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1.      School: General Information and Academic Administration

1.1  School profile

History and Background

West Visayas State University (informally referred to as West or WVSU) is a public normal research university (a university system) located in Western Visayas region of the Philippines with its main campus in La Paz, Iloilo City. It was established formally in 1924 as Iloilo Normal School under the Philippine normal school system during the American colonial period in the Philippines under the tutelage of the Thomasites, but it dates back its founding 22 years later when the university's College of Education was founded in 1902. It later became West Visayas State College in 1965 and became a university and changed its name to West Visayas State University in 1986.

The View From Student Teacher Lounge

Quezon Hall

Teacher Center

The View beside Mini Forest

Roxas Hall

Mini Forest

Vision of the College of Education

The College of Education shall maintain its reputation as the "Center of Excellence for Teacher Education" in the country, specifically in the areas of elementary, secondary, special, early childhood, adult and community education. It shall provide leadership in instruction, research, and extension among teacher education institutions in the country.

Mission of the College of Education

To produce graduates in tertiary and advanced education who are dynamic, world-class and globally-competitive; possess socially acceptable values, attitudes and skills; and practice the ethics for service and for the profession.

Core Values

S    : Service

H   : Harmony

E   : Excellence

1.2  Academic support system

a.    Library

b.    Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)

c.    Teacher center

1.3  Teaching system

The ILS is under the CHED and also the college, but it also uses the DepEd policy because WVSU is a public school.

1.4   Materials and other learning sources

Books, journals, internet, laptop, LCD projector, chalk, and board.

1.5   Measurement and evaluation system

The ILS uses DepEd’s grading system. There are 4 grading periods. Every grading period has long test or periodical test. Teachers also give formative and summative test and measure through students' recitation.

1.6   Curriculum

ILS WVSU uses K12. The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior High School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship.

1.7   Teaching plan (of your major)

Title

I. Learning outcomes

II.Subject matter

Topic                     :

Reference              :          

Value Focus          :

Grammar Focus    : 

Language Focus    :

III.Materials

A.    Initial Task
B.     Your Text
C.    Discovery Task
D.    Final Task

             IV. Procedures
             V.  My Treasure

2.      Pedagogical contents

2.1   Teaching methods

Teachers used communicative language teaching. They engaged students in work in pairs and also maximized language use in communication.

2.2   Learning materials and innovation

I did not know for overall because all teacher I observed taught in the beginning of meeting or initial task.

2.3   Sources of learning and technology

They used LCD projector, chalk, powerpoint persentation, photocopy of the text, and youtube.

Presentation of Martian Send Postcard Home

2.4   Authentic assessment

Because the day I observed were initial tasks, I did not find the authentic assessment during my observation.

2.5  Others

3.      Teaching plan

3.1   Curriculum

3.2   Teaching plan related to your major

Lesson plan in Philppines is detail. It must involve conversation between teacher and students.

For seeing my lesson plan for my practicum, please click https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0D45v3BopbtWHvV2pO9hDzf_gom7opB/view

4        Observation on Teacher(s)

4.1  Planning for teaching

Lesson plan here is different from my lesson plan in Indonesia. Here, the lesson plan has to be detailed. It has to include not only the conversation between the teacher and the students but also the expected answer for every question the teacher asks. The format of the lesson plan is actually similar to my lesson plan in Indonesia but the name is different. In Indonesia, I usually use indicator or learning objective, but here it is called learning outcomes. It is also divided into part of meetings like initial task for the first meeting. In Indonesia, it is just divided into three parts: preactivity, whilst-activity, and post-activity. However, in Indonesia for a meeting is usually 90 minutes. It is totally different because here it is just 45 minutes. The maximum amount for a class in Indonesia is 30 students, but here for a class is more than 50 students. This makes the lesson plan also different. I found that the lesson plan here is able to engaged the students for every activity in the class, even it is a big class. The activities are also suitable with the condition of the class both the environment and the students. The other difference is that the classroom does not have white board. The teachers need chalk to use the board.

4.2  Preparing lessons and materials

The preparation of lessons and materials during the class is similar like using LCD projector. The teachers used video to make the lesson more interesting. They also involved technology and social media while delivering the lessons.

4.3  Teaching in class

Teachers as facilitators led the students to understand the lesson by guiding questions. Because of student-centered, the teachers involved the students in every activity. They also used different techniques depend on the situation in the class. They related the lesson to the reality in order to persuade students to get interest with the topic. They also told true story related to the lesson, so the lesson became more interesting. They still needed chalk even they used LCD projector.

4.4  Measurement and evaluation

I did not find the way the teachers evaluated the students during my observation because all of the were on the first meeting or initial task.

4.5  Others

The time is one of the problems here. English sections I observed, all started in the afternoon. It made the situation was not effective. I saw students slept in the class and did not listen to the teachers, but the classroom management is still good. They could handle the class even they had to admonish the students.

5        Teaching Practice

5.1  Procedures of teaching
Actually, my mentor changed the topic. It supposed to be The Little Prince.
to see the procedure in my lesson plan please click https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mQARa5kfWeR4kPOOxSusEAo6Zs-PwZg5/view

First Meeting: Initial Task

Playing Games

Roaming Around to Find Their difficulty

Help Them to Solve Problem

Second Meeting: Text

Let Students Read The Text Given

Lead Students to Find The Answer

Choose One Student to Recite Her Answer

Third Meeting: Discovery Task

Meta Cards Game

Presentation

Roaming around

Let student recite his answer

Fourth Meeting: Art Performance

Performing A Part of The Text

5.2  Time management and organizing activities

For my preparation before teaching, I divided my meeting into sessions. Then, I made time arrangement for every meeting including the sessions of the meeting. For my prevention of much time consuming, I asked my buddies to remind me about the time. I engaged students in the activity both individually and in grouping. I made the activities for every meeting in grouping and individual. I involved both cooperative and competitive learning in a meeting.

5.3  Problem-solving

1.      Time consuming

In some activities, they need to consume much time because of games. The purpose of the game is actually to make students learn without feeling opressed. The best way to manage the time is making time arrangement before practicing. I found that time arrangement is useful. It is because it can be a reminder, so I just have to see the clock on my phone at glance to fit it to the time arrangement. My buddies also helped in reminding the time.

2.      Condition of the class

The class just has some fans. The weather during my practicum was so hot. The class was not condusive before my class, but the games and other activities were useful to make it live during my class. The students were enthusiastic to learn the lesson through the game.

5.4  Classroom management

Some of the students are noisy. Handling a big class is not easy, but I just called them “class” with big smile and shining eyes made them silent immediately and listened to me again.

5.5  Others

6        Summary and Suggestions

6.1  Purposes of practicum

The purposes are exchanging culture, comparing education system, and knowing how to delivering material well. First, this project gives opportunity to student teachers to learn others’ culture in the neighboring country. They will exchange the culture to get know each other. This will make those countries closer. Next, This project offers the student teachers to learn and teach with different system from their own country. Even Philippines and Indonesia are neighbor, it does not make the education system between those the same. This is an opportunity and also a challenge to develop the material better by comparing and using the good side of each of them. Last, this helps the student teachers to know how to deliver and develop material well by answering this challenge. Each country has different education systems, different characters of the students, and also different condition of the class. This situation force the student teachers to be creative and innovative as well, so they can survive and give the best to the receiving university. Those are the advantages of this project offered.

6.2  Procedures of practicum

This project is held for four weeks and divided into four parts: 1. orientation and observation, 2. teaching assistant, 3. practicum period, 4. evaluation and reflection. First part is for the first week, the second part is for the second week, the third part is for the third week, and the fourth part is for the last week. The procedure of practicum here is making lesson plan first. In this part, student teachers have to discuss with their mentors about their topics. Then, it must be passed to the cooperative teacher to check it. After that, if there’s no problem with our lesson plan, we can use it as your guide during the class; or we have to pass the revision of our lesson plan if there’s a problem with it.

6.3  Outcomes of practicum

Student teachers know the differences between theirs and the receiving country. They can compare the differences of their education system to take the good side of them. This project helps student teachers to develop education. Collaboration of the good side of their education system between those countries will lead them to make better future of education.

6.4  The challenges of practicum

The challenges are culture, environment, and the education system. First, culture is very sensitive because attitude include polite and impolite is included in culture. Here, students used to do what they want as well as they think it does not hurt anyone like they drink in front of the class without permission, listen to music while the teacher delivers the lesson, and sleep in the class during the class. The environment is another thing that challenge student teachers her. The class amounts more than 50 students without air conditioning.  In Lampung the maximum amount is 30 students and some of schools in the city have air conditioning for each class. The building is also uncomfortable. The noise of other class can be heard in another class. It makes the student teachers take much effort to handle the class and also to speak loudly in front of the class. Voice modulation is needed to practice, so all the students can hear the voice. The last is the education system. Here, for one meeting, student teachers are given only 45 minutes to deliver material, but in Indonesia student teachers get 90 minutes. Student teachers need much time to adapt. Lesson plan in Philppines is also different from lesson plan in Indonesia because it must be detailed.

6.5  Overall impression

I really like Iloilo. Ilonggos are warm and humble. They are very friendly and kind. They always greet everyone and it makes me feel amazed. I make a lot friends. I’ll miss them so much. I hope I can go back soon.

With my mentor and buddies (left to right: Ma'am Violeta Marievic, Jacky, and Frences)

With Mayor of Iloilo City

at Iloilo National High School 

Discussing Lesson Plan at Korean Restaurant at SM City

In Traditional Costume (left to right: Ingrid, Fatun, me, and Rosy)

Having Dinner as My PreValentine here

Ma'am Tin Bought Me Dessert at Dessert in The Sky

Being Introduced in PAFTE at Punta Vilia

The Dean Bought Me Native Food

Got Flower in Valentine Programme with Ma'am Mae Joy

First Weekend

Walking Around at Explanade

Watching Dinagyang Festival

Got Free Ticket from Governor

Having Dinner at The Pitstop SM City

Second Weekend

Morning View From Tigbauan

at SEAFDEC Fish World

at Garin Farm

Miag Ao Church

Rainbow in Tigbauan

Having Dinner  with blue rice (the color comes from Ternate Flower) at Ma'am Germinal's house, Tigbauan

from Ma'am Germinal

at Sulu Garden

Third Weekend

Went to Guimaras Island

Alobijod Cove

at Guimaras Mountain Resort

at Trappis

at Wind Mills

Fourth Weekend

at Molo Mansion

Lunar New Year at Festive Walk Megaworld

Lunar New Year at Downtown

6.6  Suggestions for future improvement

For SEAMEO, I hope this project will be better. It would better fund fully all of the SEA teachers, so there will be equalization among the countries. I also expect other ASEAN countries join this project.

For WVSU, I hope the CR (comfort room) for students cleaner. The smell will disturb student’s focus and concentration. I expect the students to respect teacher even they are student teachers. I also hope them to be discipline.