Last week, we have done expositional teaching in the tutorial sessions. Here are some of things that we have learnt from this exercise.
First, it is on time management. It is a natural tendency for us to try our best to teach as much as we can in the class. However, one thing that we have overlooked is how much the students can learn within one period. We are fortunate that we do not have classroom management issues last week. Once we stepped into a real classroom, we might need to spend some time on it thus we need to think of how much time we have and how much we can cover. Our group tried to cover four factorisation methods within forty minutes using quite a number of different examples. However, the time devoted to each method for the students to learn is limited. It would be more effective if we had focused on one method and give more time for the students to learn and apply.
Second, it is on the choice of instructional method. Our group made use of both powerpoint presentation and whiteboard for teaching. During the planning stage, we are not aware of the size of the whiteboard. On the day itself, we found the space available is quite small thus many workings and steps are not presented in the way that we have planned to do so. Only when group E was presenting, we realized that we could make use of the visualizer instead, because it would be independent of the room that we use. As learnt from yesterday's lecture, we could have checked the room in advance and plan the lesson based on the room that we use.
Since we are learning through this exercise, I think it would be helpful if other groups can provide us with some feedback on our teaching. Please feel free to talk to us in private or just leave a post here.
Group C
(topic: factorisation)
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