TP Task 2 – Active Learning Environments

Name: Mahra Al Qassimi

Student ID: H00330597
Course: EPC 3903 – Practicum 3b
Instructor: Robin Ogdol

(Technology, 2017)
TP Task 2 – Active Learning Environments A blog is required for this task.
Planning activities that allow students to clarify, question, apply, and consolidate new
knowledge.
What is an active learning environment? What are its benefits? How does it link to the
inquiry cycle?
Active learning environment is having students engaged in the lesson would want to cooperate
with each other and participate as an individual/whole group. It is important for teachers to
help students learn new skills by planning lessons that allows them to learn actively in the
classroom. Both active learning environment and inquiry cycle use, are tools used by teachers
to develop children’s critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving, and creativity. The benefits
of active learning is that it allows the student to exercise their critical thinking, improve their
ability to recall information, and teach them to participate in discussions. The teacher should
take in each students learning style into consideration when planning and active learning
lesson in order to provide activities that will engage various learners. Students should be
placed in a classroom where they can be engaged and explore freely.
Reference

DeLoatch, P. (2015, October 14). 10 Ways to Bring Active Learning To Your

Classroom. Retrieved from edudemic:
http://www.edudemic.com/active-learning-in-classroom/

Choose 3 lessons to observe to answer the following questions:

What was the activity?
Students had to work individually,
s/he will be given a worksheet
along picture cut-outs of words
that end with the sound
What was the prior
What was the impact of the
learning to this
activity i.e. no. of ss engaged?
lesson?
Each group table was All students were engaged since
given a 5-piece puzzle they were all busy working
and the students had independently.
to cooperate and fix
-at and students had to use glue to
paste the correct picture on its
corresponding word and students
were given the option to color in
the pictures if they liked. Students
develop their fine motor skills
when using a glue or coloring.
Ms. Roopa will display on the
board numbers 1-60, and have a
few missing numbers according to
the number of students in the
classroom. She will randomly
hand out a card with a number to
each student. As a whole group,
the students will start counting
from number one and so on until
there’s a missing number then she
would ask the students what
number comes next. Students will
have to be actively listening and
participating in order for the
student that is holding that specific
number to come up and say what
number they’re holding out loud
and then place that card on the
desk and head back towards their
assigned seats.
Ms. Roopa prepared a group
activity for each table, she handed
the puzzle together.
Each table got
different pictures of
words that end with
the sound ‘at’.
Through this activity
students develop their
teamwork and
communication skills.
Students played one During this activity, the whole
of their favorite games class participated.
which is the flashcard
game. Students held
the numbers by tens
and waited for the
teacher to give them a
number or hint. E.g.
she will say “where is
number forty?” and
students will
immediately run
towards the student
holding the number 40
card.
The teacher played a The student found this activity
Fruits nursery rhymes rather enjoyable, they spent
 out a picture of a basket along with and had students their time coloring in the
fruits and vegetables cut-outs and guess the names of pictures and deciding which
asked students to color them and fruits and vegetables will go in the basket and which
paste only the fruits on the paper. displayed. one they will use to put on the
As for the vegetable cut-outs, I crown.
will ask them to bring it to me and
I will measure their head and make
a vegetable crown that they can
wear it and take home.

Which activity engaged most students? Why do you think this happened?
The activity that engaged the entire class was Math – filling in the missing numbers, where the
each student received a random flashcard with a number on it and had to hide it from the
others. The students were engaged because this activity required their full attention, if the
students happened to get distracted they wouldn’t know when it’s their turn to come up and
answer.

Record and reflect on the safety components of at least 3 lessons taught whilst on TP.:
- Created rules to ensure safety of all
students.
- Display fire safety signage in the
What safety issues were taken into
classroom.
consideration?
- Rarely use scissors, most work
materials are prepared by MST and
nanny before the lesson.
- Yes, they were aware of them by
Were the students made aware of them? having the teachers go over classroom
How? rules often until the students know it
by heart.

Did any safety issues arise in the lesson that
were not planned for?
Is there signage in the classroom regarding
safety?
- By having a fire evacuation drills
every now and then.
- Keep a very close eye when the
students are using scissors and remind
them to be safe, and teach them the
right way to use it.
- There weren’t any safety issues arising
that were not planned for.
- Classroom rules
- Display fire safety signage