ABOUT ME

ABOUT ONESELF

     All my life I have been thinking of what I am planning to do with my life and what I would like to learn more about when I grow up. Well today I know what I want to do and what career I want to take as a grownup. The career I would like to take is a lecturer or preschool teacher.

     Now let me introduce myself. My name is Nik Nur Ain Binti Mohd Zamadi. I come from Pasir Puteh, Kelantan. I am a student of Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (Hons) at Unitar International University. I take this course because I want to be preschool teacher in the future. I was born in Kampung Kolam Tembesu, on June 8th, 1995. I am now started to do my assignment for the subject Curriculum and Pedagogy. Here, I live at Jalan Kebun Sultan, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. At the hostel I live with my friends. My friends are like family for me. They often help me and amuse me up when I feel sad

     

PHILOSOPHY

While being an expert in one’s content area is imperative, if one does not understand how to best communicate one’s knowledge to his or her students then the expertise is useless.  One of the most important elements to communicate to students is that English is significant to their lives and their futures.  One should strive to create a meaningful classroom environment for their students.   In order to produce a meaningful environment and acquire a significant learning outcome, it is important to create real world connections, to incorporate student-centered learning, to utilize technology, to generate continual growth as a teacher, and to maintain a strict control over the classroom while remaining approachable.

     First, it is critical to create real world connections in the classroom while producing a student-centered learning environment.  If students do not believe they will use classroom material in their future, they see lessons as insignificant, pointless and not worth their time. In order to achieve one’s objectives, a teacher must make the material relevant to their students.  English is significant to every student’s future.  Whether one is creating resumes, writing job applications, applying to college, composing scientific reports, creating a business presentation, etc., English is crucial to achieving one’s goal.  A teacher should explain how each lesson will aid students in their future endeavors.  It is also important encourage students to use English in a way that is meaningful to them. One way to create a lesson that is meaningful to each student is to provide them with a choice. For example, if one wants their students to become better writers or practice writing conventions one might offer the option to choose from a list of various types of writing, rather than requiring a particular one which many students might not find significant.  Students should be at the forefront of their learning.  They should be experiencing and acquiring knowledge rather than simply listening to it. Hands-on lessons help make material come to life for students.

     One excellent way to engage students in the classroom and create real word connections is to utilize technology and maintain one’s current knowledge as a teacher. Today, students are constantly enveloped in technology.  Using technology in the classroom spawns student interest and connects lessons to their everyday lives. Incorporating technology in the classroom is a must, not only to engage students but to prepare them for the rapidly growing and changing world. Technology should be used in every way possible in the class-rooms. In order to maintain this goal, it is important to continue one’s education as a teacher.  Teachers need to stay informed and current in their knowledge of technology as they do their content area.

     Finally, one cannot attain any goal in their classroom unless it is well-managed.  As a teacher, controlling one’s classroom environment is essential.  One needs to produce a strict learning atmosphere.  Educators must, first, demand respect from students and then prove to them that he or she deserves that respect.  One must create specific classroom regulations and not waver. However, while it is imperative to maintain a firm control, it is also necessary to maintain approachable to students.  It is important that students feel comfortable asking questions and that they see a teacher as an adult that cares and one that they can trust.  It is necessary to maintain the role of an authority figure while communicating respect to students and relating to them.  If a teacher is respected, students are more likely to adhere to one’s rules and take class seriously.

     The best teachers are those that never stop learning and continue striving to improve. It is important to realize that teaching is full of surprises and new strategies.  What remains true, it is the necessity to create a meaningful learning situations and one must be ready to adapt, react and discover new environment and to understand how to relate one’s knowledge to students.

GOALS IN LIFE

      A person needs to achieve certain goals in one's life before you can call them successful. Success is to achieve goals, you have set. I have set certain goals I would like to achieve in my lifetime. Some of these goals are personal while others are professional. My professional goals in life are to find a good job that makes me happy, get a good education, find a job that makes enough money for me to support my family, and help people.
     It is very important for me to receive a good education. Most job fields require a descent education. If I don't have an education I would not be able to function properly at the work place and I would not understand what to do. To maintain a good job that will make good money will require me to go thorough schooling or training and maybe even both. Education is the first and foremost way to become successful, because the job I will choose will need me go to school and maybe even beyond college.
     My happiness in what I do it also a goal for me in my life. There is no way someone can become successful if they are not happy with what they are doing. If their job is going to make them miserable, they will never show 100% in their work and they will shake off. If someone did this they would probably get fired or their pay would not be very high. The job I want will be interesting to me. I will need to love my job and also love what I am doing. I need to be putting 100% into my work.