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FIELD STUDY

Learning Episode

My Learning Episode Overview

This episode 1 provides an opportunity for students to examine and
reflect on a school and learning development.

My Intended Learning outcomes

In this episode, I must be able to determine the characteristics of a
school environment that is safe, secure, and is supportive of learning.

My Performance Criteria
I will be rated along the following:
 Quality of my observation and documentation
 Completeness and depth of analysis
 Depth and clarity of classroom observation-based reflection
 Completeness, organization, clarity of portfolio

My Learning Essentials
A physical conducive for learning is one that has consistent practices
that:
 Keep the school safe, clean, orderly and free from distraction;
 Maintain facilities that provide challenging activities; and
 Address the physical, social and psychological needs of the students.

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 My Map
To realize my Intended Learning Outcomes, I will work my way
through these steps:
My mission is to do the following tasks;

1. Visit a school. Look 2. Accomplish the

into facilities and checklist as you move
support learning areas around the school
in the campus, then in premises.
the classroom.

3. Make a reflection on 4. Based on your

the characteristics of a gathered data in the
school environment that checklist, describe the
learning promotes
school environment.
learning.

1. Present your idea of a good school environment through any of

these:
a) Descriptive Paragraph
b) Photo Essay
c) Sketch or drawing
d) Poem, song or rap

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My Tools
As you move around the campus, activity forms are provided for you to
document your observation. It is advised that you read the entire
worksheet before proceeding to the school site. A good understanding of
the activities and tasks to be accomplished in the activity sheets will yield
better learning results.
They have 12 plots It can help the students to have an
Outdoor/ SCHOOL
between FACILITIES
classroom and CHECKLIST
idea in agricultural and it can and on
Familiarize
Garden  yourself
CR. with the different areas and facilities of the school.
their knowledge.
Check the column to indicate their availability. Give a brief description of
those that are available, and say how each will contribute to the learning
students’ learning and development.

Will it contribute to the students’

Facilities  Description learning and development. Why?

There are 2 sofas, 1 A clean Principal Office can motivate

Office of the computer, 2 tables, 6 the students to have a clean classroom
Principal  chairs and 1 electric fan. too and if their classroom is clean they
can study well.
There are 4 raws of Having a good and complete furniture
bookshelves, 2 tables, 1 in the library, the students will enjoy
Library  computer, and 2 teachers to study in the school library.
table.
There are 4 tables, pink If there is a good environment in
Counseling room, 2 electric fan and 1 accommodating the students, the
Room  sofa. students will enjoy to study.

A yellow room, 2 electric A clean cafeteria and healthy foods

Canteen/ fan, 1 refrigerator, 2 they sell can help the students to be
Cafeteria  teachers tables,2 tables healthy so that they can study well.
and 6 chairs.
A yellow room, 1 bed, 2 If the clinic can accommodate the sick
Medical Clinic pillows, 1 electric fan, 2 students and give medicine that help
 chairs, 1 computer,1 them in their health, only few students
weighing scale and 1 will be having a sick so that they will
table. be easy to them to study.

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 Will it contribute to the students’
Facilities  Description learning and development. Why?
The have 1 sink, 2 tables, It can help the students to have a
Home kitchen materials, 2 knowledge in industrial works that
Economics  electric fan, 1 sewing can really help them.
Room machine.1 room, 2 sofas
and 1 CR.
They have 2 cubicles with If the facilities are clean and have a
Comfort a blue paint. good smell and if it is near the
Room for  classroom, the students will no be
Boys distracted.
They have 4 cubicles with Same as my answer in the top, having
Comfort a pink paint. a good environment can help
Room for  students to study well.
Girls
They have 3 projector, 1 If there are good computer facilities,
TV, 50 computers, 1 CR, 1 it can help the students to have a
Computer  teachers table, 55 chairs knowledge in computer and it can
Laboratory and the room color is also help the students in their
blue. research assignment.

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 An Observation Guide for the CLASSROOM VISIT

Read the following statements carefully. Then write you observation

report on the provided space.

1. Describe the community or neighborhood where the school is found.

2. Describe the school campus. What colors do you see? What is the
condition of the buildings?
3. Pass by the offices. What impression do you have of these offices?
4. Walk through the school halls, the library, the cafeteria. Look around
and find out the others.

Name of the School Observed: Governor Ferrer Memorial National

Highschool - Buenavista Annex
School Address: Buenavista 2, General Trias, Cavite
Date of Visit: July 29,2015

1. It is really far from them in highway, you need to pass by in the bridge
and near the school there are few houses and wide fields.
2. I can see green, yellow, blue, pink and brown colors. There are 9
buildings but there are only 2 story buildings. Some of the building
are too old.
3. Some of the offices are crowded because there are many teachers
are using the offices, but most of the offices are spacious and the
furnitures are obviously a good quality.
4. Their cafeteria sells healthy foods and it is big like the school halls,
while the library is too small.

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 An Observation Guide for the CLASSROOM VISIT

Be guided by these tasks as you do your observation. Then accomplish

the matrix to record your data.

1. Look at the walls of the classroom. What are posted on the walls? What
heroes, religious figures, lessons, visual aids, announcements, do you
see posted?
2. Examine how the pieces of furniture are arranged. Where is the
teacher’s table located? How are the tables and chairs/desk arranged?
3. What learning materials/equipments are present?
4. Observe the students. How many are occupying one room?
5. Is the room well-lit and well-ventilated?

CLASSROOM FACILITIES MATRIX

Description
Classroom Facilities (location, number, arrangement, condition)
List of Class Officers, Food for taught, DEPEd Officials
1. Walls Displays and Daily cleaners.
1 Projector, visual aids,and equipments.
2. Teacher’s Table
Notebooks and ballpen.
3. Learner’s Desk
2 greenboard and there are the list of the attendance
4. Blackboard of the students.
Chalk, Board, powerpoint presentation, projector, and
5. Learning Materials / Visual video presentation
Aids
6 rows and 5 columns of chair. Some of the chairs are
6. Chairs broken.

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 Write your observation report here.

Name of the School Observed: Governor Ferrer Memorial National

Highschool - Buenavista Annex
School Address: Buenavista 2, General Trias, Cavite
Date of Visit: July 29,2015

1. There are thought for the day, many quotations about education, class
officers, DEPEd Officilas that are posted on the walls.
2. Teacher table is located at the center and the chairs arranged with 5
columns and 5 rows.
3. The teacher present her lesson by using a projector, laptop and a power
point presentation.
4. There are 43 students. 24 boys, and 23 girls.
5. The classroom is well ventilated.

My Analysis
How do the school campus and the classroom in particular impact the
learning of the students going to school? What are the conclusions?
 The way going to school is too far and the road is rough, for me there
are great impact on the students learning because if t is too far to go to
school, the students will be lazy to attend their classes.
How does this relate to your knowledge of child and adolescent
development/ How does this relate to your knowledge of facilitating
learning?
 As a future educator, know that I know that are many factors that can
affect the students in going to school. And by knowing such factors, I
can now adjust on my students needs.

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 My Reflection/Insights

1. Would you like to teach in the school environment you just observed?
Why? Why not?
 No because there are many students and some of the them didn’t
respect their teacher. They are too crowded and noisy because the
division of very classroom are only playground, so that the noise in the
other classroom can be heard. Also the school is near on the river.

2. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?

 A school campus that is conducive in learning are like there are good
and relaxing environment, and good facilities.

3. What kind of the classroom is conducive to learning?

 A classroom that is conducive in learning is like there are spacious
classroom, good furniture, clean facilities, complete learning materials
and there are only 30-40 students.

4. In the future, how can you accomplish your answer in number 3?

 For now, I will study hard so that I can be a good teacher in the future. If
I have good grades and right experiences I have no doubts that I can
accomplish to become a compassionate teacher.

5. Write your additional learnings and insights here.

 I learned that teaching in public school with many noisy students is not
easy, so that it is required that you have a long patience and also you
have to control your emotion.

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 Integrating Theory and Practice

Directions: Read the items given below and encircle the correct answer.

1. Write the NCBTS as guide, an ideal learning environment should have

the following characteristics, EXCEPT

A. Thea learning environment promotes fairness

B. Is safe and conducive for learning
C. Builds many professional linkages
D. Establishes and maintain consistent standards of learner’s behavior

2. Which facilities are present in a health-promoting school

environment?

I. Canteen that sells all kind of food including junk food

II. Comfort rooms common for boys and girls
III. Sanitary drinking fountains
IV. Safe playground

A. II, III and IV C. I and II

B. I, II, III and IV D. III and IV

3. Which physical school environment supports learning?

A. Availability of flexible classroom furniture

B. Presence of spacious classrooms
C. Prominence of bulletin boards in every building
D. Tall school buildings

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 My Learning Portfolio
My Personal Illustration of an Effective
School Environment

My Personal illustration of an effective school

environment is an environment that is structurally
built in strong, clean external and in internal, free
from noise of the outside world so that the students
will feel peaceful and concentrated. On the
classroom part, one that is conducive in learning is
a classroom that has many charts, posters, sayings
and inspirational quotes as motivation and
additional information to children. Also those that
have models like the Globe, projects and a whole
lot more of projects.

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My Learning Rubric
Field Study 1, Episode 1 – The School as a Learning Environment
Focused on: determining the characteristics of a school environment that provides social, psychological, and
physical environment supportive learning.

Name of FS Student Alexa Jean Q. Colocado Date Submitted: August 27, 2015
Year & Section: Second Year/ SED201 Course: BSE-ENGL

Learning Episodes Exemplary Superior Satisfactory Needs Improvement

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All episodes were All or nearly all Nearly all episodes were Fewer than half of episodes were
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All Analysis question Analysis questions were Analysis were not answered.
questions/episodes were answered not answered completely.
were answered completely. Grammar and spelling
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Analysis of the answers; thoroughly Clear connections theories
Learning Episode grounded on theories. with theories
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COMMENT/S Over-all Score Rating:
(Base on transmutation)

TRANSMUTATION OF SCORE TO GRADE/RATING

Score 20 19-18 17 16 15 14 13-12 11 10 9-8 .7-below
Grade 1.0 1.25 1.5 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.5 5.00
99 96 93 90 87 84 81 78 75 72 71-below

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