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Based On Your Teaching Practice And Internship Experience In Your Respective

Schools, Prepare An Intellectual Discussion On Educational Issues And

Challenges aced And Suggest !a"s #o$ You Overco%e The%

Our Education world is often shocked by the news related to the educational

issues and challenges that need to be face by teachers in the country. This situation

raises concerns of community members, school and government leaders. Basically

Teaching profession is challenging, because to understand other people is challenging.

Every individual are different in their development, backgrounds, strengths and

weaknesses, and more. These challenges are even greater because of the limitations

that teacher need to face. Thus, teachings are constantly engaging balance principles

with practicality. I have experienced some challenges and have faced few of the issuesas a trainee teacher for about four semesters during practicum and internship.

In the middle of educational issues that I have identified throughout my practicum

and internship was teacher work load. I have noticed that most of the teachers in school

are given with variety of positions that are not supposed to be done by a teacher.

teacher had held several portfolios that are not related to the sub!ect. "or example, a

teacher who has been appointed as #ead of $epartment for the sub!ect had to be amember of the management committee in the %upil ffairs.

Being busy with other work some teacher may not enter the class due to the

work load such as filing systems, inventory, and record updates that need to be

completed and managed. The challenge is to be implemented by teachers to assist the

development process and the assets of the school. To overcome these challenges

teachers must allocate their time wisely while in school. In the process teachers should

spend most of their time to teach their pupils and not to spend most of their time in

school to implement the system documentation. Therefore, a teacher must balance the

time needed to teach and perform the work as well.

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In addition, the challenges associated with the preparation of various documents

that are too complex and does not involve in the main task of a teacher. teacher

seems to have become a clerk to fill a variety of education management document and

specific forms that have nothing to do with teaching and learning in the

classroom. &ometimes, there are forms that have to be filled in 'ad hock and

urgent. Thus, to meet the challenges of a teacher must hold a number of positions that

are not related to teaching and learning and the preparation of various documents, a

teacher will need to balance the time needed to teach and perform the work as

well. &chool calendar must be updated. framework and time schedule should be

provided with more detail along with a checklist. "ollow the schedule to facilitate a

teacher moves. ll of this will help teachers to perform their duties.

Besides that, classroom management are also one of the challenges that I have

to face during my time in school particularly during second practicum. $uring the first

week my focus are more toward on how to carry out my lesson rather than managing

the class control and pupil regulation during class. In the end I found that it is hard for

me to carry out my lesson as the class become very loud and pupils totally ignore and

respect my instruction.

Therefore, I could not put my lesson plan into practice due to uncontrolled

classroom environment. fter reading some books on classroom management and

discuss with senior teacher in that respective school, I have found some solutions on

how to control my class and regain my respect as a teacher. &o I try to execute my

solution during the following week. I have introduced a new system !ust for my class

during my lesson that contains some rules and punishment to ensure that pupils sternly

follow it and behave during my lesson. In that way, I could manage my time, my class

and put my lesson plan into practice during the lesson.

Based on my teaching practice and internship experience I have identified that

most of the school have similar educational issues. Basically there will be pupils in the

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class who have problem to speak, read and write properly in English and the main

cause for this problem is lack of pupils( interest to participate and learn in English.

These pupils are not motivated to participate and learn during class. "urthermore they

are not aware the importance of speak, read and write in English. In my opinion, this

issue happen due to pupil lack of interest and understanding of the needs learn in

English. They may also do not realise that English is one of the fundamental way in

order to gain knowledge.

I was a language teacher so this issue troubled me as well. In order to learn

English better as a non)native speaker, the children must learn it stage by stage and the

key to learn a language is by making learning more interesting. By making the lesson

more interesting, this will grab the pupil attention and make them participate during thelesson. "or example, at the beginning of my lesson I suggest to have an interactive

activity for pupils so that they will become more motivate trough out the lesson such as

sing song and play simple game. In every lesson I provided a form for them to fill up

each time they participate in my activity and by the end of each week, the highest

participant will be rewarded.

Other than that, we create the English corner for the whole school to make useof it. This English corner is something like the reading corner in the classroom but with

more fun activities to be done while enhancing reading, speaking, and writing skills. *e

also had a speaking session every morning which is right before the morning assembly.

The school has a short assembly every morning and we allocate about three minutes

before the assembly for the pupils to speak about certain topic given.

In addition, lacking of teaching and learning facilities was another challenge that I

faced in my internship school. $uring my internship, I went to a school in suburbs. The

school was in a remote area and it was a small school with less than + - pupils. *hen I

first entered the school, I was been told by the principle that this school only have one

class for each year. *hich means, that school only have classes. I was given one

class. $uring the internship, I have a tendency to use more I/T in my classroom to grab

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my pupils attention. #owever, due to lack of facilities such as 0/$ pro!ector, speaker

and usable electrical plug which is crucial to teach through I/T. Even thou there is one

0/$ pro!ector in the I/T room but it was hard to get the 0/$ because some teacher

may reserved it in advance.

In my opinion, the school administration must inform the 1inistry of Education

that they are lacking of these fundamental e2uipments and asks for their assist.

Teachers as well can donate some money in order to get some e2uipment needed in

school.

part from those issues in the classroom, I also faced with many other social

problems among the pupils. &ocial problems and pupils( misconducts in the schoolsinterfere with teaching and learning process. These social problems also contribute to a

teacher(s stress. I found that these social problems that are brought to school had a

profound impact on my teaching experiences.

One of the biggest social problems that took place in most of the schools that I

did my practicum at is skip school or truancy. Truancy or skip school can be defined

when pupils, misses more than the allowed number of days of school. 3#abitualtruancy3 is when pupils misses several consecutive days in a row or hits a total number

of unexcused absences for a semester or year. In my previous school I found that

truancy has become a trend to them and their attendance per day showed a decreasing

result and pupils who play truant the most are the ones that fall behind other classmates

in academics. Truancy is an issue that must be taken seriously because it affects the

pupil(s self)esteem, academics, achievement, and finally their employment potential.

The main cause of this practice is started by the pupils' own family

problems. /racks in the relationship between mothers and fathers will cause their

children been neglected. &ome parents did not take note on the activities of their

children outside the home and at school.

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&ome parents are busy making money and been taken over by the desire to

pursue purely materialistic. Their children are neglected and no caring and loving policy

in the family. The children will choose to skip school and hang out with friends outside

the school which was considered more closely with them. These children do not

understand that if they did not attend the class, they are the one who loses the

knowledge they supposed to gain. I found that even some parents do not mind if their

children do not come to school. The possible reason for this issue keep on occurring is

because a serious action was never taken for this issue.

nother main cause of truancy is pupils( lack of interest in their studies. &ome of

the pupils do not take hold of the basic understanding of a lesson so they get bored and

play truant. Besides, truancy is also a result from peer influence. Often times, pupilsplay truant as a group and rarely as an individual. Thus, they tend to be absent from

school during certain lessons or from the beginning of school session due to their

friends( influences. 1oreover, teachers also become one of the causes of pupils(

truancy. &ome pupils do not attend classes if they find that the teachers are fierce.

Teacher can use certainly method to overcome truancy among pupils. Initially,

teachers must be careful not to show favouritism in the classroom, all the pupils must begiven e2ual chances to engage during the lesson. &econdly, if a pupil absent for several

consecutive days in a row without any excuses, their parent will be called to principal(s

office and they need to explain why their children did not come to school. This issue

should be concerned because not only pupils will be affected, the teacher and even the

parents( time also will be affected.

I would suggest, pupils that not present in school for several consecutive days

in a row without any excuses need to be sent for counselling. /ounseling sessions and

guidance are the best because they put the welfare of pupils, safety, fairness and

responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all information of pupils as

confidential. The units may organi4e school counseling programs, such as motivational

camps and leadership camps that can change pupils' negative behavior.

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This might help teachers to know this problematic pupils real problem and try to

aid and guide them. Other than that, parents also will be alarmed about this issue and

teacher will inform parents if their children still absent to school. "urthermore to control

and prevent pupils to involve with truancy in the future a drastic action need to be done

such as to punish this problematic pupil as example to other pupils.

The phenomenon of bullying or gangsterism in schools across the country is

getting worst. Bullying in the primary schools took two forms5 physical and verbal.

Through physical bullying, I found that pupils often blackmailed other pupils whom they

consider to be weak. They also hit other weaker pupils which sometimes cause in!ury.

1oreover, senior pupils also demand for pocket money from younger pupils and if theyrefuse, they are threatened to be in!ured. On the other hand, verbal bullying often takes

place in the form of teasing and insults. Throughout my teaching experience, I have

initiated that some pupils love to throw racial remarks at another as a form of bullying.

1oreover, pupils with bigger body si4es also tend to be bullies compared to smaller)

si4ed pupils.

There are many causes that lead to this social problem. "irstly, mass media andpeer pressure play important roles in influencing pupils( behaviours. "or example,

younger pupils in primary schools tend to replicate what they watch on mass media in

schools. They find that by copying what they see in television, they are following the

culture. They are simply copying the tough men that they admire. Besides, pupils also

find that bullying helps them to maintain their power and reputation. In addition, many

bullies come from families with low economic status. These pupils exhibit frustration

they face in their lives by bullying and involving in gangsterism.

Efforts should be made to overcome bullying and gangsterism in schools. mong

the measures that can be taken includes parents and teachers having open and honest

discussion with pupils regarding the influence of cultures and mass media. t present

the development of information and communications technology, particularly Internet

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became the highway to the borderless world. &uch things could contribute to pupil

misconduct. %upils should be taught about ways of assessing useful information and

only applying them in their daily lives. They must be told that acts such as fighting or

bullying should not be followed by pupils. nd the government should censor and

control the material published, because the materials shown capable of damaging the

faith, mentality and lifestyle of pupils.

"urthermore, schools should in still tolerance and respect among pupils. They

should also attempt to provide pupils who unwell behave with knowledge on how they

should interact with peers and teachers. &chools should take bullying cases seriously,

they must be willing to receive anonymous reports from victims and take actions against

bullies.

This issue must be brought to attention to everyone during %arents)Teachers

ssociation meetings and reports must send to parents of the bullying pupils.The

involvement of parents in sociali4ing children in adolescence is very important. t this

stage the adolescent identity crisis resulting from the transition of childhood to adult.

Emotional support from parents is needed. In the event of default of social issues,

parents are responsible for their children and not only pointing fingers to teachers or letting the school to overcome the problems. %arents also need to strengthen their

children with ade2uate religious instruction for children through assessments 6 " or

moral education.

Each individual in society should carry out their roles and their responsibilities

properly because everyone is relevant. I learned that there are many challenges I will be

facing in future. I have to be prepared to face all these challenges and overcome these

issues with high minded. I will need to be sure and positive with of my performance and

need to be well prepared to overcome any problems that appear. I may have to do

further reading to solve the problems and issues I faced. I may also talk to superior

officers or experienced teachers who can guide me well in these situations so that I do

not have to struggle hard to survive my career as a teacher.

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