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INDEX
Introduction .2
Students characteristics..5
Reflection...7
References..8
Introduction
Its important to have knowledge about the context, in which are inserted our
students. First of all, it will help us to realize another social perspective that was far
away of what we lived during our years in our schools. However, experiences are
always helpful to prepare yourself for the future, in our case our future as teachers.
Furthermore, context in this case not only mean the socio-economic status of the
students, but also the implements that the school provides, such as: Computers
room, library ,etc. That directly affect the planning and sometimes the learning
process.
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS
MDD Standard
The teacher candidate collects data regarding the institutional and classroom
contexts, the characteristics of the pupils as a group and its diversity, using this
information to plan and deliver instruction.
Esther Hunneus de Claro is located in Jose del Carmen Soto, 8th Region, which is a
peripheral location in an urban area. Its directed to a low resources or low economic
status communities. Furthermore, the institution has: a teachers room, library,
computers room, bathrooms, a room for diferencial students,etc.
Most of the students are from different sectors around Concepcin, such as: Miraflor,
Juan Pablo II, Cementerio, Gabriela Mistral, Briceo, Prieto Cruz,etc.
The students present a low school vulnerability index (IVE : 90.7%), which highlights
a major shortcomings, like: cultural, economic, emotional, etc. To continue with, one
of the reasons that produce the result in the previous index, its that most of the
parents work in temporary jobs with a very limited schedule, producing a lack of
communication and attention to their children's needs.
1.1. How These Factors May Impact My Lessons: Explain specific ways
that these factors may impact your lesson topics, teaching strategies,
assessment techniques, etc.
The rooms have enough chairs and tables for student. Nonetheless, the classroom
does not have a projector to show videos and PowerPoint presentations, which
indicates that the board is the only visual instrument that I can use to highlight
information (like old school). However, I could use the walls to hang up notes of
different units (that are difficult for them) ,such as: Pronouns, different verbs, etc.
students are use to work with worksheet (most of them find it boring), so a good idea
would be to use games to call their attention, the idea is to use a Communicative
Approach, meaning that instead of writing they have to speak. The last idea would
not have a quick response, since most of the students dont like the English
language, they are very distractive, etc. Moreover, the attitude that some of them
present in class is very unmotivated, thats why the idea of a game could change the
behavior of those students.
We would have to use old school techniques, like hanging up posters or notes to
remind them important information that for them it's very difficult to remember, such
as: pronouns. During the planning of the class, we could include games(written or
oral) that are not frequent for them in another language.
Reflection
First of all, it is very important to suggest that we have to know our students,
thus they can feel that exit, beside they can start feeling interested for their learning.
Secondly, knowing about the context in which they are immerse is also very relevant,
since it can help us to present the knowledge that we are carry in a clearer way in
order to engage them easily. Finally, we consider the need to highlight the
importance of the previous factor, due to they are a helpful tool in order to make the
learning process more effective for the students.
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References:
(2011, 03). Nuestra Escuela. Escuela Esther Hunneus de Claro E-547. Recovered :
05, 2015, de https://e547.wordpress.com/acerca-de/