Peer Feedback 4

PEER FEEDBACK ON AYŞENUR GÖKÇETİN’S SECOND OFFICIAL

Ayşenur’s second official was with the ninth graders, and the lesson is a perfect example of literature classes. She has such a positive relationship with the students that when I watched the video, I was convinced that Ayşenur is very good at communicating with the students.  As far as I observed from the video, she started the lesson with a concept map in order to introduce the topic; I think the students enjoyed it because they participated to the activity.

Showing some pictures and making the students guess what kind of a poem they were expecting was a good idea (I used this technique in my own lessons too) in that it helped the students to activate their schemata about the topic and enhanced students’ interest. What interested me most is that when she saw classroom management problem because some students were talking, she had a break in the lesson, and she started talking to these students. I do not know whether I can do such a thing, but I observed from the video that it was a great idea to behave that way because students started to listen to the teacher. I think having good relationship with the high school students depends on how the teacher empathizes with the students, and how she is knowledgeable about the topics students are interested in.

Although Ayşenur was good generally in her lesson; in my opinion, there is something that she should improve. She should use her voice more effectively because the students’ attention is attracted with the teachers’ louder voice. Therefore, she should think about it.

All in all, I enjoyed watching her lesson. I think that Ayşenur knows how to communicate with the students, which helps the teacher to conduct her lesson more effectively.