Report of practical pedagogic examination carried out in G.T.H.S Bamenda Nkwen

Report of practical pedagogic examination carried out in G.T.H.S Bamenda Nkwen

I- INTRODUCTION According to UKEJE, 1984. Teaching means imparting factual knowledge to the learners. Teaching can also be defined as interaction which involves many activities between teacher and the learners and it occur when one person consciously and enthusiastically accept the learning of another person who assume to be more knowledgeable than the learner. Therefore Teaching practice refers to the period where Students Teacher from Teachers training colleges or Institutions of higher Education are attached to particular schools to Practice Teaching. Objectives of teaching of teaching practice; Teaching practice offer the student teacher the opportunities to put into practice the ideas, skills and attitude learnt theoretical and in the classroom in order to become competent. Furthermore, teaching practice give the students teacher the opportunities to have self evaluation , gain confidence, acquire deep knowledge of the subject content and to benefit from the constructive criticisms of their organises supervisors. Further still teaching practice will build in student teachers skills in handling issues and things especially laboratory equipment or working tools in workshop ,typing or computer pool also, knowledge that is gotten through teaching practice will hardly be forgotten, so students teachers will understand better when they are out for a teaching practice experience

II - PEDAGOGIC ACTIVITIES THE SEMINAR This meeting was chaired by the Director of H.T.T.T.C Bambili Doctor LUKONG KENETH Mengnjo on Thursday 20th January 2012. The seminar started at about 09:00am to 3:00pm was attended by all the level three students of H.T.T.T.C, head of departments of H.T.T.T.C Bambili, colleges, H.T.T.T.C Bambili administration, Regional pedagogic Inspectors, principals, vice principals of various schools in North West region and the aim of the seminar was to create awareness on behave of students for them to prepare their minds and to know the challenges they are going to meet on the field. The seminar started prayer led by the head of the service for counselling and orientation followed by a welcome address from the vice chancellor Professor TAFAH .In his address ; he reminded us to know that teaching practice is period where student teacher learn how to teach under the supervision of the qualified teachers; he furthered that the student teacher in the teaching practice exercise should be self disciplined and have self respect so to avoid unhealthy and immoral relations with their students. After the vice chancellor address; it was followed by the address of the director of H.T.T.T.C; Doctor LUKONG KENETH Mengnjo who said that the teaching practice period is not the period of relaxation but a period of hard work and serious studies; and that we are going in teaching practice to give out good reputation about the University of Bamenda; he ended with the introduction of the newly appointed authorities of the H.T.T.T.C Bambili. After the address of the Director there were two presentations: First presentation: presented by M. NGU Michael ScotsHe said out some qualities that must be in friendship with the teacher; sitting them as follows: Be friendly motivating counsellors Be inspiring dynamic facilitatorsFurthermore; he explained how to start a lesson plan; particularly in the domain of the introduction in which he elaborated as follows:-Establish a contact with the learners-Capture their interest and sustain it-Link previous lesson with present lesson According to him; Student teachers will face on the following challenges during the teaching practice:-The size of classes was to be a problem as our schools today are over crowed and practicing teachers had not yet been used to this.-Instructional materials like textbooks and teaching aides was going to be a problem also.-Diversity of students could make classroom management and control difficult.-Drawing lesson plans and going to mark or correct before drawing the original copy was equally going to be a problem.-Inflexibilities of some mentors or cooperating teachers as some of them at times are very wicked Second presentation: classroom management presented by M. TEGHA John He recommended that adolescence is a group of strong people and practicing teachers should utilize the excess energy they have by causing them to work academically.Guide their inquisitiveness and curiosity to bring out knowledge. Motivate and praise the learners.Prepare your lessons very well before delivering them. Asked your self this questions before you begin a lesson - Where are your learners going to?-How are they going to get there?-How will you know if they have arrived? -Improvise for your learners. FIRST WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 30TH TO 5TH FEBRUARYMEETING A meeting between teachers, administration, Head of Department and students teacher of GTHS Bamenda Nkwen, took place on the 30th of January 2012 at library GTHS Bamenda Nkwen , it started for about 9:00 am with the opening prayer, by the female student teacher, vices principals in his opening speech welcome all the students teachers and said the period of teaching practice in the period of hard working, he advice the students teachers to take their internship serious take note of classroom management and control and he went further to introduce all his senior discipline masters, Head of Department, several papers were presented by: Pedagogic by vice principal industrial Lesson preparation by vice principal commercial Filling of daily record of work by vice principal industrial Sequences test follow up by vice principal industrial General discipline by vice principal industrial Class discipline by vice principal industrialAt 10:00am the principal came to conclude the meeting, asked of students teacher excuse for his later. He went through the list from H.T.T.T.C Bambili calling the Names to ensure that all were present. He gave us his fatherly advice on the rules to follow and how to behave with our cooperating teachers and students in order to use this period well. He then assigned us to our various chief of works. After the meeting we went to office of our head of department, for the attribution of the cooperative teacher. My cooperative teachers was given two classes form 2 A.C.R and form 3 A.C.R with technology, applied physics and practice as the subjects to be taught. My cooperating teacher was M. TCHEBI Franois who was equally the class teacher of these classes. He told me that In a general point of view, students had a concrete operational behaviour that is could reason logically but due to some external factors such as noise and distraction makes some not to recall or reason when a question was asked.

EFFECTIVE CLASS TIME TABLE

DayTimeClass

Monday9:10am to 10:50amACR3

Wednesday7:30am to 9:10amACR2

PRACTICAL TIME TABLE

Day Time Class

Wednesday10:00am to 3:00pmACR2

LESSONS OBSERVEDMy observation started on Wednesday 1st of February 2012 where I observed my cooperating teacher in form 2 A.C.R teaching before my observation. On the day of my observation ,I sad behind the class when my cooperating teacher finished explaining the points he copies the notes on the chalk board so the class was from 7:30am to 9:10am, the practice took place from 10:00am to 3:00pm and after the class he told me that tomorrow I will teach the technology in form 3 A.C.R. Which was my class but technology was no my subject, so I was confused because I did not know that I was to teach that lesson. So the lesson was no prepare, then I told my cooperative teacher and he gave me the notes. At the end of the class my cooperating teacher asked me few questions by phone. This was because he travelled at Yaound. So wanted to know how was the classroom? How was the behaviour of students toward me and the lesson? I answer him better, I tried my best to well manage the class and verify that the lesson was well taught in other to see my errors and avoid those errors next time.SECOND WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 06TH TO 12TH FEBRUARYOn Monday 6th February 2012 I arrived to school at 07:30am I attended the assembly. After, I went in form 3 A.C.R with my cooperating teacher to observe my colleague comes from E.N.I.E.T, during his lesson my cooperative teacher notes the negative point and told me. I took the A.C.R 3 students from 9:10 to 10:50am, we greeted each other and they presented themselves. We discussed about the previous lesson and I introduced the new lesson which was the THEMODYNAMICS. My cooperating teacher sat at the bottom of the class to observe me how I am teaching. I did not finish the chapter that day but I gave the assignment concerning this part of the chapter. At 10:50am I ended the class, my cooperating and I went to the staff room and he gave me his point of view about my teaching methods and class management. He advised me and gave the good teaching method. At 1:20pm I observed my cooperating teacher teach the diagram.On Wednesday 8th February 2012 I arrived to school at 7:30am, I attended the assembly but during the assembly the principal informed us the class disturbance because that week was young week. I did not teach that day.THIRD WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 13TH TO 19TH FEBRUARYOn Monday 13th February 2012 I was not in G.T.H.S Bamenda Nkwen because I had a few papers to write at H.T.T.T.C Bambili. So I had pleaded on my cooperating teacher to give me a short leave to write this examination On Wednesday 15th February 2012: That day, I arrived to school at 07:30am and I started to teach my lesson on the CONDENSER. The duration of each lesson was 120 minutes. After each lesson, I gave them assignments and this Was for the following reasons; To occupy students at home. To prepare them for the fourth sequence test.It is important to note that, most of the students in both classes felt under the category of imaginative and analytical learners that is they perceive information completely and process it by reflecting. Most of their questions were; why are this like this? Or what is this?After the lesson on technology, I started the practical lesson on the switch. That day we saw the commutator five. In class room I gave the function, the symbol, the architectural diagram, the developed diagram and the wire line diagram. I divided the class by six groups of the three students and asked at each group to draw the cabling diagram and materials used. In workshop I gave the correct cabling diagram and materials used to achieve the diagram. The result statistic was following table.

THEME: COMMUTATOR FIVE

FORM 2 ACRSCORES

Number of students present17

Number of student s absent00

Percentage pass100%

Percentage fail00%

Highest mark18/20

Lowest mark 12/20

FOUTH WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 20TH TO 26TH FEBRUARYOn Monday 19th February 2012 I arrived to school at 8:30am. After, I took the form 3 ACR students from 9:10 to 10:50 am. We discussed about the previous lesson and corrected the assignment. I continued the lesson on THERMODYNAMICS. After, my cooperating teacher came in my class and went at the bottom of the class and to observe me as I was teaching. At the end of the lesson I gave the assignment and my cooperating told me appreciate my way to teach and told me to speak aloud.On Wednesday 23th February 2012 I arrived to school at 7:30, I went in from 2 ACR, I continuous the lesson on of condenser, I started by recall the previous lesson ,then to correct the assignment and continuous the lesson.From 10: 00am to 3:00pm the hour of practical lesson I continued the lesson on switch we saw this day the commutator six. In class room I gave the function, the symbol, the architectural diagram, the developed diagram and the wire line diagram. I divided the class by six groups of the three students and asked at each group to draw the cabling diagram and materials used. We were not going in workshop because my cooperating teacher was not there.

FIFTH WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 27TH FEBRUARY TO 4TH MARCHOn Monday 27th February 2012 I arrived to school at 07:30am I attended the assembly .After it, I took from 3 A.C.R students, we greeted each other and they presented themselves. We revised the previous lesson, correct the assignment and we continued the lesson on THERMODYNAMICS and I gave them assignment on this part. My cooperating teacher was still at the bottom of the class, observing me as I was teaching. On Wednesday 29th February 2012 I arrived to school at 07:30am, I took from 2 A.C.R students, we greeted each other and they presented themselves. We revised the previous lesson, correct the assignment and we continued the lesson on condenser and I gave them assignment in that part. My cooperating teacher was still at the bottom of the class, observing me as I was teaching.From 10: 00am to 3:00pm the hour of practical lesson I continued the lesson on switch we saw that day the commutator six. I divided the class by six groups of the three students and asked at each group to draw the cabling diagram and materials used. In workshop I gave the correct cabling diagram and materials used to achieve the diagram. The result statistic was following table.

THEME: COMMUTATOR SIX

FORM 2 ACRSCORES

Number of students present17

Number of student s absent00

Percentage pass100%

Percentage fail00%

Highest mark16/20

Lowest mark 13/20

SIXTH WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 05TH TO 11TH MARCH That week was the week of evaluation of students from G.T.H.S Bamenda Nkwen. I convened to supervise the examination. I supervise from 5th to 6th. My subject passed Wednesday 7th, I came to give the evaluation and took the copies.On Monday 05th March 2012 I went to school to supervise in A.C.R 3 as written on list of students teachers convened to supervise the 4th examination. On Tuesday 06th March 2012 we received the inspector of H.T.T.T.C Bambili M. PENKA Joseph and continue to supervise the 4th sequence examination. On Wednesday 07th March 2012 I went to school supervise my subjects taught and to carry the copies notes of students.

SEVENTH WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 12THTO 18TH MARCHThat week was the start of the evaluation of all the students teachers from H.T.T.T.C Bambili and also the week of open door day of CameroonOn Monday 12th March 2012: I arrived to school at 07:30am I attended the assembly, I took from 3 ACR students, we greeted each other and they presented themselves. We corrected the 4th sequence evaluation and I gave their copies, after we went in workshop, started to prepare the open door. See the result statistic for fourth in the following table.

APPLIED PHYSICS

FORM 3 ACRSCORES

Number of students present34

Number of student s absent00

Percentage pass26%

Percentage fail69%

Highest mark13/20

Lowest mark 4/20

On Tuesday 13th March 2012: I arrive to school at 07:30am; I spend all my day in workshop to supervise the achievement of the installation of open door day.On Wednesday 14th march 2012 I arrived to school at 07:30am, I took from 2 A.C.R students, we greeted each other and they presented themselves. We corrected the 4th sequence evaluation and I gave their copies, after we went in workshop, continuous to prepare the open door. See the result statistic in the following table.

TECHNOLOGY

FORM 2 ACRSCORES

Number of students present17

Number of student s absent00

Percentage pass70.59%

Percentage fail29.41%

Highest mark18.5/20

Lowest mark 6/20

On Friday 16th March 2012 I arrived to school at 07:30am to prepare the students to receive the parents because that day was the open door day.EIGHTH WEEK OF TEACHING PRACTICE FROM 19THTO 25TH MARCHWeek of pedagogic exam, our evaluation started on Monday 19th in air conditioning and refrigeration, I did the pedagogic exam on Wednesday 21th March 2012. I did my theoretical lesson in air conditioning and refrigeration in A.C.R 2, where I taught EVAPORATOR. The Practical was in ACR 3, I taught the IDENTIFICATION OF COMPRESSOR TERMINALS AND WORKING STATUS OF COMPRESSOR. On Friday 23th March 2012: I arrived to school at 7:3o am to share the report carte at my students and said good bye of them.

III- EXTRA-CIRRUCULAR ACTIVITIESOPEN DOOR DAY IN G.T.H.S. Bamenda Nkwen

The open door day in each school, is the occasion permit at all the department existing in school to present at the public their talents , the things learn and do in school .this day is some special day because student present their talents about the things which learn in school. This year is special in the North West region because the minister came open the open door in G.T.H.S. Bamenda. In air conditioning department, we prepare many appliances such as: presentation of four based elements in air conditioning and refrigeration, welcome at G.T.H.S. Bamenda Nkwen, the electrical diagram of the cold store. My participation in this activity was on to prepare the students for achievement of these installations and preparing them how to explain.

SURPERVISION OF THE FOURTH SEQUENCE S EXAMSThe fourth sequence exams started on Monday 05th March 2012and ended on Friday 09th March 2012. I convened to supervise the examination. I supervise from 5th to 6th March. My subject passed Wednesday 7th March. The objectives of the exam were to test for comprehension, analysis and synthesis. From the above undertaken, it is important to note that as a whole, every thing when on smoothly with no great incident, despite the fact that, some students tried to copy from their neighbors especially in form 3 A.C.R. Never the less, I notice some negligence by some teachers who were suppose to be in these classes mention above to carry out their duties, but for one reason or the other, they could not make it. Besides, I gain a lot of experience especially in the techniques in setting questions, that is, by making use of Blooms Taxonomy of education. According to Bloom, questions are categorized that is low standard in lower classes like form 2 A.C.R and high standard questions in higher classes. While in higher classes the format of the questions should be essay type. I also learn how to come out with the time allocation when setting the exam by either pre testing or answering the questions before administering them to the students.

IV- DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED

The very first problem faced was financial problem since I was supposed to buy all my didactic materials used; I was supposed to type all my lessons as instructed by my cooperating teacher and even for exam questions. Also because I had to go to my cooperating teacher every weekends to correct my lessons. Most students did not have prescribed text book thus making it difficult for me to control assignments. Poor nature of chalkboard whish was not completely darkened. Lack of tables and chairs in class for teachers to put their didactic materials. Sizes of offices were extremely small with no shelves hence documents were deposited and kept on tables. The problem of air conditioning and refrigeration workshop. The time allocation for each lesson was too small making time management a problem. Added to that, some student teacher did not manage their time correctly causing the next teacher to bear the consequences. Lack of communication between the National Pedagogic Inspector, Regional Pedagogic Inspector and the school authorities on the school program, because this result in the National Pedagogic Inspector, Regional Pedagogic Inspector evaluating some student teachers on a day students were not in school or when they were writing exams. There was not restaurant or canteen in or around the school premises; this made some teachers and student teachers who had classes morning and afternoon to feel weak during the afternoon classes. During exams, some teachers where not there to invigilate even when their names were in the roster. Also most questions were not typed, all these created a spirit of doubt in the credibility of the exam results.

V - RECOMMENDATIONS

PROPOSED SOLUTION TO G.T.H.S. AUTHORITES The workshop of air conditioning and refrigeration should be built thus, to give at the students the opportunity to make the practice A canteen should be built in or around the school so that students and teachers can energize themselves before teaching or learning. But this should only open during break period. An electrical bell should be restored in school so that based on the system put in, it will ring after certain duration and this will prevent conflicts among teachers. They should be a constant communication between the school authorities and the National Pedagogic Inspector and Regional Pedagogic Inspector on the school time table; this will help the students to maximize their chances during evaluation since their classes will be full and active. The school should have a type writer to type all exam questions rather than writing them on the chalk board. Also student teachers should be given incentives for invigilation so as to motivate them.

VI- CONCLUSION

Teaching practice is a very important activity to all the institutions of colleges of Education. This is because the experience achieved during teaching practice is very important from the beginning it was not easy but in the end I did enjoy the exercise and even wanted to remain teaching as the students never wanted me to go when the exercise was coming to an end. However students teachers without teaching practice it is like some body without focus in life, I really like to thank those who introduce the system of education in Cameroon, because without it most people will find difficult to interact with each other.

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