Day 3:Job Shadowing

The learning experience continues with 4 more lesson observations in Physics, Biology, Economics and Civics. Interesting to observe lessons of other disciplines besides English language which provided examples of authentic learning,collaborative work and critical thinking. They all provided answers or solutions to real life questions/scenarios. Physics also illustrated how to take pictures of objects in motion and calculate size/distance. The Biology lesson has been highly interactive and hands-on (various types of equipment including tablets and mobile phones have been used in the tasks). All students were engaged in all tasks(completed tasks in turns) and received a small reward for their completing their work on time. The presence of the white snake named "Ghost" in the Biology room has also been a surpise to the teacher participants.A second surprise to me was to see the Headmistress teach whereas in Cyprus, principals do not teach. This has been the first time I observed an Economics lesson: a very useful lesson and one that develops enterpreneurshop skills (use of memimeter to identify what students learned from previous lesson, introduction of new topic, scenario for problem solving in groups, presentation of group work. The Civics lesson (a subject in the bi-lingual course)on mental health indicated the importance of students' mental health and need to deal with stress they might have. Apparently, this is a subject which is not included in the Cyprus' curriculum. It's importance stands out!!! The day's programme continued with afternoon visits to nature and cultural monuments: Gombasek cave, Betliar manor house.