Reflection on Tutorial Task Week 6
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For this task, all groups were distributed with different checklist respectively. For our group, we were given Grant's. In completing this task, we were asked to read and internalize how Grant's perspective or point of view in evaluating textbooks and what are the specification he looks for in a textbook. Internalizing Grant's checklist which is Making the most of your Textbook by Neville Grant (Longman 1996), we realized that different people would set different expectation or standard out of a book.
During the presentations from other groups, it is even more clearer that different author would want a different specification in their checklists. Comparing those checklists sometimes can be confusing as most of them are quite useful to be adapted later. However, teachers are the ones who know their students best. Our lecturer once said that we have to make our own justification and comparison in order to take up a textbook to be used in our classroom. Sometimes the checklist can also be useful to measure up contents in book itself. Through the lesson of this week, we also learn that sometimes we need to judge a book by its cover. Especially when we are about to use it with children. Children tend to be attracted to books that will capture their mind, the usage of colours and so on. Some more, when children are the ones who going to use the book itself, we have to consider whether or not the book suitable in the matter of its size, its thickness, its weight and a lot more other justification needs to be considered.
However, comparing our checklist (Grant) with the other groups' such as Byrd, LittleJohn, Cunningsworth, we are glad that Grant can be considered as the most flexible one. There are three stages of evaluation a teacher needs to undergo, and at each stages, there are a set of detailed assessment/judgement a teacher needs to follow up. Grant's checklist is also relevant in terms of its questions. It emphasizes on both big and small matter we should evaluate in a book those which are necessarily need to be minded of.
For our presentation, I can say that.. it is not that we did not do very well but there are parts we were lacking. Based on the comment from our lecturer, it is told that we were a bit off-track. Hehehe. Yes, I admit that we were lacking in putting ourselves in a real teaching experience. Therefore, we cannot relate what we were about to present, with the questionnaire in the checklist. Thus, in the future, we need to internalize what we really about to present, and not just doing it for the sake of presentation but also to understand the underlying concept of a certain topic. This knowledge is important for all of us as we need to apply what we have learned in the future.
Additionally, while working in our group for this task, we realize that each and every one of us have a different perspective. And that different perspective did not turned into an effective collaboration. It should be, but it did not. I can say that we failed in terms of gathering our opinions into one sort of notion or stand. We should turn it into something that is bold enough as all of us have our own different point of view, however, instead of justifying our personal view, we should come up with one specific group notion. Personally, I think we have learned a lot from this task.
During the presentations from other groups, it is even more clearer that different author would want a different specification in their checklists. Comparing those checklists sometimes can be confusing as most of them are quite useful to be adapted later. However, teachers are the ones who know their students best. Our lecturer once said that we have to make our own justification and comparison in order to take up a textbook to be used in our classroom. Sometimes the checklist can also be useful to measure up contents in book itself. Through the lesson of this week, we also learn that sometimes we need to judge a book by its cover. Especially when we are about to use it with children. Children tend to be attracted to books that will capture their mind, the usage of colours and so on. Some more, when children are the ones who going to use the book itself, we have to consider whether or not the book suitable in the matter of its size, its thickness, its weight and a lot more other justification needs to be considered.
However, comparing our checklist (Grant) with the other groups' such as Byrd, LittleJohn, Cunningsworth, we are glad that Grant can be considered as the most flexible one. There are three stages of evaluation a teacher needs to undergo, and at each stages, there are a set of detailed assessment/judgement a teacher needs to follow up. Grant's checklist is also relevant in terms of its questions. It emphasizes on both big and small matter we should evaluate in a book those which are necessarily need to be minded of.
For our presentation, I can say that.. it is not that we did not do very well but there are parts we were lacking. Based on the comment from our lecturer, it is told that we were a bit off-track. Hehehe. Yes, I admit that we were lacking in putting ourselves in a real teaching experience. Therefore, we cannot relate what we were about to present, with the questionnaire in the checklist. Thus, in the future, we need to internalize what we really about to present, and not just doing it for the sake of presentation but also to understand the underlying concept of a certain topic. This knowledge is important for all of us as we need to apply what we have learned in the future.
Additionally, while working in our group for this task, we realize that each and every one of us have a different perspective. And that different perspective did not turned into an effective collaboration. It should be, but it did not. I can say that we failed in terms of gathering our opinions into one sort of notion or stand. We should turn it into something that is bold enough as all of us have our own different point of view, however, instead of justifying our personal view, we should come up with one specific group notion. Personally, I think we have learned a lot from this task.
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