Summary

Purpose of Practicum

The purpose of the practicum is to gain new experience in teaching especially teaching abroad where the teacher should be able to understand the culture of the school itself, not only the characteristic of the students but also their habit in the school.

Procedures of Practicum

The first week was supposed to be observation week, but I was already assisted my teacher adviser in her classroom and helped one of the teacher in his classroom. So there is not distinct differentiation between my first week observation and my second week of teaching practice. For the teaching week, I got three different grade of class and I have taught more than one time for each class. The following week was still teaching and I taught some classes. The last week, I still have class and the rest of the time was spent by doing preparation to com back home.

Outcomes of Practicum

As I can conclude that outcomes of the practicum are the lesson plan, some videos of my teaching practice, and also the pictures I took while I teach and traveling. Moreover, I also wrote a report in a form of a blog as the outcome of my whole practicum in Chiang Rai.

The Challenges of Practicum

The big challenge was when I need to teach three different grade with same topic. I think it was a bit difficult because the students have different level of understanding so that It might be too risky if I use same topic with same activities for them. However I did use different activities for each grade.

Another challenge I faced was about food. It definitely is common problem that Muslim traveler have. There was no Halal food restaurant near my school so that I need to cook everyday and buy halal ingredients in the market.

Overall Impression

There are two main things I impress with during this program. They are teaching experience and traveling experience. I gained new teaching experience and facing the real condition of the classroom. It was all made me become more curious about teaching world. I think one month being placed in the school was not enough but still, I get excited to face new challenge in the future. In addition, traveling is one of important things that made me felt more comfortable in Chiang Rai. There were many things to be explored and a month is not really enough actually. Thus, I’m perfectly head over heels in love in Chiang Rai. I hope someday there will be another chance for me to visit Chiang Rai and Mengrai School.

Overall, I feel satisfied with this program because I did not only gain the teaching experience, but also increase my cross cultural understanding to Thai culture especially the school cultural. I really enjoyed my time as a student teacher that teach the students abroad. It was an amazing experience worth to gain^^.

Suggestions for Future Improvement

Being a part of SEA-TEACHER Batch 8 was out of expectation and all the memories and experiences can be life lesson that are timeless. Although, to improve this program in order to make it better everyday, I have a point to share as the suggestion. That is I think all of the school should consider to give the student teacher effective and equal teaching period so that each student will be able to experience the same thing.