3# PETA Reflection

#3 Reflection

Models of Instruction

This is quite hard to understand, maybe because among each models of instruction looks like similar except the one model which is group interaction.  Now, I try to review what I’ve got on previous session based on my understanding.

There are 4 models of instruction:

1.      Guided discovery

This model refers to scaffolding and it can enhance students’ intrinsic curiosity in the topic being studied. The main phases or I called as a point which is make it different with others is in open-ended phase where the teacher provide the material first including the examples and commonly teacher ask students to compare or make an observation then the students will construct their knowledge. And the convergent phase, actually I do not really understand about it but here is what I knew. In this phase the teacher will guide the students based on schema and the pattern that has been forming and focus on social interaction among them.

2.      Lecture discussion model (LDM)

Well actually this model is good for beginner teacher because of this model is pretty easy to practice. Besides that, this model is flexible and easy to planning. LDM is focused on how make students can connect their prior knowledge and the new information/material and make it stay in long term memory. So, the phase itself is just repetition schema. In a point of mine, LDM is not good enough because the teacher just asking the questions to student, actually those questions are to stimulate the students’ cognitive but it seems that the teacher put students in passive role and commonly students become overload. But there are also good points from this model which is the teacher can expose students to different point of view, besides that this model help students to integrate the new information and their prior knowledge.

3.      Direct Instruction

This model is quite similar with two above but this model a bit authoritative because the students are under high teacher’s control and guided. Maybe the difference with LDM is because of this one providing students’ involvement on their academic task or the simple word, students are practice and do activities.Teacher emphasizes on how students can understand, therefore the teacher should describe and model the skill also explain the examples of the concept clearly. The students will practice the skill meanwhile the teacher will provide scaffolding.The flow is like this:

1.      Introduction and review, connect it to the prior knowledge

2.      Tell the objective

3.      Presentation of new material

4.      Guided student, assessment

5.      Independent practice

4.      Group interaction

Students’ involvement is the main point. It needs individual accountability and collaborative skill. To make group interaction become effective, we have to pay attention on three basic principles.

1.      Meaningful learning takes place within a social context

2.      Knowledge is co constructed as more knowledgeable others interact with and share their expertise with others

3.      The culture that a person grows up in provides “cultural tools” or ideas that help make sense of the world.

(Retrieved from PETA S3.ppt)

And the next meeting I and my friends have to presenting role play based on lesson plan that has been made before and use one of four models of instruction. Hopefully I and also my friends can apply it appropriately.