Sample Reflection

Hi, to help you out, here's a sample reflection from one of my students who is a 'veteran' at this by now (she's now in her second class with me). Hopefully, this will help you understand the process, if you are struggling with the whole reflection idea. The class session was on student engagement. Best, Dr. Andy

Here is the reflection:

Hi everyone! There was an enormous information learned in this week's class with Dr. Andy and I guess, everyone did enjoy every minute of his lectures and the activities that we were assigned to do. I firmly believe that a teacher who has a good understanding of the so called "learning" would indulge his/her students more by engaging them through various activities. All of us know that they gain more knowledge by doing rather than the traditional way of teaching them wherein, the teacher dominates the stage most of the time (this will also remind us of how we would be able to manage the time set for every period). As teachers, we ought to look at the curriculum objectives and not rely on our own way. When we teach, we have procedures (process) that we follow for every lessons that we give, including the activities that will engage them for further learning and the end result (product) that will tell us, if the students understand what we are discussing in the class,actually, this will show, if they are able to follow and perform the activities given to them with the proper knowledge and skills. I would also like to add that engaging our learners through related activities for every lesson will build their enthusiasm more, interest,and will motivate them to go to the next level. Moreover, this will lead to a better teacher-student rapport. Students have lots of questions, I have some who frequently asks, "Teacher, what are we going to do today?" That means that they really are looking forward not only to the knowledge that they will gain but for them, the most interesting part are the activities, after you are done with your lectures. These things will motivate them especially,if you give them something which they can really apply into a real life situation.
With these, here are my 3 applications:
1. I will continue giving my students the related activities for every lesson and I will see to it that it will contain all the necessary ingredients such as: visual, auditory and kinesthetic activities. This will help them understand the lesson and discover their own potentials.
2. In the school where I am teaching (we would soon have the Mini-English program), I will suggest about the "Thematic Units" wherein, teachers would be able to help each other by integrating basic units like science, math, art, English, social studies- having one theme.
3. I will plan my lessons well and put up interesting activities that my students can apply into a real life situation. Reflecting on all of these will help me grow to be an effective teacher.
Cheers,