Name                            : Ida Ayu Windhari Okayanti

Major                            : Physics Education Departement

University                    : Ganesha University of Education

Receiving University : Central Luzon State University

Blog                                : https://shiningdayuwindha.blogspot.com

Name of School          : University Scince High School

Magandang umaga, Magandang hapon, Magandang gabi.

Ngurah Rai Airport: Prepare go to Philippines

Hello, I am Dayu Windhari. It is my first time to go overseas. Guess where I going to go. Guess what I going to do. Guess who I going to meet. All here in this article.

I went to Philippines on August 19, 2019. I am a student from the physics education department in Ganesha University of Education who has the chance to be able to practice teaching at the University Science High School (USHS) through U to U program. I was stay in Philippines for 28 days. For the first time I think it is a quite long time. But, it is actually really short time. Anyway, I was enjoy my day here in Philippines, especially in Central Luzon State University.

Central Luzon State University (CLSU) is located in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. CLSU was converted from Central Luzon Agricultural to Central Luzon State University in 1964. That’s the reason in CLSU there are so many agricultural major. Facilities in the campus is so good. Campus has rice field, green house, goat farm, tilapia pond, etc. CLSU also process their farm product into their own brand. They have Tilapia Ice Cream, ice cream from goat milk with various flavor,   Campus environment is very comfortable with towering trees and clean air. The campus is also close to the city center. We can ride a Jeepney and Trycicle to be able to go to Munoz or San Jose.

Orientation in CLSU

Tilapia ice cream

Trying ice cream from goat milk

CLSU has a laboratory school called DepEd CLSU Elementary Lab School for primary education and University Science High School for secondary education. And luckily I have a chance to be able to practice teaching at the USHS. For my teaching practice program, I was guided by a very professional teacher, Asst. Prof. John Paul E. Santos as a cooperating teacher. He is very friendly and professional. He always gives me suggestion to be more confident and able to become a professional teacher.

Dayu Windha and Asst. Prof. John Paul E. Santos as cooperative teacher

University Science High School

1. School Profile

University Science High School (USHS) located inside the campus of Central Luzon State University (CLSU), in Scince City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.

The History

University Science High School was established by virtue of the CLSU Board of Regents under board Resolution No. 1622 dated june 14, 1976 as a prime school for students who are inclined to pursue scince and technology courses. In 1978, Board Resolution No. 1780 was passed, revising the curriculum and changing the name of Agricultural Science High School. Further revision of the curriculum was made in 1979 to strengthen the agricultural components and meet the needs of the students who seek admission to agricultural institutions of higher learning without prejudice to the original goal of preparing the youth for intensive training in science and technology.

In 1983, the school was back to its original name, the University Science High School, to respond to the school’ intensive emphasis in science and technology. Now in its more than 4 decades of existence, though a small unit in the University under the College of Education, the USHS has been an asset and will always be an asset continuously giving its share in making CLSU a bold name in the academic world where science and technology front the line in its educational thrust by producing quality graduates.

The Vision

CLSU as a world-class National Research University for science and technology in agriculture and allied fields.

The Mission

CLSU shall develop globally competitive, work-ready, socially-responsible and empowered human resources who value life-long learning; and to generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge and technologies for poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and sustainable development.

The Philosophy

The ultimate measure of the effectiveness of Central Luzon State University as an institution of higher learning is its contribution to and impact on the educational, economic, social, cultural, political and moral well-being and environmental consciousness of the peoples it serves.

Academic Support System

The facilities in University Science High School are used to improve student’s knowledge and skill. In USHS there are computer laboratory, science laboratory, library, AVR room, register room, faculty room, canteen, and Tambayan. Tambayan is a building which is used to learn outside the classroom. USHS also has a hall which is located outside the school specifically in front of the school used for physical education which is called Umali Gymnasium.

Each classroom has air conditioners, fans, projector, other rooms have LCD TV and outside the room with cctv cameras to improve school security and monitor student activities while in school. School also provide computers, printers, internet networks and loudspeakers to facilitate and accelerate the performance of teachers in carrying out their duties.

USHS Extracurricular

USHS also has several extracurricular to improve the students’ soft skill such as:

1. Philatelists Club.
2. Debate Society.
3. SMFILMEKK or Samahan ng mga Mag- aaral sa Filipino, Musika, Ekonomika, Kultura at kasayangan.
4. MEC or Math Enthusiasts’ Circle.
5. SSC or Seekers’ Science Club.
6. SBO or Students Body Organization.
7. YES-O
8. Cultural Group
9. The Researchers

Personal Information

USHS is lead by their Principal, Dr. Mercedita M. Reyes has and has 18 faculties or teachers and 7 staffs. They are working together in supporting the needs for school and for students to be able to complete each other. There are 439 students in all grades; from grade seven until grade twelve. Here is the list of classroom and the number of students per level :

Junior High School : 320 students

Senior High School : 119 students

Total Population : 439 students

Teaching System

The school is held for 5 days and it starts at 07.30 and ends at 17.00. Teaching system in this school, teachers have teach in one hour for one section. Teachers can use books, PowerPoint, handouts, and do a demonstration with various learning models according to the topic being studied. The teachers usually used English and Tagalog while teaching. Every grade has different subject. Here is the list of subject each grade:

Measurement and Evaluation System

This school has different measurement and evaluation system with another school in my country, Indonesia. Learners from Grades 1 to 12 are graded on Written Work, Performance Tasks, and Quarterly Assessment every quarter. Written Work, Performance Tasks, and Quarterly Assessment every quarter are given specific percentage weights that vary according to the nature of the learning area.

Curriculum

All school in Philippines including University Science High School used K to 12 Curriculum. The ultimate goal of learning in this curriculum is to enable the learners to apply critical thinking skills and problem solving in daily life situations in order to improve their lives, as well as the quality of life of the people, the community and the country as a whole. The objectives, competencies and skills on critical thinking are sequenced in such a way that the learners will experience success in learning. The sequencing helps the learners to move from easy to difficult by increasing the degree of complexity as the literacy level increases and as learning progresses. It follows a logical and sequential order: from simple to complex, concrete to abstract, familiar to unfamiliar, specific to general, narrow to broad.

Teaching Plan (of My Major)

However, the teachers in CLSU Science High School make their own Lesson Plan (semi-detailed lesson plan) but still parallel to the National curriculum following the guidelines of the Department of Education. It contains student activity and teacher activity. All of these elements are presented in the following parts:

1. Preparation:
2. Routinary Activity: Greetings, praying, monitoring of class attendance.
3. Review
4. Motivation
5. Lesson Proper: Student aand teacher activity
6. Application.
7. Generalization.
8. Evaluation.

2. Pedagogical Content

Teaching Method

Each teacher has a different teaching strategy and method. Therefore the lesson plans made by each teacher are different. However, overall learning activities tend to be the same. In the lesson plan there are 5 main parts, they are:

1. Preparation, which includes routine activities such as: Greetings, praying together led by the president class, and monitoring of class attendance. Then review about the previous learning. In the review activities, the teacher also discusses student’s misconceptions in previous learning. Then continued with motivation activities. In motivation, students are directed to connect learning that has been discussed with learning that will be discussed through real phenomena and situations that students usually see in their daily life.
2. Lesson Proper: In the core activities, the teacher will choose a method that is suitable for the topic to be discussed. Teachers usually use PPT, learning videos, or demonstrations which students usually see to get student’s attention and develop their knowledge.

Teacher demonstrate about the law of inertia

3. Application. In this activity Students are directed to relate the topic with the situations they usually see in their daily life. In this activity students are also try to explain their opinion about the positive and negative impacts of the concepts being discussed.
4. Generalization. In this activity the students were review the discussion. This activity aims to determine student understanding and confirm the material that has been learned so that all students have the same understanding.
5. Evaluation. In this activity students are try answer some questions from the topic that has been discussed. So the teacher can know the understanding of each student and can be a reference when reviewing for the next meeting.

Learning Materials and Innovations

For learning activities, the teacher uses a variety of methods that fit the topic to be discussed. The teacher usually directs students to discuss with the socratic method. So that the class becomes more active because the whole class is invited to be a speaker. In other hand, for some topics the teacher and students also hold a demonstration together. In demonstration activities, students look more excited. This is because during the demonstration students are directly involved with the situation relevant to the topic being discussed in a fun atmosphere.

Source of Learning and Technology

The teacher uses various sources and technology in learning activities. Beside books, teachers also use PPT that displays videos and illustrations that are relevant to the topic being discussed. So, the student are more easily understand the topic being discussed.

Authentic Assessment

The base of authentic assessment is about evaluating the student’s ability to apply their knowledge. Students will be evaluated in the form of assignments or homework assignments. This evaluation process will be generalized at the respective class level. The students will be evaluated at the end of their class or at the end of their topics by answering quiz or test.

3. Teaching Plan

All school in Philippines including University Science High School used K to 12 Curriculum. The ultimate goal of learning in this curriculum is to enable the learners to apply critical thinking skills and problem solving in daily life situations. This is the conceptual framework and syllabus of K to 12 for grade 8 in general scince in page 125.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1–poMIh05EaFi9IaYFNEp0PSFJ5IKIR3/view?usp=drivesdk

This is the first time I have make a lesson plan in a semi-detailed format. The lesson plan must be interesting and in related with the topics discussed. And I most difficult is to using an appropriate grammar. In my opinion this is quite challenging because English is not my mother tongue or my second languages. In the Philippines, I only made 3 lesson plans with different topics, they are:

1. Momentum and impulse.
2. Friction.
3. Work.

This is one of the lesson plans that I put together with the guidance of the cooperative teacher (Asst. Prof. John Paul E. Santos):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-00doxgkxVbQhmaCiGJya6mkcj1GJZkv/view?usp=drivesdk

And also the Power Point Presentation:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2WbysoIZgYnSpOvJxyRMIxnWinq-rYJ/view?usp=drivesdk

4. Teaching Practice:

Procedure of Teaching

In USHS, learning activity has 5 main parts, they are:

1. Preparation, which includes routine activities such as: Greetings, praying together led by the president class, and monitoring of class attendance. Then review about the previous learning.
2. Lesson Proper: In the core activities, the teacher will choose a method that is suitable for the topic to be discussed. Teachers use PPT, learning videos, and mini games which students usually see to get student’s attention and develop their knowledge.
3. Application. In this activity Students are directed to relate the topic with the situations they usually see in their daily life. In this activity students are also try to explain their opinion about the positive and negative impacts of the concepts being discussed.
4. Generalization. In this activity the students were review the discussion. This activity aims to determine student understanding and confirm the material that has been learned so that all students have the same understanding.
5. Evaluation. In this activity students are try answer some questions from the topic that has been discussed. So the teacher can know the understanding of each student and can be a reference when reviewing for the next meeting.

Taeching practice in 8-Researchers

Teaching practice in 8-Inventors

Time Management and Organizing Activities

For General Science in grade 8, they has 1 section in a day (from Monday until Friday) for 8-Researchers and 8-Inventors. I have 1 hour to practice in the class for one section. Because time is very limited, in generalization, teacher only asks a few questions to review the results of the class discussion. In addition, evaluation is also made as simple as possible so that students can answer according to their understanding in a relatively short time.

Problem Solving

There are some problem when I was practice. I was afraid because the class are so big. In Indonesia, I usually went to observation in the class with 20-30 students. But 8-Researcher have 39 students and 9-Inventors have 40 students. After my first demonstration, my cooperative teacher give me some suggestion, because my voice is so smooth. I really glad that Sir John Paul give me some suggestion how to manage the class and tell about their behavior in the class. So, I planned a new lesson plan and be able to be better than before.

Classroom Management

I have to practice in 2 section. One section in 8-Reserchers and one section in 8-Inventors. When I was observed, I thought the 8-Inventors was more active than 8-Researchers. But after I practice, I think they have similar characteristics. So I teach the same method. In my opinion they are unique. But, their responses to the learning that I designed tend to be the same.

5. Summary and Suggestions

Purpose of the teaching practice

The purpose of this program is to open up new perspectives on how to manage classroom learning from different cultures and situations and prepare professional teachers at the national and international levels, especially ASEAN.

Results of Practice

Through this program I can improve my English skills. I also became more confident with the help of friends and USHS teachers, especially my cooperative teachers who always motivated me to be more confident.

The experience that really impressed me was when I had to manage a class with quite a lot of members. This is the most recent and most challenging experience. Because I have to teach in English with confidence in front of 39-40 students.

8-Researchers

8-Inventors

Challenges of the Practice

My biggest challenge during the program was the fear of facing so many people in the class. But I still try to be able to manage so many students during the learning process. In addition, practice in English during the class is also a challenge. Because English is not the main language or mother tongue in Indonesia.

Overall Impression

The practice of teaching abroad with a different atmosphere and language is an interesting and challenging program. For me, by joining this program I can gain experience and new friends who open my mind to the outside world. I learned a lot from people I met in the Philippines, like friends who live together at RSTC, lecturers at the college of education, USHS teachers, and Filipino friends who also practice teaching at USHS.

Suggestion for Future Improvement

The practice of teaching abroad with a different atmosphere and language is an interesting and challenging program. For me, by joining this program I can gain experience and new friends who open my mind to the outside world. I learned a lot from people I met in the Philippines, like friends who live together at RSTC, lecturers at the college of education, USHS teachers, and Filipino friends who also practice teaching at USHS.

Our new Filipino friends

Farewell party with SEA-Teachers friend