One method used to provide professional experience to trainee teachers at the institute is to attend the School Based Experience (PBS). The period for 2 weeks provided for trainees to gain experience in school. The intention is hope for graduate teachers not only strong in theory but also strong in an educational theory in the context of real experience in schools. The current trend in the trainee teacher education is to allow teachers experiencing closer feeling to the actual situation of the school.
I choose my School Based Experience (SBE) training at a school in Klang, Selangor. After going through the 2 weeks experienced in school, I have finally completed my role and responsibilities as a trainee teacher in this professional development and growth area. I found that this SBE has heightened my awareness of the teaching skills especially when I observing a few teachers and interviewing them.
This school’s physical environment provides motivating structural environment. It is also conducive and encourages pupils in learning process. From a physical point, the school has a good equipment Basic and good facilities. If viewed from the aspect of the classroom, the school also provides a complete class with a bulletin board. Bulletin board enables classroom teachers to develop academic notice board with useful information to pupils. Most of the bulletin board at school is equipped with a variety of materials for the display of pupils. In addition, pupils in this school also enjoy various facilities such as canteen, complex-shaped structures that allow the schools have the proper environment.
Through the 2 weeks observation made, I could say that the teachers especially English teachers are strive to teach and enable pupils to master the language. In some cases, I found that some teachers facing minor difficulty in teaching the subject. They started with teaching some basic concepts of language such as a basic conversation. According to the head of English teacher, the emphasis on writing part is still not really working on it.
I can feel that the atmosphere in class is very active. This is because the pupils are interested in learning more about English even though they have to double up their efforts in this particular subject. From my observation in level one class, many of the pupils are interested in learning, some even face difficult to say the new word. The class started became noisy as they rush to repeat the word among them.
The teachers in this school using the good approach enable pupils to understand the concept of being taught. The teachers are also active and proactive in providing suitable material to use in the English language class. My presence in this school has become an inspiration to other teachers in sharing their experiences on how to teach the language appropriately.
Through this SBE programs, it teaches me to observe on school and how teachers handling their teaching and learning classes. I am strongly agree if this language being implement to all pupils in this school. Through the visits and observations, I could find out on how English subject is carried out and teaching skills in the classroom.
My opinion would be, the teachers should establish this subject teaching methods to the maximum benefit. This can be done by involving pupils in conversation during the morning assembly session. Or, the school headmaster can play a role to encourage pupils to speak in English on certain days. In addition, the teaching approach should be applied in teaching and learning process.
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