Classroom Observation for Visual Art

8/13/2019 Classroom Observation for Visual Art

1/8

VAE418 - TEACHING VISUAL ART EDUCATION LEVEL 2

ASSIGNMENT 1 CLASSROOM OBSERVATION

NAME : ABDUL RAHIM BIN JAAFAR

STUDENT NO : 2011617408

GROUP : ERPJ 5A

LECTURER : AINOL FAUZIAH BT. ABDULLAH THANI
http://iclass.ined.uitm.edu.my/Course/courseframe.php?cid=VAE418&module=informationhttp://iclass.ined.uitm.edu.my/Course/courseframe.php?cid=VAE418&module=information


2/8

CLASSROOM OBSERVATION

Introduction

I have observed a teaching and learning session of an art class on 12thMay 2013 in my

school. The lesson was carried out by the art teacher named Madam Siti Rohani binti Abd

Kasim. She used to teach the students in the art room. Before the lesson started, a briefing

session was held and the teacher had a chance to prepare before enter the classroom. The

observation was carried out in 1 hour period. The topic chosen was Menggambarkan for Year

3 students. I required to prepare a report based on the observation done and the report as the

point as below.

Who were the students?

The students were chosen from 3 Amanah that consisted of 26 students in Sekolah

Kebangsaan LKTP Tembangau 6. They were 9 years old the moment. The students were

chosen based on their ability and most of them were mix ability students. Some of them were

weak in learning due to their life surrounding. Most of them were Orang Asli from the native

people settlement village. Some of them were less focus while the teacher teaching in the class.

They kept talking each other silently behind the teacher. Nevertheless, the teacher managed to

control the class well from the beginning.

What was the lesson about?

Based on my observation, the lesson was conducted based on Year 3 KSSR syllabus.

The topic chosen was Menggambar whilethe modul was Gosokan . The student were asked


3/8

to emphasize the art language and produce artworks by using dry media in their artwork. The

theme chosen was nature or man-made object and it was stated in the syllabus. The skills

involved were identifying and applying the language of visual art into their artwork. Students

were required to express their ideas in producing artwork in the classroom. The teacher had told

the students that they need to draw man-made objects.

Was the lesson well planned?

I had observed the process of teaching and learning teacher for 1 hour. Based on my

observation, I found that the teacher had prepared her lesson well. She had prepared the lesson

well by writing a lesson plan in her lesson plan book. Then, she managed to prepare some

teaching aids to be used in the classroom. The teaching aid prepared by the teacher were

picture cards, colour cards, scissors, a sample of artwork and poster. I think, the teaching aids

used in the lesson were interesting but it can be more interesting if the teacher use the ICT

based teaching aids such as video or internet sources. The teacher shown a hard work in

capturing the students interest. The first stage was set induction where the teacher asked a few

questions about the man- made object to the students. Then the students answered the

questions based on their previous knowledge. These activities were help in getting the teaching

and learning mood in introductory activity. Then, the teacher demonstrated on how to draw

picture by using dry media step by step. The development activities started by getting idea from

the pictures and their own imagination. The teacher helped a few students who found difficulties

in getting ideas. The teacher divided the students in a few group. I assume that the teacher had

shown the characteristics of a good teacher. During the development activity, the students

produced their artwork with guidance from the teacher. The teacher guided the students

carefully in order to keep the student right on the track. It was help the students a lot especially


4/8

in using the material. For the closure stage, the teacher had summarized the steps of producing

artwork.

What were the instructional materials used.

During the lesson, teacher had used an appropriate teaching aids such as picture cards,

colour cards, scissors, a sample of artwork and poster. Besides, the teacher also encouraged

the students to use the material correctly. The students were doing their art work by using real

thing such as mat, coins, cans and others. It was interesting when the students were excited to

do their task. The teacher looked struggled to control her class during the lesson. Through the

observation, I can see that the teacher need to use more simple language as the student looked

uneasy with long explanation by the teacher. I believe that the instructional material used well in

the lesson. It helps a lot in teaching and learning especially for the weak student.

What were the methods and techniques used by the teacher?

In the process of teaching and learning, I can see that the teacher used student centred

method in the classroom. The teacher was focus on the studentsability to understand what she

was saying or doing. She kept asking the student to create artwork by using dry media. At first,

she demonstrated in front of the class and helped the students who were weak in learning. At

the same time, she emphasized the art language to the students through the mastery learning.

These methods were effectively used in the classroom and help the students a lot.

What were the teachers strengths and weaknesses?

I have found some of the strengths and weaknesses that the teacher had. First, she

prepared her lesson very well with a good lesson plan, teaching aids and mentally ready to


5/8

teach. Then, she had a good voice projector in the classroom to ensure the student could give

full attention in the class. She managed to use her voice wisely and the classroom control was

so good. Besides, she also had a good character of being an art teacher. She gave full attention

to her students and looked love art very much. However, there were some weaknesses from

this teacher. Firstly, she took a lot of time while giving explanation to the students. It had taken

quite a long time and cause students easily lose their focus. Then, she only focused her

teaching on the weak students in the classroom, but she almost forgot to focus the advance

students. She should help and focus on all the students equally in order to ensure they have

same benefit. Then, she had never apply the moral value in her teaching and learning. I saw

that she just talked about the content of the lesson only. Moral value was important thing to be

applied in every teaching and learning.

What were the lesson strength and weaknesses?

Based on my observation, I can see that there were some strength in the lesson. Firstly,

the classroom condition was conducive for the teaching and learning. The lesson was held in

the art room where the students felt easy and happy to learn. There were many samples of

artwork in the classroom and the students managed to use the samples as a reference. Then,

topic chosen was attract the students interest in learning art. They loved to learn something

new for them. Some of the students have shown their exciting expression while learning the

topic. Nevertheless, there some lesson weaknesses. The lesson need to be more interesting by

putting some ICT element in learning. The teacher can use the Internet as resources by

showing them videos or picture in the websites. Then, the lesson should be related to their life

so the student might be appreciated the art more.


6/8

Was the lesson successful or not?

In my view, the lesson was successfully carried out by the teacher. She planned the

lesson very well and prepared all the materials to be used in the classroom. Although the

students were mix ability, she had endeavored to identify problems which occur in in teaching

and learning. It is hoped that she can improve the quality of teaching and learning from time to

time


7/8

REFERENCE

Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum KPM (2012) . Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah Dunia

Seni Visual Tahun 3. Putrajaya.Malaysia


8/8

Appendix

Documents

Classroom Observation for Visual Art