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Use the activity form provided for you do document your observation
An Observation Guide for the Learners Characteristics
Read the following carefully before you begin to observe. Then write your
observation report on the space provided on the next page.
1. Find out the number of students. Gather data as to their ages, gender,
racial groups, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
As I am observing the class, I observe that there are like more than 40
pupils. Their ages vary from 9 to 10 years old. Almost from these pupils are
Roman Catholic in religion, there are few who are Seventh day Adventist and
Christian.
During class:
1. How much interaction is there in the classroom? Describe how the
students interact with one another and with the teacher. Are there groups
that interact more with the teacher than others.
The interactions between each other including the teacher are present.
The pupils interact with their classmates when they have activities; they also
interact with each other when they have their own business aside from the lesson
discussion with the teacher.
2. Observe the learners seated at the back and the front part of the room. Do
they behave and interact differently.
Yes, the pupils who are seating in front and at the back they interact
differently, those who are seating in front are the pupils who are more
participative compare to those who are at the back maybe because, the teacher
attention are more focus to those who are in front of the row.

3. Describe the relationship among the learners. Do the learners cooperate

with or compete against each other.
The learners usually compete with each other. However, there was also an
instance that they have cooperations. They compete each other because they
need a high grades but most of the time really help each other in terms in their
study.

4. Which students participate actively? Which students ask for most help?
The pupils who are in seated in front are those group of pupils who participate
actively. They are more focused and attentive in listening because they are at the
front who were the teacher more focused. The students at the back ask help at the
most because they usually do not listen to the discussion of the teacher because
they tend to play at the back while the teacher discussing.
5. When a student is called and cannot answer the teachers question, do the
classmates try to help him? Or do they raise their hands so that the teacher
will call them instead?
There is an instance that the teacher ask one pupil to answer a question,
then the pupils were not able to answer the question, then the pupil seating
beside him tries to help him answering the question, and then somebody from
the other side, raise her hand to answer the question. That happens very usual in
their class.

Outside class:
1. How do the students group themselves outside class? Homogenously, by
age? By gender? By racial or ethnic groups? Or are the students in mixed
social groupings? If so, describe the groupings.
As I have observe them outside the classroom, they group themselves I
think based on their locality at home, I mean based on how far is their home in
each other. Or maybe since then they already have this group of friends. But I
also observe a numbers of pupils they are group because they are classmates.
But usually they group themselves by their gender and closeness to each other.
2. Describe how the learners interact with each other. What do they talk
about?

They interact with each other by bullying somebody, mostly boys are
playing and roaming around, while girls are sitting with their friends and having
some snacks. I also observed that those who seat at the front do not usually
interact with their classmates at the back, because those student who are at the
back have their own world.

OBSERVATION REPORT
Name of the School Observed: Rizal Elementary School
School Address: Brgy. Sto. Nio
Date of Visit: January 27, 2016
As I am observing the class, I observe that there are like more than 40 pupils.
Their ages vary from 9 to 10 years old. Almost from these pupils are Roman Catholic in
religion, there are few who are SDA and Christian.
During Class:
The interactions between each other including the teacher are present. The
pupils interact with their classmates when they have activities; they also interact with
each other when they have their own business aside from the lesson discussion with
the teacher. The interaction of the pupils to their teacher is when they have something
to ask or clarify from the teacher. And the interactions from the teacher to the pupils are
during the discussion of the lesson, to make the discussion alive. There are group of
pupils who interact more to the teacher, I think this group of pupils are those who are
above average or the intelligent pupils, because as I observe them they are really
participating in the discussion compare to the other pupils on the other group.
Yes, the pupils who are seating in front and at the back they interact differently,
those who are seating in front are the pupils who are more participative compare to
those who are at the back maybe because, the teacher attention are more focus to
those who are in front of the row.
The learners usually compete with each other. However, there was also an
instance that they have cooperations.
The pupils who are in seated in front are those group of pupils who participate
actively, while those who are seating at the back but wants to participate in the
discussion they are the pupils who ask help most.

There is an instance that the teacher ask one pupil to answer a question, then
the pupils were not able to answer the question, then the pupil seating beside him tries
to help him answering the question, and then somebody from the other side, raise her
hand to answer the question.
Outside Class:
As I have observe them outside the classroom, they group themselves I think
based on their locality at home, I mean based on how far is their home in each other. Or
maybe since then they already have this group of friends. But I also observe a numbers
of pupils they are group because they are classmates and also in their gender.
They interact with each other by bullying somebody, mostly boys are playing and
roaming around, while girls are sitting with their friends and talking.

My Analysis

1. Identify the persons who play key roles in the relationships and
interactions in the classrooms. What roles do they play? Is there somebody
who appears to be the leader, a mascot/joker, an attention seeker, a little
teacher, a doubter/pessimist?
The person who play an important roles in the classroom interactions are
the teacher and the pupils. The teacher acts as facilitator and the pupils as
learner. There are pupils who are attention seeker; they tried to catch the
attention of their teacher as well as their classmates. There are pupils who
appeared to be the leader and a little teacher; they are the one who teaches their
classmates who have less knowledge on the subject matter. The teacher and the
pupils are also jokers in the classroom. The teacher makes jokes to break the
monotony in the room. There are also students whose actions and gestures are
very funny just to make their class not boring.

2. Are students coming from the minority grout accepted or rejected by the
others? How is this shown?
There are situations wherein the pupils that belong to the minority group
(e.g. poor, black complexion, etc) are being rejected by some of their classmates.
This is manifested through group activity and class discussion and even during

and after hours. Some of the pupils who belong to the average group dont want
to have a group mates who are in minority level. Others are also laughing their
classmates when somebody commits mistakes like for example wrong answer.
Probably, these kind of cases are found in every institutions in which this could
affect deterioration of self-possession of every pupils
3. How does the teacher influence the class interaction considering the
individual differences of the students?
The teacher influence the class interaction considering the individual
differences of the pupils by manifesting a fairly values inside the classroom. The
teacher doesnt discourage her students whenever responding her wrong answer
from the question. The teacher doesnt show biases according to her pupils
performance and routine when they were inside the classroom.
4. What factors influence the grouping of learners outside the classroom?
Birds of the same feather, flocks together. Thus is comparable to the
groupings of the learners outside the classroom. The persons having common
interest with one another are in one group. The factors that manipulated the
groupings of learners outside the classroom are there gender, racial, ethnic and
religious background. For instance, one pupil has a preference to choose a friend
who has the same gender and racial group with him.

My Portfolio

Post a collection of quotations advocating for celebrating diversity in the

classroom. Using these quotations, explain how you will encourage all learners,

regardless of religious, ethnic, or racial background to interact and participate

well.

"It's time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity
there is beauty and there is strength."

As teacher you have to emphasize to your learners, that whatever your culture or
race your pupils into, there is equal when it come to the teaching and learning process.
One man's religion is another man's belly laugh

As a teacher also you have to be flexible in dealing learners which have different
religion with you. You should also be careful that you will not discriminate ones religion,
so that pupils are not being threaten.
Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness
are one.

As a teacher you have to emphasize to your learners that not because you have
a different religion with almost of your classmates you are different. You have to treat
them equally and no bias.

Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and
perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.

Also as a teacher, always put in the mind of the learners, regardless to their race,
religion religious, ethnic, or racial background, they were being sent to school to learn,
and that is very important for them. Treat everyone as they are all the same.

My Documentation