TASK 4-ESSAY

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS BAHASA MELAYU
59990 LEMBAH PANTAI, KUALA LUMPUR
PROGRAM IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA PERGURUAN
(JUN 2019 INTAKE YEAR 1 SEMESTER 1)
TASK 4
NAME
1. MUHAMAD HAFIZAIN BIN MAT JAIZ
INDEX NUMBER 1. 2019192340027
IC NUMBER 1. 000117-03-1493
GROUP
NAME OS COURSE
CODE
TASK TITTLE
LECTURER NAME
E2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
MPU3022
ESSAY
MADAM NURULHANA BINTI HUSSAIN
DATE LINE 23 SEPTEMBER 2019
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CONTENT
BIL.
PAGES
1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Development of Children From JERIS Aspects 3-4
3.0 Creativity In Teaching and Learning at Primary Level 4-6
4.0 Conclusion 6-7
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1.0 Introduction
A child’s development are the process of growth of a child to teenage years, from dependency
to increase independence. The early years of a child’s life is essential for cognitive, social and
emotional developments. Therefore, it is important that parents take every step necessary to
ensure that children grow up in environments where their social, emotional and educational
needs are met. The development of a child most often occur in unpredictable stages. Although
every child develop in a unique ways, all children are expect to get influence by their
environment at different age level. Children who are between the ages of 6 and 12 grow and
mature at very different rates. It is normal to the children’s growth. There can be big difference
in height, weight and build among healthy children. Diet, exercises and genes are all factors.
Some children begin puberty or close to it before they are teenagers.
Children will start to become more and more independent from their parent. For
example, they may rebel against their parents. They also will look outward that is to their
friends, who are usually of the same gender. Peer approval become very important. This child
may try new behaviors to be part of the groups. This can also be the time that parents or
teachers recognize learning disabilities or behavioral problems in children. These problems
can get worse as time pass, so it is important to get help when the children are still young.
Young children who grow up in environment where their developmental needs are not met are
at an increased risk for delays of one or more areas, such as learning and language. Failure
to invest time and resources during children’s early years may have long term effect on the
foster care and education systems.
2.0 Development of Children From JERIS Aspects.
Primary education in primary school is the foremost and basic right of every children. To
ensure the accessibility to all children is not only the duty of government but also of parents.
The main objective of the primary education is to bring awareness among the children, open
avenues of opportunities along with self-development and reduces inter-generational poverty.
It is the first step in the making of welfare and society. In order to compete with the world,
children are ready for the starting phase of their lives. From the age of four or five years, the
children grow up in their home where they learn about family life and how they to interact with
people. The role of primary education is to ensure the development of children. This means
that all children are able to develop their social, cognitive, spiritual, intellectual, emotional and
physical skills according to the best of their abilities. To get a quality primary education, it is
very important to attend a good pre-school and primary school which can make more influence
on children’s academic progress than their family background or their gender.
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Physical development in children enable them to have the ability to interact with the
people and world around them. Physical Education is a process aimed at improving human
performance through physical activity that is closely linked to the acquisition and refinement
of motor skills; development and maintenance of fitness for optimal health and well-being;
acquiring knowledge, and developing positive attitudes towards physical activity. Jenny (1961)
and Williams (1964) argue that Physical Education provides education through physical
activity and that its goals influence all physical development including mental and social
development. Physical education is very important to implement in the primary school
curriculum. This is because, through physical education, various aspects can be developed to
a higher level. For example, an individual's JERIS aspects may be compromised if they neglect
aspects of their physical development.
Emotion is the feeling in someone response to a matter related to an individual's
personal needs and desires. Here it refers to the way in which a person reacts or expresses
an emotional reaction to his own needs and desires. Emotions excitement, anger, anxiety,
fear and other emotional reactions focus on children's focus on important aspects of their lives
and help children develop new ideas, goals and plans. Emotions in children show that they
are sensitive to the circumstances and changes around them. We can find illustrations of
children's emotions in everyday life. In primary school, some children cannot control their
emotion because it is their early education. Some children do not want to go to school. They
afraid or they can not survive with the new environment. So the teachers role are importang
to make sure the children is happy to learn at school. For example, through Visual arts
education they are able to express their feelings in a useful and correct way. The fluctuating
feelings of joy, sadness, anger, dissatisfaction, and moreover children can be expressed
through art.
3.0 Creativity In Teaching and Learning at Primary Level
Being a teacher is one of the most responsible and demanding tasks. However, it is also
rewarding. A teacher is a person who directs and influences people, especially when they
concerns teaching small children in primary school. People are mistaken to think that the task
of a teacher is simply to share experiences and to test the knowledge of students. The truth
is, teachers prepare students for the hardship and pleasure of life, they help young people to
feel self-confident and motivated. A good teacher is able to inspire in a student a craving for
knowledge, a bad teacher, on the contrary, can destroy a student’s ambitions and aspirations.
It is vital for any teacher to constantly develop. So, teachers must be creative and innovative
in teaching.
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With a fast growth of information technology, the ways of teaching students demand
fundamental change. The process of learning should be creative and captivating. Hence,
teachers have to take advantage of educational innovations in order to keep follow with recent
developments. Creativity is highly appreciated everywhere. Because of this, a teacher should
always be open to new ideas and ready to adjust to actual situations. In order to develop
creativity and innovation, teachers should improved their skills. Nowadays, there are lots of
books and professional courses for teachers who want to develop their skills. Creative
teachers are many side people who have various interests and hobbies. For example, a
person who enjoys playing the guitar can effectively use his or her hobby in the classroom.
Singing songs is one of the best ways to improve pronunciation. Hobbies and different
occupations can assist teachers to enrich their teaching methods. Students always accept
such practices with joy and interest.
Brilliant ideas usually arrived unexpectedly, so it is useful to collect and organize them.
When a favorable opportunity occurs, try out your ideas and experiment with them. Some
people believe that creativity is an inborn trait and it cannot be acquire. However, every person
have the potential to become creative. It is important not to be afraid to try something new.
There are many exercises that can boost your creativity, so do not focus on the result, try to
free your mind and enjoy thinking. Teachers who stick to old methods without trying something
new will never succeed. At a certain point, it is important to stop, look back and evaluate your
experience. A creative teacher is able to develop creativity skills in children and the ability to
think creative is a necessary tool for young people to succeed in various job. Creative students
are not afraid of change. They are more confident and flexible. Children who use imagination
to find new ways of solving different problems are able to memorise information without the
need of cramming ideas. They can easily make connection and look at usual things with a
fresh eye.
Being an innovative teacher is about looking beyond what you do well at the present
times. Try to discover the bright ideas of tomorrow and bring them into effect. Modern
educators should look for new ways to improve teaching and learning. The world around us is
constantly changing, so we cannot just stand still. Thus, innovation presupposes doing
something in different ways. Some teaching methods have to be a little bit improve, others
need total transformation. The aim of innovation is to create an approaching which is better
than the previous one. Teachers all around the world are able to developed and share
innovative ways of learning with the help of technology so that they can create visual and
interactive learning environments for students who live in rural areas and remote parts of a
country. Problem based learning helps to develop creativity and the ability to think critically. A
good educator knows that knowledge is not the aim, but a means of creating problem solvers.
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Teachers have to encourage students to question all information and to associate it with their
background knowledge.
Another way of facilitating innovation in teaching is to assign students to create
multimedia projects in groups. Doing so, enables students to cooperate effectively, to
exchange opinions and experiences. In the new learning framework, the role of a student is
more significant than the role of a teacher. That is why teachers should use educational
programs and approaches which promote student centered learning. A teacher is becoming a
facilitator, whose aim is to direct and assist students. Simmons (2012) described the
importance of faculty talking with each other, sharing teaching ideas and challenges. These
kinds of collaborative conversations encourage an atmosphere of safety and the ability to take
risks. When faculty were ask what kind of strategies work, some of the responses included,
“sharing ideas across discipline,” “creating an environment of open collaboration,” and
“providing for interdisciplinary and capstone courses as well as cross-class project”.
Use active learning techniques to engage students, and encourage innovation and
creativity. Some faculty create games and use concept maps, songs, study guides. As one
faculty member stated, “learning happens when you trap a student in an environment where
they can’t escape without thinking.”
4.0 Conclusion.
In conclusion, teachers are the frontline fighters in educating the nation. Becoming a teacher
is not only holding a position that has been a respected profession since time immemorial but
also a teacher of the future of an educated child, determining the type of human being and the
form of the nation. All of these teachers' roles are well known but there is still much to be done
by our educators. They must work with the government to come up with the latest learning
techniques to make their lessons easier for students to understand. At the same time, students
should give good cooperation to teachers when they are in the school district.
Education is a catalyst for the building of the Nation especially to inculcate the spirit of
citizenship, especially in the early stages of the students and continued at a high level. Efforts
should be made to strengthen the sharing of values and patriotism through activities involving
various ethnic groups in schools. This is where the role and responsibility of the teacher plays.
However, all efforts towards building a nation need careful and ongoing planning. By adopting
such a positive attitude, the teacher must be successful in educating her students up to the
ivory tower. The role of teachers is very important because any individual who is a great leader
of a country has been educated to succeed because of the role of teacher in school or
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university. It is hoped that the values that have been instilled and nurtured at this school level
will continue to be practiced by the students as they leave school. Indirectly the vision of
building a nation state itself will be achieved.
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