Reflection Learning & Learner by Mosaic Ko

From the task sheet Learning and learner short coursework that been given to us in 12 august 2012, we as the mixed Tesl 3 and Tesl 4 student will have to modify one traditional games so that it can be slipped in Proses Pembelajaran dan Pengajaran (P & P) in class. We need to elaborate the important of the game various aspects such as physical, emotional, intellectual and also social. This were very important because we as the teacher want to be in the future will need to know what is the best activity in school that can create our student inner character that can build the feel of ‘esperit de corp’ or in English it said helping each other.

While doing my Child Learning and learner short coursework, I learned how to cooperate with my group mates. My group mates and I often gather and discuss together about our assignment, and divide the task accordingly. In this way, we can do our assignment more systematically and organized. My group mates also provide their ideas and help whenever I am confused. Without their help, I think our assignment will not be done well. Furthermore, while doing the assignment, I am able to learn more about traditional games in Malaysia and how to innovate them into something new. I found out that there are many information about the topic that we need to learn from internet, or from books. This knowledge proves to be very useful, as we are going to be a teacher later on. After doing the assignment, I know how to organize and innovate traditional games, and I will apply this knowledge, when I am a teacher some day, so that my students can learn something out of traditional games.

During the process in finishing this short coursework, many problem that been faced by my group and I. The most obvious thing that makes a huge obstacle in this short coursework is about the game that we need innovate. These were hard for us whereas we just learn only theory and not the practical ways in creating or innovating a game from one of the traditional games. Innovate something is not an easy work. This because, it need some details so that it can achieve the goals that been planned.

To overcome this problem, my group and I will have to sit and discussed about the plan to innovate the games. The result from the discussion really took times because each one of us came out with various ideas and what is the pro and con of the games chosen. After quiet some discussion we had, we had chose the traditional games of congkak that will be innovate by our group. We chose this game because it involves the aspect that we need to include in our essay afterwards. This were prove to be successful because had complete our essay without too much obstacle.

After that, we need to make movie and power point presentation. This needs all cooperation from all my members because this movie needs to be organized in properly order so that the viewer will not be confused about what my group and I want to tell about. Here we also got a problem whereas our group members were not properly exposed to this kind of software. Here we just had been introduced by Microsoft office and not Movie Maker. To overcome this problem, we together prepared the script and make some video to be edited in windows live movie maker. I learn that many process that need to do such as editing the word, splitting the unwanted scene in video, the grammar and many more so that the final project will be awesomely produced. For the video that had been make, we as the group collaborate very well and each one of us contribute in the making of the movie. Some of us will play as actor and some of us will be the one editing the video. It really interesting because we got many valuable experiences that I think really benefits us in the future.

  In conclusion, I learned a lot from learning and learner assignments. From the coursework, I can now understand that every traditional game can be innovate under our own creativity to attract the interest of the student. It is important because we as the teacher need to step up to give something new to our student so that they can learn faster. Before I end my reflection, I would like to express many thanks to our learning and learner lecturer, PUAN Hazlifah Bt Hilaluddin, for giving us valuable information and guidance on how to do the assignment in a correct way. Last but not least, I also express my deepest gratitude to my group mates, for their cooperation. Without them, I would not complete the Child Development assignment easily.