Guidelines for FS 3 Instructors
Guide to Field Study Instructors
Anchored on experiential learning, contextual teaching and learning (CTL) approach, and reflective learning, this FIELD STUDY 3 GUIDEBOOK is your manual in facilitating the experiential learning tasks focused on the technology in the learning environment for the FS 3 students.
This includes an introduction which presents an overview of the course as well as the matrix of learning episodes which show the targeted NCBTS domains and strands, and the FS 3 coursework. This will help you in levelling your expectations from the students in the same way that this will assist the students visualize the expectations set for them.
This guidebook includes learning episodes which can be realistically completed in 17 hours. Specifically, this guidebook includes four learning episodes; namely:
1) The Learning Resource Center
2) Instructional Aids Bank
3) ICT-enriched Instructional Materials
4) Reflection on the Technology in the Learning Environment
Each of the Learning Episodes 1 to 3 is designed in a way that encourages minimum guidance of the FS instructor, if not independence in learning. Part 1 states the objective/s of the learning episode. Part 2 deals on the steps to be followed to complete the learning tasks. Part 3 is composed of the different learning tasks to be performed. Matrices, boxes and notes are provided in order to ensure ease in completing the tasks. Lastly, Part 4 requires the students to write impressions or over-all remarks about the learning episode.
Learning Episode 4 specifically requires the students to write a reflection paper. This learning episode includes the following: 1) the summary of the FS experiences which consists of salient observations, emerging issues and insights gained; 2) the snapshots of the FS experiences which will encourage creativity in presenting photo documentation and captions; and 3) a narrative reflection of the entire FS 3 experience. The students are given flexibility in organizing their narrative reflection; however you may provide them with guide questions.
This also includes a glossary, guide questions for the reflection paper, a sample syllabus, sample template for the orientation cum seminar and revalida cum culminating activity, suggested rubrics for the learning episodes, the reflection paper, and the portfolio for the course. The glossary will clarify some terms used in the guidebook and in the learning episodes. Both the sample syllabus and the templates may be adopted or modified depending on the needs of the FS students. The syllabus will give the details of the course together with the requirements. The guide questions will help your students to make their reflection paper more organized and focused while the rubrics will give the information on how to evaluate the outputs of the students objectively and fast.
Anchored on experiential learning, contextual teaching and learning (CTL) approach, and reflective learning, this FIELD STUDY 3 GUIDEBOOK is your manual in facilitating the experiential learning tasks focused on the technology in the learning environment for the FS 3 students.
This includes an introduction which presents an overview of the course as well as the matrix of learning episodes which show the targeted NCBTS domains and strands, and the FS 3 coursework. This will help you in levelling your expectations from the students in the same way that this will assist the students visualize the expectations set for them.
This guidebook includes learning episodes which can be realistically completed in 17 hours. Specifically, this guidebook includes four learning episodes; namely:
1) The Learning Resource Center
2) Instructional Aids Bank
3) ICT-enriched Instructional Materials
4) Reflection on the Technology in the Learning Environment
Each of the Learning Episodes 1 to 3 is designed in a way that encourages minimum guidance of the FS instructor, if not independence in learning. Part 1 states the objective/s of the learning episode. Part 2 deals on the steps to be followed to complete the learning tasks. Part 3 is composed of the different learning tasks to be performed. Matrices, boxes and notes are provided in order to ensure ease in completing the tasks. Lastly, Part 4 requires the students to write impressions or over-all remarks about the learning episode.
Learning Episode 4 specifically requires the students to write a reflection paper. This learning episode includes the following: 1) the summary of the FS experiences which consists of salient observations, emerging issues and insights gained; 2) the snapshots of the FS experiences which will encourage creativity in presenting photo documentation and captions; and 3) a narrative reflection of the entire FS 3 experience. The students are given flexibility in organizing their narrative reflection; however you may provide them with guide questions.
This also includes a glossary, guide questions for the reflection paper, a sample syllabus, sample template for the orientation cum seminar and revalida cum culminating activity, suggested rubrics for the learning episodes, the reflection paper, and the portfolio for the course. The glossary will clarify some terms used in the guidebook and in the learning episodes. Both the sample syllabus and the templates may be adopted or modified depending on the needs of the FS students. The syllabus will give the details of the course together with the requirements. The guide questions will help your students to make their reflection paper more organized and focused while the rubrics will give the information on how to evaluate the outputs of the students objectively and fast.