Day two

9.00-10.30

This morning began by me  observing a level three lesson on Nutrition. The learning objectives of the lesson were to develop an understanding of nutrition for children and to demonstrate an understanding of what a healthy diet for a three year old child looks like. The assessment criteria was for the learners to develop  an informative leaflet which was to incorporate a healthy  menu for a three year old child.

In terms of ITC the students were  given access to a pc in order to research information to incorporate within their leaflets. I noted that all of the students research engine of choose was Google. Students were instructed of which reliable web souses they could access in order to ensure that the information they were retrieving in relation to dietary nutrition for three year olds were accurate and ethical

BREAK

11.00-12.30

Today’s second session that I observed was a level 1 lesson on communications. The learning objectives of this session was to gain an understanding of communication and to outline the different types of communication.

The ITC technology that was utilised to relay this information was firstly a smart board with was utilised to relay information via a power point presentation and secondly the learners were given access to computers in order to research relevant information . The learning objectives were assessed by getting the learners to create a display about communication. (Please note, that this form of assessment also reinforces the learning

This was the first time within a lesson in which there was a behavioral issues. Whereby, a learner become rude and challenged the teachers choice to use a power points presentation. The teacher dissolved this situation very quickly by informing the learner that this would be how the lesson would go ahead. This issue propped myself to consider  how I would deal with a challenging student. Furthermore, upon reflecting upon this event made,  I  questioned if the situation (ie the learner board and not engaged with the PowerPoint presentation) could have been avoided . I concluded that perhaps as there were a number of students within the room with behavioural issues  the teacher could perhaps utilise a more interactive systems to relay this information. Therefore, I decided that I would create an interactive PowerPoint with perhaps a game to engage these students

LUNCH

1.30-200

Administration

2.00-3.00

Individual Tutorials

I was fortunate enough to be allowed to sit in and observe  these individuals tutorials. During the course of the tutorials a number of issues were disclosed ranging from problems at home to struggling with the work that was set.