Best Practices in Teaching

Comparative Models of Education Science Group INSTRUCTOR: DR. LORNA VELASQUEZ Best Practices (Philippines) English They are focused as “language of instruction”. Emphasizing the pluralistic feature of English Adoption of lingua- franca approach in teaching Math Usually employs the question and answer type of exposition. Hands on activities for practical work Presented various ways of solving problems, and corrected mistakes. Using practical works enables the students to discover their own abstract relationship. Science Engaging resilient preconceptions Organizing knowledge around core concepts Supporting metacognition and student self- regulation Cooperative learning Problems and issues encountered in Educational System English The communicative approach in the instructional materials does not seem to be contextualized in a proper multilingual environment. Teaching persist in their reliance on “native speaker” norms. Dropout rates in the early years of schooling have been associated with the learners, inability to understand their lessons. Math Low motivation caused by math anxiety Poor understanding of how to apply and perform mathematical operation Science Lack of classrooms limit to the conduciveness of lectures to students Textbooks and other learning material is also critical Lack of laboratories also damages the quality of education Limiting teachers to lectures and reporting activities for students instead of lab experiment to show how the concepts work in real-life