1.0 PERSONAL DETAILS

Personal Details

Name : Dzairi Azmeer Bin Derahman

NRIC : 921104-13-5927

Course : PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA PERGURUAN TESL

(KEPUJIAN)

(B.Ed. of TESL [HONS])

Intake : Jun 2010 (Foundation)

January 2012 (Degree)

Race : Malay

Religion : Islam

Marital Status : Single

Date of Birth : 4th November 1992

Home Address : 44A, Jalan Drahman Keria, 96100, Sarikei, Sarawak

Mobile Number : 013-8323863

School Based Experience 1 (SBE 1)

Date of SBE : 5th March 2012 to 9th March 2012

School attended : SK Abang Haji Matahir, Sarikei, Sarawak

Address of the school : Batu ½, Jalan Repok , 96100 Sarikei Sarawak

School’s telephone : 084-65 1135

1.0 Professional Statement

2.1 Statement before School Based Experience (SBE)

In this semester, I need to undergo my first School Based Experience (SBE) that will be

carried out from 5th March 2012 to 9th March 2012. Through this program, I hope that I

will be able to gain early understanding about the school from perspective of a teacher.

For preparation, I need to plan several activities that I will carry out at the school.

Furthermore, for my EDU 3101 Education and Philosophy in Malaysia, we are given a

coursework that required us to carry out some observation and interviews with the

school’s administration. Thus, I need to plan my activities well so that I can carry out all

the activities in time that is within the five days.

One of the activities that I have planned to carry out is to obverse whether the

school contains all the stuff that are being listed in the EDU 3101 Education and

Philosophy in Malaysia checklist. I will also going to consult the school’s administration

for their roles in the school and also regarding the current syllabus, KSSR. These are

some requirement that we need to fulfill for our EDU 3101’s coursework. Thus, I must

prepare some questions early before I go and interview the teachers in the school. This

is to avoid me from asking some questions that are not related to the coursework.

Besides that, I will interview some subject teachers, especially English

teachers, on how they differentiate in teaching different levels of students, which are the

upper level and lower level. This is for me to see that how they can implement different

style of teachings to different group of students. Furthermore, I will also question about

the interaction of the students and teacher in the class and how the elements of the

National Philosophy of Education (NPE) is being implemented in the class. This

question is important to ensure that all the objectives of the NPE are reached in the

school. Besides that, I am planning to question of the activities and programs that are

organized in the school to develop the students from the aspect of intellectual, physical,

spiritual, and social with reference to individual differences of different type of students

in the school.

Besides that, I will ask for permission from one of the English teachers that I

interviewed to observe the Teaching and Learning process in one of the class in the

school. This is because I want to see it myself of how teaching and learning process is

taken place in a class. I want to gain some knowledge regarding the class control so

that I can make use of the knowledge in the future.

Apart from that, I plan to interview the canteen management about the food

they provide for the students. I also will interview the head of the school administration

of the school, the headmaster of the school. The interview with the headmaster will

focus on the question about the school administration, the school history and

background and lastly the implementation of the elements of the National Philosophy of

Education (NPE) in the school. I will also interview the senior assistants of the school

about their role based on the position of senior assistants that they obtain in the school.

Lastly, I will interview some students about how the teachers teach them

about the values that is accordance to the National Philosophy of Education (NPE) in

the class.

I hope that I can carry out all the activities that I have planned before the

School Based Experience (SBE) and I look forward to gain knowledge in my first School

Based Experience (SBE).

2.2 Report of Focus Activities

Based on my preparation before the program, I have managed in carrying out

some of the activities which I have planned for my first School Based Experience (SBE).

However, we cannot do much on interaction with the students since they are having

their examination in that week.

5TH MARCH 2012 (MONDAY)

Today is my first day to come to the school that is SK St. Anne, Sarikei. I

arrived at school at 6.45 a.m. The classes in the school begin as early as 7.10 am, thus

I must come early before the guard preventing me from getting into the school. When I

arrived at the school, I wait for my friends in front of the school office. Approximately at

6.50 am, every trainee teachers have arrived at the school. The total of teacher-trainees

that carry out their SBE here is around fourteen peoples. We came from different

colleges. We then waited for the headmistress of the school in the resource centre. A

few minutes later, the senior assistant, Mr. Chua Tua Lee arrive to replace the

headmistress, who is away from the school for a few days. We then required to report

ourselves to him and gave him the authorization letter. After that, the briefing session

with Mr Chua was complete and we are allowed to walk around the school. I, together

with friends, took a tour around the school and did my observation regarding my EDU

3101’s coursework. I checked whether the school contains all the items that are being

listed down in the coursework’s form for example like infrastructure facilities,

administration, and cleanliness of the school. I walked around the school to search for

the physical layout of the school and the school organizations chart. Furthermore, I also

observed the school infrastructure buildings and have taken some pictures for the

requirement of my coursework. I notice that the school that I went to, contain all the

items that being listed in the check list and the school overall, have all the basic need of

a basic school.

The next activity that I did on that day was doing some interviews with the

subject head of the school. First, we went to interview the English subject head of the

school, Madam Lim Kee Kee. We asked some questions like the role of the subject

heads in the school, interaction between her with the headmistress, and the KSSR’s

implementation in the school. From the interviews, I have learned that being a subject

head is not trouble-free, as he or she are expected to play important roles so that the

standard of the subject of the school is live up to the expectation. Besides that, I have

learned that the new syllabus, KSSR, is more to students-oriented rather than the old

syllabus, KBSR. Besides that, the new syllabus contain bands which is use to indicate

the students performance from time to time.

6TH MARCH 2012 (TUESDAY)

On the second day, I also arrived at the school at 6.45 am. I went to interview

some English teachers, that were Madam Alice Narawi and Madam Zurina. I questioned

on the pedagogies they used in teaching their particular classes and how they

implement the elements of the National Philosophy of Education in their teaching and

learning process. Besides that, I also asked about the interaction of the school

administration with all the teachers. From the interviews, I learnt that a teacher must

plan his or her lesson plan properly so that the pupils can understand and receive the

knowledge wholly. In order to attract the student’s attention, a teacher must love and

understand the students while the teaching and learning process is taken place. The

teacher should not condemn any students who perform badly in their study, instead they

should give them proper motivation to heal up their spirit. Rewards and

acknowledgement should be given to the students who perform well in the classes. I

also interested in the way of the English teachers in order to help their students to

master the knowledge. This is by emphasizing on their phonetic and speaking skills in

the early classes before the lesson take place. I also interviewed the canteen

management about the beautification program of the canteen environment and the food

provided. From the interview, the school administration played an important role so that

the canteen will provide healthy food for the body and brain of the students. Besides

that, I also learned that a good bond between the school administration and the canteen

management is vital so that they will provide good food not only for the need of the

students but for the welfare of the students as well. Besides, that, I also learned that

school administration should not ignore the canteen management as they are also part

of the school citizen.

7TH MARCH 2012 (WEDNESDAY)

Today is my third day in carrying out my SBE in this school. As usual, I went

to report myself at 6. 45 am. On that day, I went to interview the headmistress of the

school, Madam Marry Ranggau. During the interview, I questioned about the role of the

headmistress in managing the school. Aside from that, I also questioned her on the

implementation of the elements of the National Philosophy of Education that was

emphasized by the school. I also asked about the interaction between headmasters the

teachers and the supporting stuff. I also asked about the involvement of parents with the

school in some of the activities that require the support of the parents. I also ask about

the beautification program that was done by the school to enhance the environment

around the school. From the interviewed, I learnt a lot, especially the school

implementation of the elements of the National Philosophy of Education. I also learned

that the school emphasis on the developing students discipline and emotional quotient

(EQ). Furthermore, as the head of the school, the headmistress played an important

role of being the role model for the teachers in the school where she have the lead the

teachers through example, keen in her duty and she also played an important role in

monitoring the teachers for their performance so that teachers will not slack when they

did their job. Furthermore, the school also encourages the students to involve in co-

curriculum activities through assembly. I also learned that unity among the

headmistress, teachers and supporting staff is very important so that they school will be

a better place and so that the school and progress even further.

8TH APRIL 2012 (THURSDAY)

Today is my forth day in the school to carry out my SBE. As usual, I reported

myself approximately at 6.45 am. As for today, not so much interviews were carried out

and the students were still on their examination, thus, I can’t really make myself to the

class since there is no teaching and learning process taken place. Thus, I went to

interview the head of the Co-curriculum, Madam Roselyn Nyipan. During the interview, I

questioned her about her role as the senior assistant in the school, co-curriculum

programs that are being implemented in the school for the welfare of the students, and

how the concept of NPE can be manipulated in the school in producing students who

are excellent in co-curriculum instead of just academic achievement. From this

interview, I learnt that it is important for the school to plan the co-curriculum activities

properly for the students based on their majority interest and talent. The school also

should be the one who is responsible in nourishing the student’s talent so that they can

achieve good level in their respectable sports. Incentive and acknowledgement also

should be given to the students who perform well in their co-curricular activities.

9TH APRIL 2012 (FRIDAY)

Today is my last day to carry out my SBE in the school. I reported myself at

the same time as before, that is at 6.45 am. As for today, the students were done with

their examination and several classes are carried out as usual where the teaching and

learning process are taken place as usual. So, as for today, I can finally interact with the

students. I called two students from primary one classes to make them as part of my

experiment that is Jean Piaget’s Conservation tasks. We carry out the experiment in

the resource centre. After asking them several questions, I recorded my data and take

some pictures of them as the evidence.

Then, after the recess, the moment that I waited for long during the SBE had

finally come. I, with my friends, were given the opportunity to sit in a class, that is 5B

class. This is my experience to take control of a class, thus, as I stepped inside the

classroom, I felt blur and without any hesitation, I introduced myself to the students.

Class control is an important thing when we take over a class, and as for my first

experience, I think I can control the class eventually although I can’t entertain everyone

of them. I walked around the class to get to know about the students, and when I went

to this particular group, I notice the other particular group of students felt neglected

because of lack of attention from me. From there, I learnt that it is vital for a teacher to

give attention to all of the students so that everyone of them will feel that they are not

the passenger in the classroom. I end my classes by taken some pictures with the

children. Later on that day, we took some photographs with the headmistress, senior

assistants, subject heads, and other teachers. We also took the group photos of

fourteen of us that carry out the SBE in the school We felt relieved to finally ended our

SBE in the school successfully.

In conclusion, I had carried out my activities successfully. The cooperation of

the headmaster and the school indeed has help me a lot in the coursework that I did.

3.0 The Instrument of Collection Data

3.1 Observation

For the observation, it is mostly based on the task check list; the observation in the

school is mainly based on the school infrastructure, school beautification programs and

the teaching and learning in the classroom based on the National Philosophy of

Education

a) The School Infrastructure

- Classroom

- Playground

- Learning Area

- Canteen

- Hall

- Library

- Notice Board

- Science Laboratory

- Computer Laboratory

b) School Beautification Programs

- Murals

- Catchwords

- Cleanliness

c) Teaching and Learning in the Classroom

- How the teacher teaches in the classroom

- The notice board

- Learning Corner

- The implication of ICT

3.2 Check List

CHECK LISTPROFESSIONAL STUDY TASK

EDU 3101 EDUCATION AND PHILOSOPHY IN MALAYSIANo Item Yes No Notes

/ x1. Administration and organization of

school1.1 Physical Layout of the school1.2 School Organisation Chart

2. School Infrastructure2.1 School Amentities:

Learning area/space

Hall Canteen Field Playing grounds for games Resource centre Science laboratories Computer laboratories Boarding houses Notice boards

2.2 Murals2,3 Display of catchwords/motivational lines2.4 Good values

Practice among students2.5 The Rukun Negara2.6 National Education Philosophy2.7 Classrooms:

Learning corner/space Display of information

o Class timetableo Duty rostero Rules and regulations

3 Curriculum3.1 Syllabi3.2 Teaching & learning Record Books3.3 T&L Resources

Teaching aids Learning aids Reading corner/space Display of learning materials

3.4 co-curriculum3.3 Interview

When I was at SK St. Anne, Sarikei for my School Based Experience (SBE), I had

carried out some interviews in order to gain information for my National Philosophy of

Education assignment. The people that I interviewed for my task are the headmistress

of SK St Anne, senior assistants, my mentor, teachers, the staff and students of SK St.

Anne, Sarikei. Each individual is being asked with different questions for the need of the

task. Below are the questions and discussion with the person that I had being interview

during the School Based Experience (SBE) at SK St. Anne.

a) Headmistress of SK St. Anne Role of headmistress How the school administration is manage How the headmistress creates awareness about the environment to the

students (e.g. beautification program) Discussion about cooperation with the senior assistants, subject heads,

class/subject teachers Approaches being used by the school to manage and improve the

infrastructure aspects of the school. How does the school balance out the important of co-curriculum activities

with academic in the school; since the co-curriculum is equally important Discussion about the National Philosophy of Education (NPE); The

elements that the school follows

b) Senior assistants Role of Senior Assistants (Co-curriculum) Curriculum programs that being implemented in the school for the well

being of the students; So that students can develop physically and their potential can being known

How the concept of National Philosophy of Education (NPE) can be manipulated in the school in producing students who are excellent in co-curriculum instead of just academic achievement

Personal opinion of the senior assistants about the activities in the school. Personal opinion about the National education system; whether it really

encourage student to focus on co-curriculum activities among students Role of Senior Assistants (HEM) Students achievement Disciplinary steps to change students behavior in the school Steps taken to implement the elements of National Philosophy of

Education (NPE) in the school Personal opinion of the senior assistants about the activities in the school.

Opinion about the education system in the country Opinion about the school administration Interaction of senior assistants with: Supporting staffs Teachers Students Parents

c) Mentor Discussion about KSSR syllabus Discussion about moral values being teach in the subject that being teach

to student in the class Approach used for weaker students Differences between KSSR and KBSR Advantage of KSSR Acquisition of language in the class How the elements of the National Philosophy of Education being

implement in the class

d) Teachers Discussion about the use of teaching aids in the class Role of teachers Discussion about the implementation of the elements of National

Philosophy of Education in the class Discussion about weaker class and students Discussion about interaction (between students and teachers) Role as a class teacher Role as a class teacher in implementing the elements of National

Philosophy of Education to students Type of activities conducted in accordance to the National Philosophy of

Education Ways to teach moral values in class as a teacher

e) Staff (Canteen) Type of food being provided for the students Any discussion before food being sold?

Any beautification program for the canteen? Future planning of the canteen with the school management Students reaction when try to obtain the food and the food of their choice

f) Students How teachers treat students in the class? Are moral values being teach in your class?

5.0 New Knowledge Gained from Observation 5.1 Observation

I have observed SK St. Anne, Sarikei from many aspects and views. There

are the climate of the education process in the school and classes, environment and

facilities of the school as well as the school administration.

For the school infrastructure, this school fulfills all of the items listed in the

checklist forms except for the boarding house; this is clearly because SK St. Anne is not

a boarding school. In my point of view, I can see that this school makes use of the entire

space and compound as a learning area. I can hardly found any place in the school that

is not used for academic purpose. For example, even behind the stairs of the blocks,

there will be a learning area for the students to study there. The school also owns a

multipurpose hall. The hall consists of two basketball courts, a big stage and sitting

place that was built around the hall. It is located next to the school compound.

Multipurpose hall benefits the school citizens in term of non-academic purpose. For

example, the students can play some sports like basketball, handball, volleyball and

netball here. Aside from that, any practice for competition can take place there. For

example, during my SBE, I witnessed their Action Song practice as preparation ahead

for the competition within the district level. Besides, the school owns a canteen which is

located in the centre of the school layouts. This is perhaps to ease all of the school

citizens to buy food from the canteen where the location of the canteen is just as near

as the classrooms and offices. Aside from that, the school owns two science

laboratories and a newly-built computer lab. These facilities benefit students a lot in

term of their academic purpose. As for example, students can surf the internet to look

for additional information that is not include in the textbook. Practical activities also can

be done in the science laboratories to further enhance their understanding towards the

theories that had been learnt.

Besides, the school environment also always ready in the clean and

harmonious state. This is because of the co-operation among the students and the

teachers. All sides really appreciate the comfort that is brought by the school due to the

cleanliness.

Besides, there are many activities and competitions that are organized by the

school to increase the interest and achievement of the students in the aspect of

curriculum and co-curriculum. In this case, I realize that as a teacher, we are not only

responsible for the development of the student’s intellectual, but also physical,

emotional, spiritual and social. All the aspects is important in shaping a balance

individual so that the student are able to withstand any pressure and control their

emotion in many problems.

The positive work attitude of the school has reminds me to always discipline

myself to become a responsible and hardworking teacher in the future. Besides, the co-

operation must be given from time to time because as a teacher, we will spend most of

the time carrying out the responsibilities entrusted in a group.

5.2 Check list

CHECK LISTPROFESSIONAL STUDY TASK

EDU 3101 EDUCATION AND PHILOSOPHY IN MALAYSIANo Item Yes No Notes

/ x

1. Administration and organization of school1.1 Physical Layout of the school /1.2 School Organisation Chart / Near the headmistress office

2. School Infrastructure2.1 School Amentities:

Learning area/space

Hall Canteen Field Playing grounds for games Resource centre Science laboratories Computer laboratories Boarding houses Notice boards

/

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/x

Taken up any space available to become a learning space

Two science laboratories

Not a boarding schoolOutside of the class

2.2 Murals / In every blocks2,3 Display of catchwords/motivational lines

/ Patience is Virtue; The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own hand

2.4 Good values Practice among students

/ Say “Good Morning” to teachers

2.5 The Rukun Negara / Display in the hallway and staff room2.6 National Education Philosophy / Display near the school hall2.7 Classrooms:

Learning corner/space Display of information

o Class timetableo Duty rostero Rules and regulations

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3 Curriculum3.1 Syllabi /3.2 Teaching & learning Record Books /3.3 T&L Resources

Teaching aids Learning aids Reading corner/space Display of learning materials

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3.4 co-curriculum /5.3 Interviews

Several interviews have been carried out during my SBE is SK St. Anne,

Sarikei. There are the interviews with headmistress, senior assistants, subject head and

subject teachers.

During my session with the headmistress and senior assistants, I learnt that

the tasks that carried out by them are too many. The role as a headmistress is to

arrange the school timetable and make sure the learning processes are carried out

effectively while the senior assistants are responsible in helping to realizing the

aspiration of the NPE.

When I was interviewing the subject head, I realize that the normal problem

that faced by the teacher is the student cannot focusing too long during the teacher is

teaching. The teacher is then must prepare the teaching aids and use them during the

lesson so that the students can pay attention and help them to memorize towards what

they had learnt.

Aside from that, I also interviewed some English teachers. Through this

interview, I learnt that English is a usual problem for the native speaker. However,

Chinese students can perform well in English. This is simply because they are born by

speaking the language in the house. , I learnt that a teacher must plan his or her lesson

plan properly so that the pupils can understand and receive the knowledge wholly. In

order to attract the student’s attention, a teacher must love and understand the students

while the teaching and learning process is taken place. The teacher should not

condemn any students who perform badly in their study, instead they should give them

proper motivation to heal up their spirit. Rewards and acknowledgement should be

given to the students who perform well in the classes.

As for conclusion, through this interviews, I have gain a lot of knowledge and

realize that to become a good teacher is not an easy task.

6.0 Reflection

First and foremost, I would like to say my gratitude to Allah the Almighty for

giving me the strength to complete this program. I would also like to thanks the

headmistress of SK. St. Anne, Madam Marry Ranggau for the service I get from the

administration and willing to share some related information of the school to the task

given. Through this School Based Experience (SBE) program, I have learned many new

things through the activities I carry out and gain new experience by interacting with the

teachers in the school.

This is perhaps a meaningful experience for me as a trainee teacher because

through this program, I can finally get to expose myself to the school’s climate and

surrounding for my reference in the future. I have learned a lot of useful and beneficial

knowledge especially about the school administration. It is not easy to manage a

school. This is because the school is the second home for hundreds of student that

study in the school. The school is responsible to take care of the student’s welfare so a

proper management must be planned systemically.

I am satisfied with the hard work that is shown by the headmistress and the

teachers. They have shown a very high positive behavior in this profession. I also

learned about the manner of a teacher when teaching a student in a class as well as the

etiquette expected for a teacher in the education process that is carried out in the

school. Besides that, the service I got from the school’s entire citizen is satisfying

enough. During my SBE in the school, all the teachers are still busy with the

examination. However, they still and will to give proper collaboration to fulfill my request,

promise me an appointment to be interviewed as well as helping me to look for

information and material that I require.

I have also experience a chance to sit in a class. I made use the chance that I

got as good as possible to learn in taking control of the students in the class. It is a

valuable experience for me as this is my first time to take over a class. Class control is

an important thing when we take over a class, and as for my first experience, I think I

can control the class eventually although I can’t entertain everyone of them. I walked

around the class to get to know about the students, and when I went to this particular

group, I notice the other particular group of students felt neglected because of lack of

attention from me. From there, I learnt that it is vital for a teacher to give attention to all

of the students so that everyone of them will feel that they are not the passenger in the

classroom.

In conclusion, School Based Experience (SBE) is again a very good

learning experience for me. This is because I have not only gained knowledge by

observing, interview and interaction with the citizen of the school; I also learn a lot about

a life of becoming a teacher in primary school and I also able to see from the teacher’s

perspective.

7.0 Final Report

School Based Experience (SBE) is carried out to give us the initial

understanding about the school’s life from a perspective of a teacher. We are given a

chance to understand the school as an academic institution and the function of a

teacher in the class through observation, document reading, reflection, and interaction

with the teacher and the school’s community. That’s why I have carried out the SBE in

SK St. Anne Sarikei from 5th March to 9th March 2012. This is my first experience of

attending a SBE.

On the first day in the school, I met with the PK1, as the replacement for the

headmistress who was away from the school. This time, there were 14 teacher trainees

that undergo SBE in this school. First, the PK1 briefed us about the school and let us to

use the school’s resource centre as a place for us to do our works. This room is

prepared with enough facilities such as the tables, chairs, plugs and air-conditioner.

Then, we are allowed to take tour around the school and do our own

observation regarding the school’s system. The observation around the school is to see

whether the school contains the listed items in the check list for EDU 3101 Education

and Philosophy in Malaysia. I have go around the school to see all the school amenities

such as learning area, hall, canteen, field, playing ground for games, resource centre,

science laboratories, computer laboratories and notice boards. I also look for murals

and motivational lines around the school. I also walk around the school to search for the

Rukun Negara and National Education Philosophy.

After that, I and my friends planned on how to prepare our portfolio. Thus, first

thing to be done was to gain information that was required by the given assignments.

Interviews have being carried out with the school’s administration. I had my interview

with the headmistress and the senior assistants of the school in order to obtain the

information of the school. During the interaction, I managed to get the organization chart

of the school as well the background and history of the school. I need the information to

be put as my portfolio’s appendices. I also manage to obtain the table of activities based

on the type of co-curriculum that the primary school have. Besides, I managed to learn

about the roles of the headmistress and the roles of the different senior assistants.

During the interaction, I also learn more about the school system and the performance

of the school’s academic. The interaction with the headmistress also enable be to learn

about the difficulty and the obstacles in implementing the elements of the National

Philosophy of Education in different aspects within the school. Throughout the interview,

senior assistants and the school headmistress have given their full co-operation in

sharing the information of the school.

Apart from that, I have also done my interviews with the students in the

school. I have prepared several questions regarding the John Piaget’s Conservation

Tasks. The students gave me their fullest attention and collaboration in helping me to

answer the question. Through this interview, I had finally gained the information that I

required. I can learn the student’s behavior when they answered my question aside

from how to give them proper direction in answering the question. As a future teacher, I

love doing this interview since it brings me closer to the real life of the children. Before I

go to the school to fulfill my responsibility as a teacher, I must first understand my

“customer”, the children better. Furthermore, I also interact with upper form English teacher and lower form

English teacher. One of them has allowed us to observe when she was teaching in the

class. From my class observation, I learned about class management and one of the

teaching methods that were being used during the teaching and learning section in the

class. This observation also enabled me understand about my working place and

understand my career as a teacher in the future. Besides that, the observation exposed

and makes me realize that being a teacher is totally different from being a student. I

also learned about the KSSR; how the new syllabus work and how it is differ to the old

syllabus. I also learned about the activities being done in the class in accordance to the

new syllabus and why it is understand that new syllabus is more student oriented rather

than exam orientated.

In addition, I also have interact with the canteen management regarding the

food that they provide for the students and whether the follow the requirement given by

the ministry of education. During the interaction, I also learned how the school

administration and teachers as well as the students of the school interact with the

canteen management. During the interview, I learned that continuous interaction

between the canteen management and the school administration is indeed important in

order to have no conflict between two party and so that the canteen will able to provide

healthy food for the students.

Before going back home, I said my words of appreciation to the headmistress,

senior assistants, subject heads, subject teachers, and other citizens in the school. I felt

so happy and thankful for being able to complete this SBE successfully.

In conclusion, School Based Experience (SBE) had been a wonderful and

meaningful experience for me as a teacher trainee. This is because I can understand

my profession as a teacher much more since I experience it on the spot for five days.

Due to this, I am willing to look forward for the next SBE and gain even more

understanding and experience about my future career as a teacher.

Classroom’s Environment and Climate

1. Classroom’s layout and plan

2. How the materials and teaching and learning resource displayed in the

classroom are used effectively?

3. State any materials and teaching and learning resource that is easy to be used

by the students.

4. Are the students are given chance to use the learning resource that is based on

the ICT?

5. How far the students are encouraged to involve themselves actively in the lesson

activity?

6. Ways the students are distributed in particular groups.

2. How the materials and teaching and learning resource displayed in the classroom are

used effectively?

When I carried out the School Based Experience (SBE) in SK St Anne Sarikei, I

realized that there are varieties of teaching aids being used by the teacher when he or

she are carrying out the teaching and learning process in the classes. Furthermore, I

learned that the teaching aids are only being used for the lower level of students that

are primary one to primary three students. For example, the teacher used flash cards as

their teaching aids. This is a very good initiative for classes that require memorizing

many terms and definitions such as, science classes. In English class, a teacher can

make a matching game with the cards for the students. This is by separating the cards

for the questions and the answers, leaving the back sides blank. The students will place

the cards face down and turn them over, one by one, trying to find matches. Through

this method, the teacher can attract the fullest attention from his or her students by

giving them an interesting and attractive lesson in the class.

3. State any materials and teaching and learning resource that is easy to be used

by the students.

Materials and teaching and learning resource that can be easily used by the

students are ‘flash’ and ‘Power Point’ that are functioning in the laptop. This is because

the flash that is used contains animation that can stimulate and perpetuate the attention

of the students. With that, the probability of a lesson to take place will occur because

the students can understand and receive what is delivered by the teacher. Besides that,

song that is played in the flash indirectly give the clear main idea to the students. They

will easily memorize the contents of the lesson by only singing the song again compare

to memorize the contents by only reading it.

Apart from that, with the usage of ‘Power Point’, the teacher will not waste his or

her time to write the answer from the beginning to the end. The contents can directly

display on the white screen clearly. Apart from saving time, the students will not having

any chance to make noise compare to the situation where the teacher is writing on the

blackboard. After the teacher finishes with his explanation, he can end the slide and ask

the students to recall what they have learnt recently. Thus, the remembrance of the

students towards the lesson contents will be more deep and clear.

4. Are the students are given chance to use the learning resource that is based on the

ICT?

Yes, this is because the ICT is one of teaching aids that is so effective in

teaching and learning process. During my SBE in SK St Anne, I learned that the school

owns a computer lab that can be benefited by the students in the school. If the teacher

wants to bring his or her students to the lab, he can just simply book the lab from the

staff that take care of the lab. The amount of computers in the lab is high enough for the

usage of all the students. For example, during the lesson in the computer lab, the

teacher can simply give the direction for the students to play the CD attached the

textbook. The flash contents in the CD contain activity and games that is attractive to

attract the students. Aside from study, the students can play some games contained in

the flash.

5. How far the students are encouraged to involve themselves actively in the lesson

activity?

The students are encouraged to involve themselves actively in the lesson activity

by simply giving them proper motivation before the lesson take place. In this situation,

the teacher in the class plays an important role in deciding whether the students will

keep focusing on the lesson or not. A teacher must be clever to control every student in

the class. This is by not being too nice with the student, instead by implementing some

strict-minded teaching to the students. For example, the teacher could set a rule like if

this particular student cannot perform well in his study, he will be punished and if he can

perform well, he will be rewarded and given the acknowledgement for his hard work. By

using this method, the student will be more involving themselves actively in the lesson

activity. This is because aside of gaining knowledge, there will be rewards and

accolades waiting for them if they can achieve the level of excellent in the class.

6. Ways the students are distributed in particular groups.

. The distribution of the students in the particular groups is should be well-

organized and follow the requirement of the condition. For example, if there are 40

students in the classes, they can be distributed into 4 particular groups. Thus, every

group will have 10 students and they should consist of the students with different levels

of performance. The rational of this action is to ensure that within the group, there will

be some clever students and low-performance students. This is to balance their

performance level and give the chance to the weak students to learn from their clever

friends. Furthermore, these clever students indirectly can help the teachers to give their

opinion and help regarding the weak students.