Field Study 1 (Episode 4)
Field Study 1 (Episode 4)
Field Study 1 (Episode 4)
Episode 4
HOME-SCHOOL LINK
Your Target
At the end of this activity, you will gain competence in reflecting on the impact of
home and family life to learning.
Your Map
To reach your target, do the following tasks:
Your Tools
Use the activity form provided for you to document your observations.
The Learner
1. Make a general observation of the learner. Describe him in each of the domains
of development:
physical-body built and height (thin, chubby, underweight, overweight), level
of physical activity (fast, slow, lethargic, active, etc.)
social-interaction with teachers and classmates (loner, shy, sociable, friendly,
gets into fights, liked by others, etc.)
emotional moods, temperament, cries easily, loses temper, happy, shows
enthusiasm, excited, indifferent, etc.)
cognitive (appears to understand lessons, copes with the lessons, excels, lags
behind, shows reasoning skills, turns in assignments and requirements, etc.)
Your teacher may ask you to use a more detailed interview guide. Be free to
translate the questions, if necessary.
Name of Learner:
Date of Birth: Age:
Grade/Year Level: Gender:
Number of Siblings:
Birth Order:
Parents:
Mother:
Age:
Occupation: Educational Attainment:
Father:
Age:
Occupation: Educational Attainment:
Emotional-Moral
What are your expectations of your child?
Does your child go to you when she/he feels down or has a problem? What do you do
to meet his/her emotional needs?
How do your monitor his/her performance in school? How do you motivate him/her?
Do you have rules at home to help him develop good study habits?
What are these rules? How are they implemented?
After you gathered all the necessary data, write the learners profile using the
routine below. Type the profile in a separate sheet and attach it to this learning
episode.
Physical Development
In paragraph form, describe the physical development of the learner.
Combine the teachers parents responses, and your own observations.
Social Development
In paragraph form, describe the social development pf the learner.
Combine the teachers parents responses, and your own observations.
Emotional-Moral Development
In paragraph form, describe the emotional-moral development of the
learner. Combine the teachers, parents responses, and your own observations.
Cognitive Development
In paragraph form, describe the cognitive development of the learner.
Combine the teachers, parents responses, and your own observations.
Findings
Write here your salient findings about the learner.
Conclusions
Write conclusions after you have analyzed the impact of the school and
the home on the learners development. The questions in the Your Analysis
portion of this learning episode can help you.
Recommendations
Write your recommendations.
Your Analysis
Your findings and recommendations in the Learner Development Profile will help you
answer the questions here.
1. From your home visit and interview, what do you think is the style of parenting
experienced by the learner? Explain your answer.
2. Relating your data with what you learned from child development, what family
factors do you think contribute to the development and over-all adjustment of the
learner in school?
3. Does the communication between the home-school have an effect on the learner? If
yes, what are these effects?
Your Reflections
1. Reflect on your own development as a child. What type of parentig did you
experience? How did it affect you?
2. As a future teacher, how would you establish good home-school collaboration? How
can you work well with the parents? How can you help them? How can they help
you?
1. Make an artistic, colorful and creative visual expression of your insights or feelings
about the influence of the home and school to the learner.
Then, write a few statements on the space below about your visual art
Stick with
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