATION FOR ITS USE
DOMINANTLY USED
DIRECT INSTRUCTION

SUBJECT AREA WHERE IT IS

CONFIRMATION FOR ITS USE
DOMINANTLY USED
INDIRECT INSTRUCTION

SUBJECT AREA WHERE IT IS

CONFIRMATION FOR ITS USE
DOMINANTLY USED
INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION

SUBJECT AREA WHERE IT IS

CONFIRMATION FOR ITS USE
DOMINANTLY USED
EXPERIENTIAL INSTRUCTION

SUBJECT AREA WHERE IT IS

CONFIRMATION FOR ITS USE
DOMINANTLY USED
INDEPENDENT STUDY

2. The subject areas in the elementary are to be instructed to pupils with a prescribed medium of
instruction (e.g. Science is taught using the English language, Araling Panlipunan is taught
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using the Filipino language). However, there are times that the teacher needs to use other
languages in order to facilitate the mastery of a learning competency . Cite in a 5-sentence
paragraph a situation where you observed your Cooperating Teacher use the following
languages in a subject area with a different prescribed medium of instruction, for the sole
purpose of making the pupils master a learning competency.

(a) Mother Tongue ___________________________________________________________________

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3. Recount in a 5-sentence paragraph a situation where your Cooperating Teacher directed the
development of critical thinking among the pupils using the following as facilitating tools.
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(b) Verbal Communication Strategies ____________________________________________________
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b) Non-verbal Communication Strategies _________________________________________________
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PART 3: WHAT YOU HEAR: This part requires an interview with some of the school’s stakeholders. The
interview should be set with them ahead of time. This should be attended by everybody in the group.
While the interview is done by group, documenting the response of the Cooperating Teacher as well as
answering this part is done individually. This part gives you a glimpse on how realistic the essence of the
PPST Domains is as proven by your Cooperating Teacher’s experiences.
N.B. This area requires you to schedule an interview with your Cooperating Teachers. Since there are
different teachers handling the different subject areas, you may interview different teachers for the
different questions. As such, it may appear that Teacher 1 was interviewed for Question 2; Teacher 2 was
interviewed for Question 1 and Teacher 3 was interviewed for Question 3. One teacher can also be
interviewed for all the questions. As such, you need to schedule a time for interview with your
Cooperating Teachers. Do the GROUP interview in their convenient time. Devise ways so that this can be
conducted efficiently. Length of your answers here depends upon the response of your Cooperating
Teacher, however, note that there are no 1-sentence answers. Elaborate if needed.

1. For your Cooperating Teacher, what are the two (2) most challenging
aspects/areas/features/strands of content and pedagogy for implementation? What are the
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challenges experienced by your Cooperating Teacher in the implementation of this

aspect/area/feature/strand?
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2. What two (2) problems in literacy and numeracy does your Cooperating Teacher usually
encounter? What interventions do they do to be able to reduce or solve these problems?
There are still problems in literacy (reading comprehension, writing, communication etc) and numeracy
(difficulties associated with numbers and computing) across the grade levels in the elementary.

PROBLEMS INTERVENTIONS
Problem1

Numeracy

Problem 2

PROBLEMS INTERVENTIONS
Problem1

Literacy
Problem 2

3. What two (2) research findings about content and pedagogy did your cooperating teachers
came across with which they are implementing/practicing/following when they conduct their
classes/facilitate for a learning competency’s mastery?
N.B. Teachers are not limited only to prescribed models for teaching. They can introduce new
methods resulting from their years of experience. They too can refer to other models
recommended in published researches.

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PART 4: WHAT YOU LEARNED: This is the “reflection part”. The intention of this part is to make you
consciously realize your path of becoming a professional teacher. As such, when you answer this part,
look back at the answers you have given in the previous parts of the worksheet. There will be instances
that what you have written in part 1 may be modified when asked again in part 4. This is understood
because part 2 and 3 may have influenced your reflections. For purposes of justification, corroborate your
answers with literature. By doing this, your answer is grounded with established facts.

1. Write a 10-sentence paragraph on the importance of the teacher’s mastery of the content
knowledge and pedagogy.
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2. Review the strands of Domain 1. Which of these strands concerns you? Why does this strand
concern you (Why do you worry about it?)? As early as today, what intervention must you do
to be able to be ready for the implementation of this concerning strand? Answer in a 7-sentence
paragraph
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3. (a) What valuable approach, method or strategy in facilitating for the mastery of a learning
competency have you learned? (b) Why do you consider this as valuable? (c) What modification
will you include so that this approach, method or strategy which you learned will be improved?
Answer in three (3) sentences each,
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PART 5: LITERATURE CITED: Cite on this part all references that you used/referred from for your answers
above. Note that these literatures must be explicitly cited in your answers. Use the APA 7th edition for the
structure/format of citing references/literature.

LITERATURE CITED

Prepared by:

FROILAN B. MANAS BRYANT O. BOTENGAN ESPER L. FELICIAN0

Course Facilitator Course Facilitator Course Facilitator
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FS 1 and 2 4A FS 1 and 2 4B FS 1 and 2 4C