SUMMARY AND SUGGESTION

 

Purposes of practicum

    The SEA Teacher Project 2023 or Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia is a project that aims to provide opportunities for student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to gain teaching experience (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia. The objectives of this project are:

1. To help student teachers develop their teaching and pedagogical skills.
2. To encourage student teachers to prepare themselves for the future
3. Help the student teachers to develop themselves as teacher aspirant to become a professional educator in the future. Enrich and expand my horizon in teaching profession
4. To practice their English language skills, so that student teachers can gain a broader view of education at the regional and world levels.
5. To expose student teachers to diverse teaching and learning situations and opportunities, and the value of flexibility.

Procedure of Practicum

SEA Teacher Project batch 9 will be implemented for 1 month starting September 16 2023 until October 14 when I return to Indonesia. The practicum process is divided into 4 stages. The first stage is observation, at this stage I will observe the condition of the school, facilities, school equipment, and observe how teaching is done in class and also consult with cooperative teachers.

     The second teaching practice, at this stage after 1 week of observation I will start teaching in class as a form of adaptation and implementation of the knowledge I gained during the observation.

The third teaching and reflection exercise, this week I am still teaching and getting used to classroom management and also reflecting on which parts need to be improved while also getting suggestions and input from the collaborating teachers.

The final stage is the final demonstration (evaluation), blog creation and closing. At this stage, when I have taught in class, I will carry out teaching evaluation observations by collaborating with teachers and instructors from the UIC campus. Once finished I was able to create a blog and finally a closing event was held by the UIC campus.

Outcomes of practicum

The results of this practicum program that I got were:

    Gained a lot of knowledge, especially biological science, and how to teach well, as well as the latest media that can be used. Through this program, it can open my horizons about various international education systems. Gave me the opportunity to improve my English skills Knowing and being able to apply good Philippine culture. In a way, I became more mature because I could experience living alone in another country. I traveled alone from Indonesia to Davao and I had the best experience.  I became more confident in using English and my English skills improved a lot because every time I spoke, the students were fascinated by the way I pronounced some words so it made me more precise in pronunciation and I felt like a native English speaker. I became more experienced, I was able to teach students from other countries and know more about their education and culture which means I have something that other teachers my age don't have.

The Challenges Of Practicum

The challenge when joining this program is language. Because in Davao English is a second language, students at the school here at UIC Bonifacio are very good at speaking English and they are also very active when studying. But they are still enthusiastic in listening to my explanations even though sometimes I'm afraid they won't understand what I'm saying because my English is not good, sometimes there are several things that make students not understand what I'm saying. However, after teaching several times, I was finally able to overcome this.

Overall Impression

I have gained a lot of knowledge about education in the Philippines, especially from UIC in Davao City, not only about the education system, I also gained experience about the cultural diversity that exists in Davo City, Philippines. Taking part in this activity really improved my English skills and my knowledge about religion, culture and also the attitudes of the people there. I am very proud to be part of the SEA-Teacher project class 9 2023 participants.