Category: Main Report

• Curriculum

Basic Education Core Curriculum is used by PSRU Demonstration School. Nevertheless, the teacher told me that every school develop their own curriculum based on the students needed. Therefore, there will be quite different for every school.

• Teaching plan related to your major

Teaching plan which I used in PSRU demonstration school is AFS Teaching Plan. Actually, it is not quite different with my own teaching plan when I got in Teaching English for Young Learner (TEYL) class. Therefore, I can understand it, but I get difficulties how to set the class because they are young learner and I have less experience for teaching your learner. But then, my cooperating teacher helped me and gave some suggestion about my teaching plan. Then, she also gave me suggestion to make some media to deliver the material.

Teaching methods

After doing the observation, I understand about how the teacher tried to make the students understand by using fun way. The teacher made game before going to the material. Then the most important is introduce the vocabulary because we know that English is as a foreign language which means a lot of them don’t speak English in their home. By introducing the vocabulary, teacher can use English language for the whole class and make them enjoy with that.

The other hand, how the teacher gives a simple reward for them. The English class is in the different room, so teacher made the class being 6 large group for 40 students. Teacher gave a group score if they do something appropriately or even just because of their attitude. But this score is not directly count in their real score, it is only the way to control the students.  I do learn about how to appreciate their effort and motivate them to learn English more.

Their learning materials and innovation

        The teacher said that she developed the material, so the teacher doesn’t depend on the text book. It will make the students bored if she teaches depend on the textbook. The teacher develops the material and she makes the own worksheet for every material. The effect is the students will also think that they can play while learn something. A lot of worksheet is consist of some pictures which the students can color it by themselves. Therefore, they will enjoy the class and understand the material.

Sources of learning and technology used by the teachers

The teacher also used some properties like picture which stick on the whiteboard, video, and other property. this properties were not only for warming up but also they were used as a main to teach the students about the material. Therefore, the properties would help the students to increase the vocabulary and to remember it while the repetition.

The teacher made 6 group in every class is part of how to control and make the students understand. this way would make the smart students to help another students in group for learning the material. On another hand, this way will make the students easily to understand while seeing what their friends do in the group.

Authentic assessment used by the teachers

At first teacher used worksheet, final test, and the activeness of the student in the classroom. Even, the worksheet is only for practice but teacher also can know about how far the students understand or if in the worksheet they still have lower score, teacher will give them remedial to help them understand about the material.

The assessment is about what they have talked about in the class. Then, worksheet will help students to learn about last material because it will stick on their books. The other one, the assessment can be vocabulary test. This test seems like review about their vocabulary during this class.

1. School profile

Pibulsongkram Rhajabat University Demonstration School is school which since 2004 The king of Thailand changed the name of school became Pibulsongkram Rhajabat University Demonstration School. Then, since 2008 PSRU allocated the budget to construct the building in PSRU Demonstration school. The building consists of 2, there are elementary building and primary building. The vision itself it “to provide education in accordance with learning development and learn with fun.”

2. Academic support system

PSRU Demonstration School provide some facilities for the students:.

• Library

In this library the students don’t only read a book but also can play some mathematics game or access an internet learning. Therefore, the students can play and learn at the same time. The right side of the library, there is a stage which can used for teaching and learning process.

• Sport building

In this school there is an indoor place which the students can play badminton or other sport. On the other hand, there is a yard whom the students can play football.

• Cooking Class

PSRU Demonstration School has cooking class which the students can practice to make some kind of dessert or other dishes. Therefore, they have life skill to survive in the future. The teacher chose simple dishes to make students easily to do it in their home.

• CCTV

The other facility is CCTV to monitor their children in the school. It makes the parent easily to know what their children do during the class or to know what is their children respond during the class.

3. Teaching system

This school used moving class. Therefore, one of two subjects are in the same class for the example is English Class. 4^th grade until 6^th grade use in 1^st floor, so teacher can decorate and prepare many stuffs over there. Then, for 2^nd grade and 3^rd grade, there is class in 3^rd floor or I can say the same floor with their original class. Then for 1^st grade, the students learn in their own class for all of subject. Some teacher used their own worksheet to make the students more interesting about the material.

4. Materials and other learning sources

The subjects are English, Math, Science, Thai Language, History, Social, Sport, Computer, and life skill Class. Teachers do not use a book for practice but some of them also create their own worksheet. All of class has LED TV for showing PPT or video during teaching and learning process. Some of them make real learning by command the students to bring fish with the water.

The students have several books like the real book for learning, notebook for their own worksheet, and practice book. Therefore, they will easier to learn about that material.

5. Measurement and evaluation system

The evaluation of PSRU Demonstration School is used test, worksheet, and how the students act during teaching and learning process. The test is for final examination only, but worksheet is given every meeting. Therefore, students can learn from their home, because the students have exercise book and they leave the book in the school. The other hand, teacher also asses how student’s respond during the process teaching and learning.

6. Curriculum

PSRU Demonstration school used Basic Education Core Curriculum from the government but  PSRU Demonstration School develops curriculum depends on the students need. Therefore, this school will have different things from the other school.

7. Teaching plan

For teaching plan, first we have discussion with the teacher about which the teaching plan we will used. Then, we used an AFS teaching plan format. Actually, the lesson plan is quite same with my own English teaching plan. It is not quite different; it is simple and easy to understand.