That is what I decided to do for my set induction stage in simulated teaching. This is because the play revolves mainly in the issue of the Indian classical dance, Bharathanatyam. For this stage, I first showed the pictures of various forms of traditional dances in Malaysia and elicit responses from my students. After that, I went on with the pictures of Indian traditional dance, Bharathanatyam. This was to introduce them to the dance and its significance for the Indian society. Then, I showed them a video clip of a Bharathanatyam dance performance as I was certain many wouldn’t be familiar with the dance. As I expected, I got a good response from the students as they were interested in watching the clip. Finally, I concluded the set induction by relating it to the play, Dance like a man.
This was not the first time experience for us to do simulated teaching. But, this time it was little different with a different evaluator with different standards. Mr Harold gave us precise feedback on how to improve ourselves to the better. In my case, he commented that I seemed like rushing through my slides as if I wanted to finish them all a.s.a.p. Only then I realised that I should have actually discussed further with my students regarding the responses they gave for my questions. That was the weakness I took note to improve next time. Besides that, I should have also been firm with my students in order to control them and get them focused on the lesson. They got slightly excited when watched the video clip on Bharathanatyam dance performance as it was new for many of them.
On the other hand, I felt that I managed to grab my students’ attention with the pictures on various forms of traditional dances and also the dance clip. In my opinion, they were effective in conveying the message on the dance as the main issue that revolves in the play. Yet, if I were to teach it again, I would improvise the same activity to be more interesting. I would also ensure that my students are paying attention to what is being taught.
After the presentation, I have still been wondering on how to vary my teaching methods in order to make it more interesting and get my students to focus on the lesson. We, the future teachers, are actually expected to make the difference rather than retaining the traditional ‘chalk-and – talk’ method. Certainly, that’s what we are expected to do and therefore we need to explore more to know more and vary our ways of teaching to make a difference.
This was not the first time experience for us to do simulated teaching. But, this time it was little different with a different evaluator with different standards. Mr Harold gave us precise feedback on how to improve ourselves to the better. In my case, he commented that I seemed like rushing through my slides as if I wanted to finish them all a.s.a.p. Only then I realised that I should have actually discussed further with my students regarding the responses they gave for my questions. That was the weakness I took note to improve next time. Besides that, I should have also been firm with my students in order to control them and get them focused on the lesson. They got slightly excited when watched the video clip on Bharathanatyam dance performance as it was new for many of them.
On the other hand, I felt that I managed to grab my students’ attention with the pictures on various forms of traditional dances and also the dance clip. In my opinion, they were effective in conveying the message on the dance as the main issue that revolves in the play. Yet, if I were to teach it again, I would improvise the same activity to be more interesting. I would also ensure that my students are paying attention to what is being taught.
After the presentation, I have still been wondering on how to vary my teaching methods in order to make it more interesting and get my students to focus on the lesson. We, the future teachers, are actually expected to make the difference rather than retaining the traditional ‘chalk-and – talk’ method. Certainly, that’s what we are expected to do and therefore we need to explore more to know more and vary our ways of teaching to make a difference.
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I like your set induction. The photos and the videos really grabbed my attention. It was my first time watching the Bharathanatyam dance. Althoug not all students have the prior knowledge of the dance, your set induction has gave them new knowledge of the dance, how the dance steps are like and the facial expression of the dancers.
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