Three: Lessons consists of modelling, shared learning and individual learning

This semester's placement has made a major impact and shaped my teaching. With my cooperating teacher's guidance, she taught me and explained how she ran her lessons especially because I had kindergarten. This has now embedded within me that a lesson should consist of modelling, shared and individual learning.

To have the end result the teacher wants from students, by modelling and guiding, students attain the idea that what the teacher has shown is the expected result, as well as following the method to have similar or exact results (Education and Training, 2010). Bringing in one of my lessons, which is another art lesson (end result in picture below) I scaffolded and guided the students by repeatively showing and ask the class questions to ensure they know what to do.

Shared learning allows students to listen and share their thoughts and opinions during lessons. Intrinsically, when engaged and motivated, students learn to be actively involved in class discussions (Education and Training, 2010). Students all have equal rights to have their own inputs. Not only that, but when students are giving out their own answers their peers are listening, and it stimulates their mind to think of different answers to give. I observed this when I played different musical chords on my guitar and asked what does it make them feel? Many gave generic answers but after one another, different answers started to arise such as happy, sad, worried, frustrated, angry, surprised.

Individual learning encourages students to try their best as well as original thinking and creativity at a greater depth (Education and Training, 2010). According to Education and Training (2010), individual learning encourages and strengthened motivation when it comes to freedom of choice in the future.it promotes lifelong learning  by engaged in self- directed learning. Individual learning also gives teachers an idea of how their mind works when given certain task to complete and what level they are at. A few of students did a comprehension activity and answer questioned and as a result some kindergarten students wrote some sentences using adjectives for example, “the rat put on a big, black hat”. With minimum help, this student was able to, independently write in a full sentence with adjectives.