The school observation.

Hi there.

well, today is the most memorable day of my life. i got to experience and observed the teaching and learning process in a school in NZ. me and several fellas were assigned to Karori Normal School. we were given two classes to be observed. we got to see and experience the teaching for both younger and older children. oh my goodness. the kids are so cute. and they talked a lot =)

i was quite surprised to see the learning environment in NZ school is far different from Malaysia.

few things in NZ school that i find quite fascinating:

1. Kids sit on the floor when the teacher is teaching.
2. Kids work independently without much teacher's assistance.
3. Teaching aids for example laptops are provided for each classroom. this is quite impressive for me. all laptops are from the Apple brand. whoa.
4. Teacher does not do much talking.
5. Kids love to raise their hands to give answers. very impressive.
6. A lot of pupils' work being displayed on the walls.
7. Games are carried out in the classroom. very fun. we even got to participate in the game.
8. Pupils use dictionary to check their spellings and to find words. they don't ask the teacher to spell the words for them. they find the words independently in the dictionary.

i think i started to like kids. i have to admit that i never liked kids before. but seeing them in school today makes me ponder of how wonderful and interesting the kids are. Kids are FUN.

Kid: where are you from?

Malaysia.

Kid: Is Malaysia near Russia?

LOL. haha.