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Janelle Remollo
BSEDE
ST. DOMINIC COLLEGE OF ASIA
School of Arts, Sciences and Education
FIELD STUDY 1
The Learners’ Development and Environment
Learning Episode 4 Learning Differences and Learners’ Interaction
( Adopted from Maria Rita D. Lucas , Ph.D.Field Study 1 The Learners’
Development and Environment . OBE-K to 12 Lorimar Publication , 2015 )
My Learning Episode Overview : Provides an opportunity for me to observe how differences in
gender, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds affect interaction in school, and learn about
practices that teachers use in dealing with diversity in the classroom.
My Learning outcomes:
In this episode, I will be able to :
Demonstrate understanding and acceptance of the learners’ diverse background
Identify best practices in dealing with diversity in the classroom.
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 observations based- reflection
Completeness , organization and clarity of portfolio and
Time of submission of portfolio
My Learning Essentials
An effective teacher who celebrates student diversity in her classroom :
Uses strategies to build a caring community in the classroom
Models respect and acceptance of different cultures and religions
Brings each of the students’ home culture and language into the shared culture of the
school
Provides more opportunities for cooperation than competition
My Map
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To realize my intended Learning Outcomes, I will work my way through these steps:
Step 1 – Observe a class in different parts of the school beginning of the day, class time, rcess, etc.
Step 2 – Describe the characteristics of the learners in terms of age, gender, and social and cultural
diversity
Step 3 – Describe the interaction that transpires inside the classroom
Step 4 – Interview your Resource Teacher about the principles and practices that she uses in
dealing with diversity in the classroom.
Step 5= Analyze the impact of individual differences on learners’ interaction.
Name: Janelle T. Remollo Date: Oct. 28, 2021
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Grade Level: 11 HUMMS/TVL
Cooperating Teacher: Ms. Ma. Corazon Reños
My tools
An Observation Guide for the learners’ Characteristics
Read the following carefully before you begin to observe. Then write your observation report on
the space provided on the next page.
1. Find out the number of students, Gather data as to their ages, gender, racial groups, religion,
and ethnic background.
HUMSS Nelson Mandela Male - 4 Female - 13 TVL Charles Prosser Male - 7
Female - 4 Overall Male. - 11 Female – 17 TOTAL- 28
During class:
1. How much interaction is there in the classroom? Describe how the students interact with one
another and with the teacher Are there groups that interact more with the teacher than others?
The classroom, since it was a mixed class few were interacting with their teachers.
Base on my observation, the students who were activlely participating was most
likely 11 students interact with their teacher.
2. Observe the learners seated at the back and the front part of the room/ Do they behave and
interact differently?
Not Applicable in the new norm set up.
3. Describe the relationship among the learners. Do the learners cooperate with or compete against
each other?
The learners had different groups when it comes to interaction. I can say that they
were more likely a family since the cooperation is there, but there was some
competitions just like when they checked their papers during their examination they
keep on asking how did it go during the exam if what score they get etc.
4. Who among the students participated actively? Who among them ask for most help?
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The students who participate actively are the students who is in charge or the
particular members of the clique where they belong.
5. When a student is called and cannot answer the teacher’s question, do the classmates try to help
him/her? Or do they raise their hands so that the teacher will call them instead?
Yes, if the student who was someone called cannot answer the question, the other
students are raising their hands to reinforce the unanswered problem.
My Analysis :
1. Identify the persons who play key roles in the relationships and interactions in the
classrooms. What roles do they play? Is there somebody who appears to be the leader. A
,mascot/joker, and attention seeker. A little teacher a doubter/pessimist?
Based on my observation the teacher stands as the moderator of the classroom, thus
he is in-charge of all the wrongful affairs involved within its extent. As the class
begun when we were on the classroom, there are a lot of phases that had catch my
attention. there are also some who stand as leader as they led the group activity that
was given to them. Also, each students have different attitude towards another also
in subject matter but they are all leader in different way .
2. Are students coming from the minority group accepted or rejected by others? How is this
shown?
I can’t say that since they treat each other equally
3. How does the teacher influence the class interaction considering the individual differences
of the students?
The teacher always says that everyone is important no matter what contribution you
give you will always belong to this class. Because we are family and family helps
one another.
Name of Field Study Student: Janelle Remollo
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Major: English
Cooperating Teacher: Ms. Ma. Corazon Reños
My Reflections/ Insights.
1.How did you feel being in the classroom? Did you feel a sense of oneness or unity among
the learners and between the teacher and the learners?
I saw the oneness of the individual; oneness when it comes in their groupings, also
in the teacher students relationship I can say that they were at ease every time they
talk to each other.
2. In the future, how would you want the learners in your classroom t interact? How will you
make this happen?
I want to make them feel that we are family. I can only achieve this by having a
great interaction with and make them feel that they belong.
Integrating Theory and Practice
Directions: Read the items given below and encircle the correct answer:
1. Which statement on student diversity is Correct?
a. Teacher must do his/her best to reduce student diversity in class.
b. the less the diversity of students in class, the better for teacher and students.
c. Teacher should accept and value diversity.
d. Student Diversity is purely due to students’ varied cultures.
2. Which student thinking /behavior indicates that he/she values diversity?
a. He/She regards his culture as superior to other’s culture.
b. He/She regards his culture as inferior to other’s cultures.
c. He/She accepts the fact that all people are unique in their own way.
d. He/She emphasizes on the differences among people and disregards their commonalities.
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3. What is a teaching -learning implication of student diversity?
a. Compare students
b. Make use of a variety of teaching and assessment methods and activities.
c. Do homogenous grouping for group activities.
d. Develop different standards for different student groups.
