Field Study 5, the course that allows the students to have hands-on experiences in selecting, constructing and evaluating conventional, authentic and alternative assessment tools used in the learning environment based on the principles of testing. In other words, it covers on the different assessments and evaluation strategies that could be apply during practice teaching. It aims to prepare the field study students before undergoing the practice teaching.
As of now while taking the FS 5, our duty is to observe first the assessment strategies or method rendered by the teacher. So, to make it possible we are deployed to the different schools same as what we did during our previous filed study subjects. But those FS’s were not the same on what we have done in this Field Study 5. This time, I was assigned to observe in Hilaitan Elementary School in the 5th Grade Class. Their teacher is Mrs. Benigna H. Escoreal who serves as my mentor. She really did anything for her pupils to learn the discussion and lessons even if the others are not paying attention to her. In her class, I was not permanently observing her class it’s because we are required to observe at least 3 grade levels in our observation. We are required to observe within 17 hours in two weeks from the beginning of our deployment. But because of our vacant time for observation which is not enough, we cannot able to complete the 17 hours in that certain time only. So we need to take another time to complete the 17 hours as long as we have completed the required number of hours. Anyway, the important thing is that we have done our duty and completed the 17 hours of observation. But we need to remember that, this is not the end of our task when it comes to observation activity because there is still one last field study to take up in the next semester which is the FS 6 before entering the practice teaching. Being a Field Study Student, our duty is not really easy because we need to face the hardships of our tasks. But I am totally hopeful that for the incoming FS 6 and practice, I could surpass those incoming hardships.
Goodbye FS 5 and good luck FS 6!!!
