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FS1 Activity 3
FS1 Activity 3
FS1 Activity 3
FIELD STUDY 1
in a Diverse Classroom
Name of FS Student
Course, Year and Section
Name of FS Mentor 1
Date
At the end of this activity, the FS student must be able to achieve the following intended learning outcomes:
1. describe the characteristics, needs and interests of learners in a diverse classroom;
2. determine, understand, and accept the learners’ diverse background;
3. identify best practices in dealing with diversity in the classroom; and
4. value the importance of diversity of learners including differentiated learning strategies, multiple intelligence
and Learners with Special Educational Needs (LSENs) in the inclusive classroom.
LEARNING OVERVIEW:
Activity 3- PPST Domain 3: Diversity of Learners provides the opportunity to understand learners how differences in
gender, racial, cultural, and religious background affects the interaction in school, learn about the practices and strategies that
teachers use in dealing with diversity in classroom.
Observation/Interview
Read the following carefully before you begin to observe and write your observation report on the space provided.
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Activity 3– Distinctness of a Learner
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in a Diverse Classroom
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Activity 3– Distinctness of a Learner
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in a Diverse Classroom
Read the following carefully before you begin to observe a class. Write your observation report on the space
provided.
1. How much interaction is there in the classroom? Describe how the students interact with one another
and with the teacher. Are there groups that interact more with the teacher than others?
2.Observe the learner’s behavior during the conduct of the class. How do they behave and interact
differently?
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3. Describe the relationship among the learners. Do the learners cooperate with or compete against each
other?
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4. Who among the students participated actively? Who among them asked most for help?
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5. When a learner is called and cannot answer the teacher’s question, do the classmates try to help him?
Or do they raise hand, so that the teacher will call them instead?
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Analyze
Identify the person who play the key roles in the relationships and interactions in a virtual
classroom. What roles do they play? Is there somebody who appears to be the leader, a
mascot/joker, an attention seeker, a little teacher, a doubter/ pessimist?
How does the teacher influence the class interaction considering the individual differences of the
students in a classroom?
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in a Diverse Classroom
Reflect
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1. How did you feel as you observed in the classroom? Did you feel a sense of oneness
or unity among the learners, and between the teacher and the learners?
2. In the future, how would you want the learners in your classroom to interact? How
will you, make it happen?
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Evidence/Documents 7
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Name of FS Student
Course, Year and Section
Name of FS Mentor 8
Date
At the end of this activity, the FS student must be able to achieve the following intended learning outcomes:
a) differentiate the characteristics and needs of learners from different development levels; and
b) choose effective strategies to address the diverse needs of the learners according to their developmental levels.
LEARNING OVERVIEW:
Activity3- PPST Domain 3: Diversity of Learners provides the opportunity to observe learners of different ages and grade
levels virtually. It highlights the differences in their characteristics and needs. As a future educator, it is important to determine
learners’ characteristics and needs so that you will be able the implement learning activities and assessment that are all
developmentally appropriate.
Observation/Interview
Read the following carefully before you begin with this then write your observation report on the space provided.
1. Record the data you gathered about the learners’ characteristics and needs in this matrix.
2. Shadow a learner from preschool, elementary and high school during the conduct of their class.
3. This will allow you to compare the characteristics and needs of learners at different levels. The items under
each domain are by no means exhaustive. These are sample indicators you may add other aspects which
you may have observed.
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Directions: Complete the table below. Indicate opposite each learning principle the part of the lesson where it/they are
employed/utilized.
Physical
Gross-motor skills
Fine-motor skills
Self-help skills
Others
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Social
Interaction with
teachers
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Interaction with
classmates
Interest
Others
Emotional
Moods and
temperament,
expression of feeling
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Emotional
independence
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Others
Cognitive
Communication
skills
Thinking skills
Problem-solving
skills
Others
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Analyze
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Write the most salient developmental characteristics of the learners you observed. Based on the
characteristics, think of implications for teachers.
Example:
Level Salient Characteristics Implications to the Teaching-Learning Process
Observed
Preschool • Preschoolers like to • Therefore, the teachers should use music and movement
Age range of move around a lot activities not just in PE but all areas
learners observed • Therefore, the teachers should not expect preschoolers to
3-4 stay seated for a long period of time
Elementary
age range of
children observed:
___
Highschool
age range of
children observed:
___
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Reflect
1. While you were observing the learners, did you recall your experiences when you were at their age? What
similarities or differences do you have with the learners you observed?
2. Think of a teacher you cannot forget for positive or negative reasons. How did she/he or not help you with your
needs (physical, emotional, social, and cognitive)? How did it affect you?
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Evidence/Documents
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