Reflection of week
3 (shadowing sessions)
Reflection of
shadowing session no.1
Date: 17 apr 2012:
Group EFG : Othman Amin, Othman Fallatah, Khalid
Alfaris and Nawaf Almzaini.
Shadowing
was opportunity for our EFG group to observe methods which applied in Finnish Education
at Metropolia University of Applied Science. First shadowing session was in an
electrical course in a lab. As been arranged for us we met Mr. Adel who is the
session coordinator. Then we went to a lab where the session was held. The
session was a computer based on electrical engineering lab. The students were
about 12 present. They have an access to use their electronic tokens or models,
and there were working group. The lesson was very short. It was about 35
minutes and after that we had the chance to discus many issues and ask many
questions with the teacher at the end of the lab.
The methodology of teaching started with concept modeling of cognitively
active learning method through 35 minutes to explain the structure of
electronic token. and then experiential learning by guiding method for their
experiment. It can be seen that group students were more activity with their
practice. The grading system teacher used to evaluate each student. Also each
group have a project to accomplish by the end of the semester.
On the other side, there are some
comments can be noticed. First I was happy with the idea to arranged for us the
arabic session coordinator. He was very cooperative and helpful. The teacher
also was very friendly, cooperative, and helpful. Secondly, there is a good idea when he told the
students will speak in English because of us. One more comment, the teacher at
the end of the class gave us time to discus and answered many questions. However,
the environment of the lab might be not suitable for the student because there
is not enough area to moving. Descriptive of the outline course was not given
for us.
At the end of these shadowing, I would
like to thanks the staff who are organized this activity, and special thanks to
the coordinator and teacher who was very
polite.
By: Othman Amin
Reflection of
shadowing session no.2
Date: 18 Apr 2012:
Group EFG : Othman Amin, Othman Fallatah, Khalid
Alfaris and Nawaf Almzaini.
The
second shadowing session was applied in Metropolia University of Applied
Science. Shadowing session was in physic lab course. The students were three at
the beginning of the session and then become eleven. Some of them have an
access to use their equipments, and there were working groups. We had the
chance to discus many issues and ask many questions with the teacher and
student during of the class.
The methodology of teaching was started with experiential learning by guiding method for their experiment. It
can be seen that group students were activity with their practice more than first
shadowing yesterday. The grading system he used pass or fail,
but he has given a grade of 1 to 5.
Also they have to submit a reports to do during of the semester.
Although, there are some points
can be noticed. I was pleased with a sense to take the information and help
from the teacher. Another point the teacher was cooperative, and helpful. He explain
briefly for given him 10 experiment for each group working during the term
scission. One more point, the teacher at the end of the class gave us time to
discus and answered many questions. However, the environment of the lab might
be not suitable for the student because there is not enough equipments. Descriptive
of the outline course was not given for us.
At the end of these shadowing, I would
like to thanks my EFG group, the
coordinator and teacher how was very
polite indeed.
best wishes for all.
By : Othman Amin
