my set induction...

Set induction is supposed to be an eye- opener for the students on the topic that they will be studying on the day. As I had chosen the play “The Ring” for my micro teaching, I planned to show about demons in my set induction. At last, I had ended up with a video clip from the movie Twilight .I thought students would actually enjoy the video clip as it has some scary scenes where the vampire would suck the blood of the girl. Anyway, it was rather a great disappointment for me this time as i did not get the expected response from my classmates. Maybe, it was Monday bloom for all of them and they were still in their weekend mood. I was the first person to present early in the morning, so it might be one of the external causes for the failure of my teaching. But, I won’t put the whole blame on the other factors. Maybe, my approach was not good enough to grab their attention. I should have come up with more interesting presentations such as cartoons or songs to get their full participation in the classroom. I realise the importance of having interesting set induction now. If a teacher fails to attract the students at the first stage of the lesson, it will lead to the failure of the whole lesson. When my classmates who are aged 20 to 23 were not able to concentrate, how on earth would I expect the kids who are just 13 to 17 years to respond to my teaching? I think I badly need to talk to the kids in that age to know what actually interest them when it comes to learning. I should come up with activities that meet their expectation rather than simply picking up activities that I assume will interest them. In order to be a good teacher, I need to consider the students need too so that all my teaching would bring some impact to their learning. I do not want just to excite myself by teaching when the students are simply not listening to me because they feel it’s boring. Maybe, it’s time for me to meet the students to know what they want from a teacher.