Reflective Teaching Practice Portfolio: African Philosophy and Classroom Context, Exercises of Advanced Education

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Assignment

3.2ANAFRICANPHILOSOPHYOF EDUCATION

1. Decolonization(Education)

To move away from western philosophy and to make education more applicable to the countries inhabitants’ examples of this would be teaching learners more African philosophies and their meaning for example Ubuntu. It’s a way for young people to reclaim their ethnicity and uniqueness which is important for me as an educator to understand to take into consideration

2. African communalism

Since it is a moral doctrine that values human dignity, rights, and responsibilities and group projects are a great way to incorporate all these elements for learners. As I am doing teaching practice it is well to take this into consideration and to view if group work truly achieves these conditions

3. Ubuntu (Humanness)

IneducationUbuntuisawaytoconnecthumanityasawhole.Itisavitalfa ctorof education. The association between a person and their community is reliant and mutually beneficial.

4. Africanization

It offers the learner a sense of belonging in the classroom by way of cultural familiarity. It is a process where the defining and interpretation of African culture takes place along with identity.

5. IndigenousKnowledge(IKS)

This is knowledge that is passed down from generation to generation and are thingslikemyths,folkloreetc.TeachinglearnersmoreAfricanmythswil lgenerate curiosityabouttheircountry’sownmythos.Implementingitinhistoryas

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MYTEACHINGPERSPECTIVE

1.Whatdoesteachingmeantoyou? Teaching means to have the opportunity to enrich young people’s minds as well as fill them with knowledge and equip them with the necessary skills to be part of society. 2.Howwouldyoubestdescribeteachingandwhatit involves? Teaching is also learning since a teacher is a lifelong learner and they have been trained and equipped with the necessary skills to educate learners thru content that is only learnt thru explanations and experiences along with practice 3.Howdoyou seeyourroleasateacher? As a leader who not only enrich children’s minds with knowledge but also motivates and encourages them to follow their dreams and to help them grow their talents. 4.Whatisyourunderstandingoflearning? Learning istheability to seeknewknowledgeand beabletopracticeorlearn itto apply it to the working world. It also a way for an individual to improve their intelligence.

5. What do you expect to learn or gain from this process of observation and teaching practice? The ability tomanagea classroom effectively alongwith a better insight on how a school operates.To gain the ability to educate learners without being too strict and how to inspire learners and work with learners with different abilities.

MYTEACHINGPHILOSOPHY (BELIEFS)

a.Whydoyou wanttobea teacher? To enrich children’s lives with knowledge and to help them nurture their talents and to inspire them to follow their dreams. With the right education and tools these children will be next leaders of our country and will do remarkable things and I hope to be the teacher to help and inspire a few of these people. b.Whatsubjectandagegroupyouwouldliketoteachandwhy? I would like to teach History and English for any age but will prefer ages 11 to 13(grade 5to 7).Ienjoyhistoryitself asit teaches us aboutevents of the past and how we can learn from them and from the past’s mistakes so we as people never make them again. English is because it’s the worlds default language and will help learners with ambitions of going overseas and because I really enjoy English. Why the age ranges you ask? Well, I believe those are the age ranges Ill make the biggest impact on. c.Howyoubelieveteachingshouldtakeplace? Depending on the subject teaching should take place in classrooms for subjects such as Afrikaans, English and mathematics and in a lab for things such as natural science and technology since subjects like that requires learners to interact with their content much more frequently. But teaching should involve learners asmuch as possible with things like questions, group projects and class discussions. d.Howyoubelievelearnerslearnbest? I believe learners learn best by interacting with their schoolwork as much as possible and by doing so they will have a better chance of retaining the information especially at a young age. e.Whyyoubelieveteachingisavital profession?

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periods had to plan and practice their dance to in the end perform in front of the teacher for marks. Constructivism: In Afrikaans learners were given a scenario involving an accident, and after the scenario was presented to the learners they had to divide the class in halfand workin 2groups to give ideas and concepts on how the accident could have been prevented and why they believe these ideas would work.

Phase s 1.Gra de 5 Learner to teacher ratio Younge st and oldest learneri n the classes you have describ e d Rati o 38: 1 Younge st learner 10 Oldest 13 The classroo m setup Tables are in a tradition al setup with 5 tablesper row and 4 rows each table has2chai rs for 2 students. All tables are facing thefronto f the class where the blackboa rd is along with the teachers table Tables are in a tradition al setup with 5 tablesper row and 4 rows each table has2chairs for 2 Learning and teachingsupport materials (LTSM) Describe one evidentaspectof Africanisation/ Decolonisation evident in the learning and support material Blackboard, various posters about different subjectssuchas info on rock art certain multiplication tables etc.…. Projectors also availableforthe showing of picturesoreven videos. In PSW and history children are taught about Ubuntu and its meaning and encourage childrentofollow its examples LTSM: Whiteboard along with a projector for certainactivities and n television for educational videos or if a Teachingandle arning methods you have noted Describe one aspect that indicates the use of indigenous knowledge Teachingmetho dsthatI have observed as the most common is the teacher centered method along with project- based learning for art and technology. Visual, auditory, Kinesthetic and reading/writing wereall present.Learni ngabout the San and Khoi were examples of indigenous knowledge since it was awholetermded icated tothisknowledg emany posters lined the walls

Context Analysis: How do Teachers adapt

Teaching and Learningto Context?

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