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My Observation Of Pre-Service Learning At Maranatha Christian College

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Introduction:
Learning is a phenomenon which occurs in many ways. For students in a school setting the methods in which they are taught are always pushed. I experienced some of this from my first 15-day allocation of pre-service teaching at the Maranatha Christian College in Endeavour Hills. During this time, I have been observing and teaching different classes such as VCE Health, Outdoor Education, Year 7-10 P.E and VCE P.E. During these classes I have been either sitting in the corner of the room, teaching at the front or working 1 on 1 with students whilst wandering through the classroom where I can monitor the learning happening around me.

Behaviouristic:
Some of the teaching techniques I observed included behaviouristic aspects. The …show more content…

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