Teaching Reflection

Teaching Reflection
To overall reflect all of my teaching, there are some things which I like about my teaching.
First, I like the concern I have if my students do not understand the lesson I teach. I am afraid that
the students cannot understand the way I explain or present the lesson which I can see in their
formative assessments such as asking comprehensive questions and in summative assessment like
class work. If there are many students who don’t do well in the assessment, I feel upset and I think
to myself that the students don’t understand due to the way I explain or the method I used.
That lead me to the second thing I like about my teaching is that the method I used to
explain the lesson. I am confident that whatever the subject is whether it is Math or science or
social studies, I tried my best to understand the content well to make myself confident in teaching
the topic. I tried to put myself in the position of students and think in what way I can understand
the concept if I am a student. So that, I plan the lesson and prepare the materials in a way that
students can understand the concept well and relate to their real life situation.
On the other hand, because I am worry that the students cannot understand the lesson well,
I tend to spend more time in speaking and explaining the contents which sometimes lead students
to less activity time. So, I need to reduce the lecture time and plan the lesson in a way that students
learn while they are doing. Next, I noticed that I am not consistent to the rules. This is because I
failed to make the rule clear since the beginning. So, when students misbehave, the rules are not
consistent but depend on the situation which sometimes hard to deal.
The next thing I need to improve is classroom management. I have to practice to be more
firmed and assertive when dealing with the students. I have noticed that may be because I am
flexible for them, they sometimes do not take serious on me. Some students won’t do classwork
nor do the homework. They also took on advantage that I am not an official teacher at the school,
so they would complain if I give homework. In this kind of situation, I learned that I have to let
them know my expected behaviors in the classroom, so that they know what the teacher wants and
what they need to do.
One big problem I need to improve is my pronunciation. Many times, students would point
out me that my pronunciation are not correct. I like that they point out it so that I know but
sometimes, it was just too much that I could not move on with the lesson. They laughed at it, made
jokes on it disrespectfully and correct me. That is the moment of the truth when I realize it will be
very difficult for me to become an English teacher at an International School with this level of
pronunciation. I felt ashamed to myself and realized I need to improve many things to be able to
become a better teacher. I thought to myself that I do not deserve to be an English teacher if my
pronunciation is not good or correct.
Lastly, the biggest weakness I have is having too much emotion. As I am a very sensitive
person, I think and feel too much. I do understand that kids speak out what they think especially
in the international society. They will judge us and comment on us, sometimes disrespectful to us
not like traditional classroom. I need to train myself not to feel too much on what students say but
take that opportunity to improve my abilities and stand strong.
Overall, I had a good time teaching at Ekamai Interantional School and I did learn many
valuables thing. I learned how to be patient, how to deal with the students and how to approach
the teachers in order to get maximum learning from them. Besides, I also learned the moral and
ethical character of a good teacher. Being a teacher is not an easy task, there are many groups of
people a teacher need to deal with; students, parents, colleagues, administrations and many more.
Therefore, the most important thing I learned during my internship is to be a mature person who
is ready to take new challenges and improve myself in all thing as much as I can to become a better
person, a better teacher or whatever the profession is.

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