Field Study 1: The Learner’s Development and Environment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to help the Field Study students verify the behavior of the child in the actual learning environment. It will require them to recognize feasible approaches to facilitate learning considering the learner’s different phases of development and social environment.

Field Study 1 can be anchored on these Professional Education subjects:

Child and Adolescent Development Facilitating Learning Social Dimensions of Education

OBJECTIVES:

Identify the physical, motor, linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional development of the children or adolescents as manifested in the actual classroom setting.

Observe and reflect on the different approaches employed by the teacher in dealing with learners in the different stages of development.

Analyze how the teaching and learning process should be conducted considering the different phases of child development.

FOCUS OF THE COURSE:

School as a Learning Environment Learner’s Characteristics and Needs Classroom Management and Learning Learner’s Characteristics and Learning Activities Individual Differences and the Learning Process Home –School Link Perceived Roles of a Teacher